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1 day ago | atholdailynews.com | Alexa Lewis

E-Edition Advertise Newsletters Subscribe Home News Opinion Sports Police Logs Arts & Life Obituaries Classifieds Calendar Puzzles Western Massachusetts stands to “greatly benefit” from a $1.33 billion spending plan for education and transportation adopted by the state Senate last Thursday, thanks in part to lengthy debates leading up to a vote on the package that sought to reverse an initial proposal that Sen. Jo Comerford called “skewed” and “wildly unfair” to this region. “We talked a lot...

3 days ago | atholdailynews.com | Chris Larabee

With its regional agreement sent off to the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for a technical review, the Six Town Regionalization Planning Board is expecting to bring its new school district proposal to voters in the fall. The board, comprised of at least two representatives from each town and a non-voting Erving member, approved sending its draft agreement to DESE on April 29 and is awaiting the results, which will likely not come for several weeks.

3 days ago | atholdailynews.com | Chris Larabee

Mark Burton of Bear River Bee Farm with a brood comb from one of his hives in Ashfield. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ Mark Burton of Bear River Bee Farm, left, opens up a hive as Wendell resident Adam Zaykoski looks on in Ashfield.

3 days ago | atholdailynews.com | Greg Vine

ATHOL – In the wake of recent resignations, town officials are seeking residents willing to serve on the Town Energy Committee or the Municipal Decarbonization Task Force. According to Athol Planning and Development Director Eric Smith, Lee Gersch and Katalin Krieger each cited personal reasons for not seeking reappointment to either group. Gersch and Krieger were both members of the Energy Committee, while Gersch also served on the Decarbonization Task Force.

5 days ago | atholdailynews.com | Emilee Klein

E-Edition Advertise Newsletters Subscribe Home News Opinion Sports Police Logs Arts & Life Obituaries Classifieds Calendar Puzzles University of Massachusetts researchers have uncovered rabbit ticks in Maine that harbor a new strain of bacteria related to pathogens known to cause spotted fever in humans.