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My Turn: Hiring managers must rethink roles for Gen Z

As I sit down to write, my email inbox has just received two new job rejections. Since graduating from Bryn Mawr College with a dual degree in English and history this past May, I have been on the hunt for a post-grad job, hitting the two-month mark while on a visit back to western Massachusetts. […]

Residents air PILOT program frustrations at Greenfield listening session

Residents of Franklin and Hampshire counties participated in a listening session hosted by the Commission on PILOT for State-Owned Land to express concerns regarding the equity of the state's compensation formula for municipalities holding large amounts of state-owned property.

Declaration of Independence reading held in Athol

ATHOL – Dozens of people gathered on the Uptown Common on Saturday to hear the Declaration of Independence being read aloud by 13 residents of the town. The common was once the site of the 3rd Meetinghouse. On July 18, 1776, a copy of the Declaration was delivered to the town and read aloud to […]

Columnist Daniel Cantor Yalowitz: Honoring the chaos and goodness of ‘not knowing’

I recently took a few weeks away from all my local and further-afield goings-on to experience a genuine risk-taking expedition that involved extending myself physically, mentally, and emotionally. I engaged in eight days of strenuous hiking where the only “trails” meant following my wife’s GPS with a good chance that there might not be any […]

State legislators celebrate budget wins for Franklin County, North Quabbin

Gov. Maura Healey signed a $63.4 billion state budget for the 2027 fiscal year that allocates more than $1.28 million to various organizations and projects across Franklin County and the North Quabbin.