State officials visited Black Birch Vineyard off Straits Road in Hatfield on Tuesday to launch the Massachusetts Department of Transportation's Unpaved Roads Program, awarding $11.26 million in grants ...

SOUTH HADLEY — A study spot. A movie theater. A cozy lounge area. A tutoring center. A classroom. One room at Mount Holyoke College’s Ciruti Language Center encompassed it all. The Language and ...

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey vowed to continue fighting for Haitian Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders after U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt blocked a legislative attempt to extend the program’s protections.

BOSTON — Amid widespread fear across the country over federal immigration law enforcement activities, legislation aimed at providing new protections for immigrants in Massachusetts got one step closer ...

Select Board and Athol Royalston School Committee member Mitch Grosky reads a portion of the Declaration of Independence at a ceremony recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration’s signing.

BOSTON — Less than a week after signing the new state budget, Gov. Maura Healey filed a supplemental budget on Wednesday seeking an extra $100 million for public schools. Her announcement comes amid a ...

Four more proposed ballot questions have officially cleared the necessary signatures to move forward on the path to the 2026 ballot, leaving two left to be processed, the state Elections Division ...

State Sen. Paul Mark and state Rep. Susannah Whipps joined the Massachusetts Commission on the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution in delivering commemorative copies of the Declaration of ...

ATHOL, MA – James A. Canning II, 89, formerly of Twitchell Street, died Wednesday morning, July 8, 2026 at Gardner Rehabilitation and Healthcare. Born in Orange on June 16, 1937, he was the son of ...

The New Salem Selectboard has decided to advertise for a full-time police chief’s position, rather than keep it 19 hours per week, amid current Police Chief John Bonafini’s retirement.

How a kid from an ordinary American family gets turned into a weapon whose humanity can never be eradicated — and whose self-forgiving peace can never be fully realized — is the subject of Al Miller’s ...

The deaths of Diane Opper and Emma MacDonald, two local women allegedly killed by their husbands within a month of each other this spring, have brought renewed attention to domestic violence and the ...