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The fight to revive river herring and American eel populations has only yielded mixed results, and conservationists still don't fully understand why.

Lancashire’s giant hogweed hotspots have been revealed.

ATHOL — Area residents are invited — indeed, encouraged — to show their respect and appreciation to firefighters past and present during Athol Fire Department’s annual Firefighter Memorial on Sunday, June 26. The event will run from 10 to 11:30 a.m....

It was almost 200 years ago when our Concord ancestors thought and planned, and then they planned and thought again. They dreamed about what could be and the riches that might follow. A period of time commonly referred to as the Second Industrial...

Alewives have returned to Mill Brook in Westbrook this spring, swimming upstream to get to Highland Lake to spawn. It's the largest fish migration from Casco Bay and part of Maine's success story in opening up rivers to allow alewives to return to their traditional spawning grounds. Press Herald photographer Gregory Rec was there to capture the beauty and action.

Alewives have returned to Mill Brook in Westbrook this spring, swimming upstream to get to Highland Lake to spawn. It's the largest fish migration from Casco Bay and part of Maine's success story in opening up rivers to allow alewives to return to their traditional spawning grounds. Press Herald photographer Gregory Rec was there to capture the beauty and action.

ATHOL — Late last month, a group of Athol officials and residents reviewed initial plans for transforming the sea of asphalt that is the Lord Pond Plaza parking lot into an inviting downtown community green space. The plans, known as a “30 percent...

AtholCommanders of local service organizations will hold flag raising and wreath laying ceremonies at the following locations: VVA Park on Starrett Avenue at 9:15 a.m.; Phillips Park, across from the Uptown Common, at 9:30 a.m.; the Veterans of...

ATHOL — John Robertson told the Athol Selectboard at its meeting on Tuesday, May 17, that members of The Friends of Lake Ellis (FLE) want to make town officials aware of a couple of issues which “are essential” to the health of the popular local...

ATHOL — Anyone interested in seeing the sea of asphalt at Lord Pond Plaza transformed into a pedestrian friendly, aesthetically pleasing location that accommodates passive recreation while also serving the needs of local businesses is invited to a...