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ATHOL – Voters at Monday’s Annual Town Meeting endorsed an article for a Proposition 2 ½ override to provide $895,000 for the hiring of eight firefighters.The matter will now be placed on the ballot for a Special Town Election to be held later this...

ATHOL – The Selectboard has voted to add an article to the Town Meeting warrant seeking up to $20,000 to fund its match of a Vacant Storefront Program grant.The program is overseen by the state’s Office of Business Development and its goal is to help...

ATHOL — Town Counsel John Barrett updated the Selectboard last week on the need for fire suppression sprinklers in local entertainment venues. The topic sparked a discussion about a memorandum that addressed the issue 15 years ago. “I had sent a...

ATHOL – Members of the Athol Selectboard were asked Tuesday what the town should do with the 100.9-acre parcel of property it owns off of South Athol Road but seemed to struggle to come up with specific suggestions for the property purchased by the...

ATHOL — Sean Coleman, one of the two owners of Green Speed Delivery, a marijuana delivery business that wants to set up shop in the former Plotkin Furniture building on Exchange Street, was peppered with questions by Athol’s Selectboard prior to its...

ATHOL — The New England Equestrian Center of Athol is now the owner of Elwin Bacon Way, the unpaved stretch of road that extends about three-quarters of a mile from New Sherborn Road into the spacious park. On Friday morning, Dec. 3, NEECA president...

ATHOL — After it was learned that Orange may be profiting from Athol drinking water provided to households in the Tully section of Orange, the Athol Selectboard on Tuesday approved an increase in the amount the town charges for water used by customers...