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The Bay Area Transportation Authority (BATA) is gearing up for a major rollout of new and expanded services on June 26, including real-time bus tracking...

ATHOL – Despite plans to transform the former Bigelow and Riverbend schools into affordable housing and a private sector for construct affordable units downtown, the town is currently missing the mark when it comes to state guidelines.A public meeting...

GREENFIELD — Councilors have once again voted down the proposed expansion of the industrial development zone near Route 2.“We already had a really rich discussion on this, but I didn’t make it home for more than an hour when I knew it was the wrong...

GREENFIELD — The proposed expansion of the industrial development zone near Route 2 may be up for reconsideration next month, following at least one councilor’s interest in reconsidering her vote after last week’s City Council meeting. “It took me a...

ATHOL — Montachusett Regional Planning Commission Executive Director Glen Eaton is working on a plan which, when complete, could provide steps that could be taken to make downtown Athol more business- and pedestrian-friendly. On June 8, Eaton met with...

ATHOL — Athol voters at the June 13 annual town meeting will consider, among other things, a proposed FY23 municipal operating budget of nearly $22.8 million. That figure represents an increase of about 4.3 percent over the current year’s budget of...

GREENFIELD — The Planning Board voted to initiate a year-long moratorium on outdoor marijuana cultivation during its virtual meeting Thursday evening.“We’re doing this to address the effects that these facilities could have on the city and on...

GREENFIELD — Satisfied the plan met the requirements outlined by Massachusetts General Law, the Planning Board endorsed an Approval Not Required (ANR) plan for the roughly 20-acre parcel of land at 446 Country Club Road, where three groups have signed...

GREENFIELD — The scope of a sidewalk construction project slated to begin this summer is being modified to accommodate the concerns of neighborhood residents.The project — funded by a $399,262 Massachusetts Department of Transportation Complete...

GREENFIELD — An Approval Not Required (ANR) plan for the roughly 20-acre parcel at 446 Country Club Road — where three groups have signed host community agreements to pursue separate licenses for outdoor marijuana cultivation sites — is expected to...