Mary Kenney PETERSHAM, MA - Mary Kenney, age 77, a native of Petersham, died quietly in her sleep on October 13, 2025 at Alliance Health in Baldwinville. She was born in Ware on June 17, 1948, the ...

Two brothers from Sheffield, Massachusetts were released from Israeli custody and sent to Jordan after being detained for ...

ROYALSTON—Author Allen Young of Royalston has released his 15th book, “From the Octagon/people•places•news•views,” a compilation of his previously published vignettes, accounts, and opinion pieces ...

ORANGE, MA – Melody B. (Bassingthwaite) Bourque, 72, of East River Street, died late Friday night, October 10, 2025 at Athol Hospital. Born in Holden on August 5, 1953, she was the daughter of the ...

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School administrators and education officials from across the Pioneer Valley convened at Greenfield Community College to discuss the benefits of implementing cellphone bans in schools, which have been ...

There’s been an uptick in reports of elderly Bay Staters being scammed into “devastating financial losses” by fraudsters who send couriers to collect cash or gold bars from victims who think they’re ...

Heywood and Athol hospitals are experiencing a network outage affecting several systems, and while patient care continues, ambulances are being temporarily diverted, according to an announcement on ...

Franklin County Technical School has updated its admissions policy to comply with the state's new lottery system.

Franklin County’s housing crisis isn’t just a social issue, it’s an economic and educational one. Greenfield and the surrounding towns are at a critical point where the lack of affordable, available ...