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Athol Select Board votes to continue free holiday parking

ATHOL – The Select Board voted to continue free downtown parking during the holiday season, after the Parking Benefits District Oversight Committee recommended it be suspended. Committee Chair Gary Deyo went before the board at its Nov. 10 meeting to explain the reasons behind the proposal. At first reading from a prepared statement, Deyo explained […]

Sportsman's Corner: Thank you for your service

This past Wednesday was Veterans Day. This writer would like to add my thanks to all the men and women who have served this country in the military. My father, John E. Roche Jr., served proudly in the Air Force. He took particular pride in the job his unit, the 357th Fighter Squadron, did and […]

A monumental undertaking: On Veterans Day, one man’s mission to preserve the graves of veterans and Swift River Valley residents

Gene Theroux, president of Friends of Quabbin, has spent the last seven years refurbishing and cleaning monuments at the historic Quabbin Park Cemetery to honor the residents of the former Swift River Valley.

‘A force to be reckoned with’: Veterans Day guest speaker speaks to contributions by women to the American military

ATHOL – Nearly 80 veterans and family members, Athol residents, and town officials attended Wednesday’s Veterans Day ceremonies in Memorial Hall at Athol Town Hall. Master of ceremonies Scott Hume, president of the Athol Veterans Council, welcomed the audience and read the poem “Remember the Veterans,” written by the late Athol native and World War […]

The invasive spotted lanternfly has infested half the cities and towns in Massachusetts

The invasive spotted lanternfly has infested more than half the cities and towns in Massachusetts, according to data gathered by the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources. The sap-sucking insect native to parts of China and Vietnam arrived in Massachusetts in late 2020, and its population has grown exponentially since. MDAR found four new infestations in […]