AMHERST — Lev BenEzra, who has overseen the Amherst Survival Center since January 2019, will depart this fall to lead Community Action Pioneer Valley, the nonprofit antipoverty agency located in ...

Gardner resident Christine Cummings swims with Holyoke resident Jackson Edwards in Lake Mattawa in Orange. Credit: PAUL FRANZ / Staff Photo Award-winning coverage on breaking news and today’s top ...

ORANGE — The search for a new fire chief continues after the Selectboard withdrew offers to two candidates put forth by the screening committee that was tasked with finding a replacement for interim ...

Following a 5-4 vote by the Athol-Royalston Regional School Committee to extend Superintendent Matthew Ehrenworth's contract, Chairman Lee Chauvette and committee member Kiley Hall submitted their ...

ATTLEBORO , MA – Joan (Kellogg) Taylor, 95, formerly of New Salem, Athol and Greenfield, died on the evening of June 20, 2026 at Brookdale Assisted Living in Attleboro with her daughters at her ...

Robert Bowers, an 84-year-old homeowner in Wendell, had his home and barn damaged in an accidental fire, but the community has rallied around him to raise money and provide support.

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to uphold the 14th Amendment, rejecting President Trump’s executive order that sought to deny birthright citizenship to children born to people living in the US illegally ...

9 a.m. — Report of larceny, Prospect Street. Party reports she recently broke up with her fiance and is now missing a laptop computer that she paid for and a cell phone. Spoke with subject who denied ...

WARE, MA – It is with profound sadness that the family of Brody Thomas Regienus announces his passing on May 19, 2026 at the age of 31. He was a beloved son, brother, grandson, uncle, cousin and ...

NORTHFIELD — Times are changing for the Class of 2026 at Pioneer Valley Regional School. The song “Landslide” by Stevie Nicks was preformed by the Pioneer Valley Regional School chorus and graduating ...

The deaths of Diane Opper and Emma MacDonald, two local women allegedly killed by their husbands within a month of each other this spring, have brought renewed attention to domestic violence and the ...

Athol, MA – Barbara Ferron, 73, of Athol, passed away at home in the loving care of her family on September 30th. Barbara was a kind and generous spirit, whose primary joy in life was spending time ...