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WENDELL — Recent receipt of $25,000 as part of the state’s fiscal year 2025 budget is driving renovations forward at the 466 Wendell Depot Road site slated to become a historical museum and gift shop. Wendell Historical Society President Ed Hines...

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ORANGE — The Selectboard voted unanimously last week to enter into a $3.6 million contract for the construction of a water tower at the Orange Industrial Park, after the pulp and paper company poised to benefit from the structure wired the town...

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GREENFIELD — Members of the Zoning Board of Appeals and the public have expressed an interest in hearing a presentation by an expert from New Hampshire before taking any further action on the 170-foot monopole cell tower being proposed for Newton...

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Drive along South Prospect Street in Millers Falls and you might catch a glimpse of some antlers hanging from a red garage set back from the roadway. They belonged to a female reindeer and were a gift from rural herders during a 2003 trip to Finland....

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ATHOL — Walgreens has announced it will permanently close its location at 1640 South Main St. at 3 p.m. on Jan. 27.A sign posted on the front door states customers’ prescription records are available at all Walgreens locations, including the one at...

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GREENFIELD — Real Pickles, a worker-owned cooperative specializing in organic, fermented foods, has bought the 311 Wells St. building it has called home since 2009.The local company bought the property from business founders Dan Rosenberg and Addie...

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ORANGE — The Children’s Advocacy Center of Franklin County and North Quabbin area has opened a second office in the Health Center Plaza in Orange, with the plan to fully open by Jan. 1.The current location on Wisdom Way in Greenfield morphed out of...

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ORANGE — A Worcester-based organization dedicating to fostering personal and public self-reliance has partnered with the Orange Economic Development Industrial Corporation (OEDIC) to support the small business community and promote sustainable...

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ORANGE — Ice sculptures returned as a feature of Starry Starry Night in 2023, a year after insufficient funds meant they couldn’t be ordered in time, and this year, organizers have enlisted two new artists to carve the popular pieces.Cody Stosz, from...

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GREENFIELD — Health New England has awarded grants to three local nonprofits that work to advance youth health and well-being in western Massachusetts. Just Roots farm is receiving $3,000 to fund its Food Access for Youth & Families Program while...

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LEYDEN — Residents can expect a Special Town Meeting next month to vote on a pair of proposed bylaws regarding accessory dwelling units (ADUs).The Planning Board held a public hearing on Wednesday to review the warrant articles likely to come up for a...

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GREENFIELD — Jeremy Goldsher has had “a lot and also not very much” going on in the past 12 months.The co-founder of Greenspace CoWork has been on dialysis for a year after being diagnosed with end-stage renal disease, a result of the genetic...

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ORANGE — As if from a much milder scene in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” two members of the Orange Fire Department found a squirrel surprise after investigating some suspicious activity in a family’s Christmas tree.Capt. James Hopkins and...

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LEYDEN — A group interested in opening a retreat center in town has withdrawn its special permit application to address concerns raised by the Planning Board but plans to file a new submission that more accurately reflects its purpose and...

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WENDELL — The citizens group that formed last year in opposition to a now-withdrawn proposal for a 105-megawatt battery storage facility held a virtual forum this week to shed light on local permitting and the role of municipal power in the wake of...

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BERNARDSTON — A New Hampshire teen was taken into custody on Monday morning after allegedly taking a parent’s vehicle from Hinsdale, attempting to hit police officers as she made her way through Vermont and causing property damage at Kringle Candle...

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ORANGE — LaunchSpace and the central Massachusetts-based Workers Credit Union have teamed up to educate 16- to 24-year-olds on personal finance in the event they want to start their own businesses.“It’s something that LaunchSpace has always really...

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ORANGE — The town administrator intends to tally what certain salary percentage increases would look like for department heads and present those numbers to the Selectboard during its scheduled Dec. 18 meeting.Matthew Fortier addressed board members at...

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GREENFIELD — All Souls Church is participating in the statewide Spirit of Reparations Film Series, hosting a screening of “The Cost of Inheritance” on Sunday.Residents are invited to the church at 399 Main St. from 5 to 9 p.m. Doors open at 4:45 p.m...

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This year’s Quabbin History Calendar is the 40th annual edition, and it could also be the final one.J.R. Greene has produced a calendar every year since the mid-1980s and, as a result, is running out of photos of the towns and villages that were...