Tom Ricardi, a raptor rehabilitator, rescued five birds on New Year's Day, including an Eastern screech owl found inside a ...

Orange resident Amelia Clarke spent six weeks volunteering at the Children of Kilimanjaro Orphanage in Tanzania, where she ...

Legislation requiring public disclosure for people and groups spending significant sums to influence town meeting votes is ...

The dangerousness hearing for an Athol man accused of stabbing a female victim in the neck with a kitchen knife has been continued to Jan. 20. Jack Newbrough, 25, made a brief appearance in Winchendon ...

GARDNER – Heywood Hospital’s LaChance Maternity Center welcomed Scarlett as the first baby born in 2026. According to an ...

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld the first-degree murder convictions of Joshua Hart for the 2016 home invasion ...

The new year has brought changes to the way people purchase their Massachusetts sporting licenses, with the process now being ...

The overwhelming majority of Bay Staters continue to have health insurance coverage, but a new survey highlights nagging ...

Massachusetts voters in 2026 could have the chance to repeal adult-use recreational marijuana. The state Elections Division announced Dec. 18 that it certified 78,301 signatures backing a petition ...

By this time next year, the streets of Northampton, Easthampton and Amherst may feature a new kind of social hub: Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes, marijuana-friendly yoga studios and theaters.

At the Special Town Meeting on January 14, Royalston voters will be asked to rescind $1.7 million in unused balances from seven Proposition 2 1⁄2 debt exclusions passed between 2016 and 2023, allocate ...

Massachusetts has secured about $162 million in federal dollars to bolster rural health care, part of the first round of funding released in a five-year program. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...