Athol News

If you've played golf in New England, you've probably played a course designed by Geoffrey Cornish .

The college that Fitchburg State University President Dr. Robert V. Antonucci calls the 'No. 1 university in the state' graduated more than 530 of its students on yesterday's beautiful sunny morning during the school's 116th spring commencement ceremony.

Completing his commencement address today, state Sen. Stephen M. Brewer, D-Barre, offered graduates of Mount Wachusett Community College a real world example of what he encouraged them to do in his speech.

Iron doorstops are among today's top-selling collectibles. They are probably not propped against a door to keep it open but are instead displayed like rare porcelain figurines on a prominent shelf.

When Barry Eager looks across the Berlin Town Common, he thinks it hasn't really changed much in the past 100 years and there is much the same from 150 years ago, but as the town celebrates its 200th anniversary the changes are significant.

Hometown Bank's plans for a new full-service branch office in Webster's East Village have been on hold for a couple of years, but things are finally starting to come around, acknowledges Matthew S. Sosik, president and CEO of the bank.