Youth substance use prevention program to continue at Athol, Mahar with latest funding round

Healey eyes winter energy relief as affordability bill remains stalled

BOSTON — Without signals that legislative negotiators are close to agreement on a long-debated energy affordability bill and as some Bay State households get ready to turn the heat back on, Gov. Maura Healey said that her administration is discussing “relief we can provide to people” heading into fall and winter. Energy policy negotiations have […]

Quabbin Days returns for second year

Quabbin Days will return for its second year Oct. 9-12, bringing four days of activities to communities across the Quabbin region. The celebration is organized by the Friends of the Quabbin, a nonprofit that promotes the region’s natural, cultural and historical significance. Quabbin Days is intended to encourage residents and visitors to explore the 12 […]

Alumni gather to celebrate 50 years of vocational education at Franklin Tech

Franklin County Technical School celebrated its 50th anniversary on Saturday with various campus activities and alumni gatherings.

Speaking of Nature: Nikonus and Iso — The gods of photography

Special thanks to Donald H. for asking a great question. Here is the answer: Throughout human history, intelligent and curious people who struggled to understand the world in which they lived invented gods to explain things. A prime example of this would be the natural phenomenon that we call thunder. Today we know that lightning […]

Primary care fix may wait until after November election

BOSTON – Massachusetts residents scrambling to find a primary care doctor may not see a legislative intervention for months — potentially after the November election. House and Senate negotiators tasked with hashing out legislation aimed at pumping more money into the under-invested primary care sector and shoring up the workforce met for the first time Thursday, […]