A coalition of conservation organizations is collecting signatures to put a ballot initiative on the 2026 ballot that would ...

Ahead of public food benefits running out for over a million Bay Staters on Saturday, Gov. Maura Healey announced Thursday that the state will advance a scheduled $4 million payment for food pantries ...

Attorney General Andrea Campbell and 22 other AGs have filed a lawsuit against the USDA, alleging that the agency is ...

At a Harm Reduction Summit at Greenfield Community College, health care professionals, addiction specialists and people with lived experience discussed strategies to reduce the negative consequences ...

Columnist and author Tamar Haspel will be at the Royalston Library this Sunday, Nov. 2, to discuss her book “To Boldly Grow: Finding Joy, Adventure, and Dinner in Your Own Backyard,” in which she and ...

The Petersham Art Center has a new exhibition, “Familiar Places: Landscapes by Stephanie Vignone” on display through Nov. 23. The center invites the public to join the artist for an opening reception ...

In the ongoing matter of a sober house at 217 Spring St., the Zoning Board of Appeals has denied a request for reasonable accommodation by property owner James Parmenter. At the board’s Oct. 29 ...

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 wa ...

There may be no more misunderstood animal than bats and we should all use the fact that this is Bat Week to learn more about these fascinating creatures. Massachusetts is home to nine bat species and ...