On Sunday, Dec. 7, the lighting of the Memory Tree was held in Phillipston on the Town Common, hosted by the Phillipston Historical Society. Each light on the tree represents a person whom friends and ...

Last season couldn’t have gone any better for the Pioneer Valley Regional basketball team. The team went undefeated (26-0), won a Hampshire South league title, a Class D Western Mass. title and a ...

The Pioneer Valley Regional girls basketball team is not doing anything overly fancy in the preseason. There is a focus on the simple aspects of the game like lay ups and jump stops. When the Panthers ...

Researchers have discovered that fish use the pituitary gland in their brains to directly "see" daylight, which explains how ...

Eight students from Franklin County were honored at the Annual Awards Dinner for their academic and extracurricular successes, as well as their impact on their peers and community.

Two‑thirds of parents support the proposed “bell-to-bell” cellphone ban in public schools, but a significant number say they want a clear way to contact their children during the school day, according ...

The city will open daytime warming centers for the first time this season Thursday, as temperatures are expected to drop into ...

After a successful season and a share of the Hampshire North league championship, the Athol boys basketball team brings nine seniors back to this year’s campaign. “I think we can compete this year, ...

High school students would take end-of-course tests designed, administered and scored by the state under new graduation ...

It was time for a culture change for the Athol girls basketball team. After a 3-17 season, the Bears set a different course for the future of the program. Enter first year coach Peter Whitmore. An ...

Voters at a Special Town Meeting in Phillipston approved borrowing $10.8 million to replace the roof at Narragansett Regional High School and part of the roof of Narragansett Middle School, with the ...

Roughly six months after former Franklin County YMCA CEO Grady Vigneau retired in June, the Y appointed South End Community Center of Springfield, Inc. Executive Director Wesley Jackson to take the ...