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Members of Village Neighbors, a group that helps older residents live independently at home as long as possible, socialize at New Salem Preserves while drinking cider and taking in the views recently.

The Resilience Center of Franklin County, formerly known as the New England Learning Center for Women in Transition, celebrated its 50th anniversary on Oct. 5, honoring the work of its founders and ...

Newly-released data from Coalition that Cares' Prevention Needs Assessmentshows that while youth tobacco, alcohol and drug use dipped this year, students from Franklin County and the North Quabbin ...

Drivers parking in the downtown area will soon have the additional option to pay their parking fees on their smartphones. The Downtown Vitality Committee met Oct. 14 to review updates on downtown ...

At a recent Selectboard meeting, Athol Fire Chief Jeff Parker introduced Eric Jack as the department’s new deputy chief. Jack was sworn in by Town Clerk Nancy Burnham shortly before the start of the ...

A network outage that closed the emergency department and impacted other systems at Heywood Hospital and Athol Hospital since Sunday has been determined to be a “cybersecurity incident,” the company ...

Seth Moulton, a 46-year-old Congressman from Salem, has announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate, challenging 79-year-old Ed Markey in the Democratic primary and arguing that Massachusetts needs a ...

The Franklin County Technical School recently toured the new Aviation Maintenance Technology building, which was funded by a $4.2 million state grant and features a 12,000-square-foot hangar, avionics ...

Geraldine M Manning, 76, of Jennison Road, Wendell, died October 12th, after a lengthy battle with dementia. Geraldine Marie Manning was born on January 9, 1949, in So ...

Mary Kenney PETERSHAM, MA - Mary Kenney, age 77, a native of Petersham, died quietly in her sleep on October 13, 2025 at Alliance Health in Baldwinville. She was born in Ware on June 17, 1948, the ...