Zoning hearing on re-use of schools continued From the common playground area located on Park Avenue, the Riverbend School is visible on the left (rear), and the Ellen Bigelow School is on the right. Staff file photo About three dozen people showed up for Wednesday’s public hearing before Athol’s Zoning Board of Appeals to discuss the re-use of the former Bigelow and Riverbend schools in Athol. Speaking to the attendees is architect Janos Mamayek. Staff photo/Greg Vine Kelly Killeen, engineer for the proposal to transform the former Bigelow and Riverbend schools into intergenerational mixed-income housing, details the plan at the public hearing held Wednesday, April 7, by Athol's Zoning Board of Appeals. Staff photo/Greg Vine