Crews from Fanelli amusements set up for this weekend’s Fall Carnival in Winchendon. The event runs Thursday and Friday from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m., with fireworks ...

AMHERST — Chanting “shame” and “shut it down,” as well as pounding on the walls inside the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts, student activists on Monday demanded that ...

An attempt to implement a new monthly water and sewer bill system has led to unexpected delays. At the suggestion of Public Works Director Dick Kilhart, the Selectboard voted in May to change from ...

An ad hoc committee has been assembled to develop potential amendments to the existing Mahar regional agreement, which Orange officials and residents have blamed for budget woes in recent years.

Motorists visiting downtown Athol won’t have to feed the parking meters – at least until Oct. 3. That was the unanimous ...

The Connecticut River Conservancy has been awarded $180,000 to begin planning and designing the partial demolition of the Electric Light and Power Dam on the Green River.

Two UMass Amherst scientists have joined 42 other international polar experts to warn against the inefficiencies and dangers of engineering in extreme cold environments as a way to slow global warming ...

Mount Holyoke College will offer undergraduate students in the United States free tuition if their family income is below $150,000 a year, a new pledge that begins immediately. “Mount Holyoke is ...

The Reptile Nook was on hand to show children and their parents Ruckus the Russian tortoise, Cherry, a red foot tortoise and Bluey, a blue tongued skink at the Erving Public Library.STAFF PHOTO/PAUL ...

New Bedford Rep. Antonio Cabral chairing a House Bonding Committee hearing on former Speaker Robert DeLeo's "GreenWorks" climate adaptation bill. SAM DORAN/STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Sign up for the ...