Six former mill buildings on Lincoln Avenue in Winchendon were destroyed in a three-alarm fire early Friday morning, with no injuries reported and the cause of the fire still under investigation.

Spring is in the near future the robins are seen all over Royalston. EMILY LANGEVIN / For the Athol Daily News ...

Registration is still open for the Big Cheese 5K, a tradition since 2010, sponsored by the Athol Area YMCA, with all proceeds going to upgrading the two gyms in Athol and Orange.

Hundreds of people gathered at the State House to support the PROTECT Act, which would ban federal civil immigration arrests in courthouses and block law enforcement agencies from providing advanced ...

With funding to pay for home heating oil dwindling, energy costs rising amid the war with Iran and freezing temperatures persisting closer to home, the Massachusetts Senate is weighing a $35 million ...

Proponents of rent control in Massachusetts argue that it will provide stability for residents and protect communities from displacement, while opponents argue that it will shift costs onto small ...

Students at Franklin County Technical School are out of school due to a decades-old Federal Pacific Electric switchgear failure, which could cost the district upwards of $150,000 and leave students ...

The Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents (MASS) has launched a new rural caucus to push for legislative changes that would benefit rural schools, with their top priority being ...

The Athol-Orange Chuck Stone Little League is celebrating its 75th anniversary with a parade, banquet, dance fundraiser, and spaghetti supper fundraiser.

Town Manager Shaun Suhoski presented the Finance and Warrant Advisory Committee with two Proposition 2 1⁄2 override questions to appear on the April 6 Town Election ballot, one for $1.8 million and ...