Athol News

An estimated 10,000 visitors ventured to the Orange Airport this weekend for the Central Mass.

The American Cancer societies rely for life walks here in Western Massachusetts completes its season this weekend for the 9th Annual Relay for Life of Quaboag valley relay in Belchertown.

'Sudiev.' Members of Central Massachusetts' close-knit Lithuanian community will gather, 'with God,' for the last time this weekend for a regularly scheduled Sunday Mass at St.

A correction to last week's article, "Bacci's Yarn and Vacuum." It was in- correctly stated that the Massachusetts State Police and the Greenfield Police received vacuum cleaners from Bacci's as donations.

On Monday, June 15, 2009, at approximately 2:04pm, Officers assigned to Area B-2 , received a broadcast that a Red Dodge Neon was traveling in the area of Dudley Street with a shotgun in the vehicle.

Athol Gay, lesbian rights panel to feature local speakers ATHOL - A panel discussion on gay and lesbian rights, featuring local speakers and marking the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion, will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Bruce's Browser, 1497 Main St.

The rechristening next week of the District Court building on Wallace Avenue as the Gelinas Courthouse is a kind of homecoming for the retired judge whose family name will adorn the edifice.

Two men are being held on $250,000 cash bail and two others are being sought in an attack on a Gardner man.

Both public beaches in town are off limits for swimming until further notice because of contamination by E. coli bacteria.

Athol High School's Jeremy Buckland and Mohawk Trail Regional High School's Marissa Avery both qualified for the New England Track & Field Championships with their top-tier performances at the Massachusetts All-State Championships on Saturday in Fitchburg.

A Royalston man was lucky to find space to land his ultralight aircraft early today when the engine died while flying east over Route 2. Dennis Baker said he was taking a recreational flight around 6:30 a.m. when the aircraft's engine died.

There have been lost cows, fugitive sheep, wandering dogs and feral roosters running around town, but this week someone should call NBC.

Jean Derderian of New Salem is a very determined woman. President of the New Salem Historical Society, she lives across the town common from the now abandoned former New Salem Academy.

A 76-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man allegedly stole a large quantity of prescription drugs from the CVS Pharmacy on Main Street last night, before leading police on a car chase into Westminster just before midnight, where local and state police were waiting for them.

AMHERST, Mass. – Just in time to help travelers negotiate heavy Memorial Day weekend traffic more effectively, the University of Massachusetts Amherst's Regional Traveler Information Center has installed new, traffic-monitoring cameras on Route 9 at Bay Road in Hadley.

Da Camera Singers, under the direction of Sheila Heffernon, will present "Monteverdi: A Retrospective," a program of sacred and secular music by Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi on Saturday, May 30, 8 p.m. at St.

On a beautiful summer-like evening, Mount Wachusett Community College President Daniel M. Asquino told the 588 graduates of the 44th graduating class that they had ended their educational journey at the college but were beginning another, in civic engagement.

A 22-year-old local man who was babysitting his girlfriend's toddler will be arraigned in court today in the alleged rape of the woman's 2-1/2-year-old child.

Herschel R. Jackson, 83, of Belchertown, Mass., passed away Tuesday, May 12, 2009.

These days everyone is looking to save big bucks and Hank Phillippi Ryan found some major league savings may be close to home.