Athol Police Sgt. Jarrett Mousseau has been chosen as the department's new police chief, succeeding current Chief Craig Lundgren, and will officially assume his new duties on Jan. 9, pending contract ...

Researchers have discovered that fish use the pituitary gland in their brains to directly "see" daylight, which explains how ...

Michael Flye, president of the Phillipston Historical Society, was awarded the Alphonse W. Chartier, Sr. Public Service Award during a ceremony at Phillipston Congregational Church. Flye was ...

My sister said to me recently, “Kiffer, I don’t ever wish someone ill health or worse but I wish the cholesterol intake of a ...

Voters at a Special Town Meeting in Phillipston approved borrowing $10.8 million to replace the roof at Narragansett Regional ...

Things are going to look quite different for the Mahar Regional boys basketball team this winter. With so many players graduating, the Senators essentially promoted its entire junior varsity team to ...

Coach Francis Phillps speaks to the Mahar girls basketball team at a preseason practice, Tuesday in Orange. Credit: ADAM HARGRAVES / Staff Photo Sign up for the Athol Daily News' morning newsletter ...

High school students would take end-of-course tests designed, administered and scored by the state under new graduation ...

The city will open daytime warming centers for the first time this season Thursday, as temperatures are expected to drop into ...