In the “Letter from the Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King Jr. warned that the greatest obstacle toward true change is not ...

Franklin County has received $3.4 million in Community Development Block Grants to support infrastructure upgrades, housing ...

The Selectboard of Athol approved the temporary placement of two monuments honoring local veterans at Veterans Park until a ...

Librarians across western Massachusetts are calling for an additional $1 million for public library aid in the state's fiscal ...

The Orange Economic Development & Industrial Corporation is seeking developers to purchase and redevelop the former Butterfield School, with the goal of creating sustainable tax revenues, supporting ...

Due to the storm and expected road conditions today’s paper will be delayed and delivered with Tuesday edition. Thank you for your understanding and subscribing to the Athol Daily News. As a reminder, ...

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston has awarded $2.12 million in grants and a $1.2 million loan to support the construction ...

State Auditor Diana DiZoglio has released an audit of the Veterans Home at Holyoke and the Veterans Home at Chelsea, which ...

The capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro at the beginning of the month has, in many ways, raised more questions than answers, according to local experts on the region who recently gathered at a ...

After skimming through Bill Newman’s My Turn “Honoring Renee Nicole Good,” [Recorder, Jan. 17], I remembered what my grandfather used to say to me when I was young: “You mess with the bull; you get ...

The Athol Public Works Department successfully cleared the town's roads after a 16-inch snowstorm, and residents are encouraged to help by keeping snow out of the roads and digging out fire hydrants ...