Gov. Maura Healey nominated William Larkin and Scott Rathbun to serve as clerk magistrates in western Massachusetts, while Frances Dallmeyer and Toiya Taylor were confirmed as judges of Probate and ...

Voters at a Special Town Meeting in Phillipston approved borrowing $10.8 million to replace the roof at Narragansett Regional ...

Researchers have discovered that fish use the pituitary gland in their brains to directly "see" daylight, which explains how ...

Michael Flye was honored with the Alphonse W. Chartier, Sr. Public Service Award for his contributions to the Town of Phillipston, including his passion for history and his work on improving the audio ...

Things are going to look quite different for the Mahar Regional boys basketball team this winter. With so many players graduating, the Senators essentially promoted its entire junior varsity team to ...

My sister said to me recently, “Kiffer, I don’t ever wish someone ill health or worse but I wish the cholesterol intake of a ...

High school students would take end-of-course tests designed, administered and scored by the state under new graduation ...

Franklin County Technical School District Superintendent and host Richard Martin talks with some of the guests at the Franklin County Area Superintendents’ Association Annual Awards Dinner Thursday ...

Coach Francis Phillps speaks to the Mahar girls basketball team at a preseason practice, Tuesday in Orange. Credit: ADAM HARGRAVES / Staff Photo Sign up for the Athol Daily News' morning newsletter ...

The city will open daytime warming centers for the first time this season Thursday, as temperatures are expected to drop into ...

The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center has awarded $524,000 to Ralph C. Mahar Regional School to upgrade its ventilation systems and eliminate its oil usage. MassCEC officials toured the school on ...