Keeping Score with Chip Ainsworth: No. 4 UMass women’s field hockey a force

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.

My Turn: The challenges that lie ahead

The last time my family shared a political watch party was when then-President Joe Biden debated Republican candidate Donald Trump in June 2024. We were filled with enthusiasm, which became muted when it was revealed how mentally decrepit Biden was. By the time it was mercifully over, we could barely speak or move. Therefore, it […]

Real Estate Transactions: Nov. 13, 2026

ATHOL Wendy J. Nolan sold to Paul Fontes, 131 Anzio Road. $257,000. Jose A. Soto Baez sold to Yisthen Ynoa Villa, 45 Chestnut St. $480,000. Rosalie Mary Hardy and William Thomas Hardy Jr. sold to Stacy Ann Jablonski, 419 Harvard Ave. $280,000. Cody E. Nolette sold to 124 Highland Ave. LLC, 124 Highland Ave. $300,000. […]