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By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Selectboard plans to work with the town administrator and police chief to draft clear signs and enforceable rules for Lake Mattawa in response to a thread of social media comments complaining of public drinking, drug use and other issues...

By DAVID McLELLAN

Even after decades of restoration, the first and only time Walter Pollard saw the red, 1904, surrey-seat Grout steam automobile drive, it only went 100 yards.But to Pollard, of Orange, the short trip’s meaning was boundless.There is relatively little...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The waterfront properties on Tully Pond offer a setting that could be described as quintessentially North Quabbin. The charming homes and picturesque landscape are enough to melt away worry, and this isn’t lost on city dwellers, who have been...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Town Hall has reportedly been flooded with calls from residents and town employees following fraudulent emails disguised as coming from Town Administrator Gabriele Voelker.Leanna Dennis, administrative assistant to Voelker and the...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Roughly 20 acres at 300 Daniel Shays Highway is expected to be the site of a campground again soon, as husband and wife Michael and Chrystal Snow prepare Quabbin Pines RV Resort for business. The Snows purchased the property, formerly the...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The American flag is often wrapped in controversy and questions. Is it OK to kneel during the national anthem? Should politicians always wear one as a lapel pin? But those aren’t the only inquiries people have raised about Old Glory.Some are...

By DOMENIC POLI

Are you searching for a furnished house with a tall painted fireplace? Or perhaps a beautiful Victorian with a vanity, hand-dressed metal bed and braided country-style rugs would suit your home needs?Orange native Nathaniel Ellis wants to find you...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — When New Salem resident Susan Arnold moved to the North Quabbin region in the late 1980s, she discovered a friendly face who helped her settle in.Through her jobs with Valuing Our Children, the Montachusett Opportunity Council, Peoples Bridge...

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ATHOL — Quabbin Valley Healthcare is now in its third month of new ownership.Scott Wheeler and several partners from Blupoint Healthcare purchased the facility at 821 Daniel Shays Highway from Cambridge Healthcare Group on Jan. 1. Wheeler said except...

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GREENFIELD — An Orange man facing 18 charges related to inappropriate sexual behavior is being held without bail at the Franklin County House of Correction.Donald Grenier, 80, has pleaded not guilty to nine counts of indecent assault and battery on a...

By DAVID McLELLAN

GREENFIELD — Joshua Hart and Brittany Smith will spend their lives behind bars for murdering an elderly couple in Orange.Judge John Agostini gave each Hart, 25, and Smith, 29, both of Athol, two life sentences without the possibility of parole, to be...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Rexnord Corp. has sold the Rodney Hunt Fontaine Inc. factory in Orange to the American arm of a company based in India, the purchasing company’s president said Tuesday afternoon.Ranjit Nair of JASH USA Inc. said he could not disclose how much...

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ORANGE — Fans of the novelist Stephen King, especially those living in Orange, may soon have a conversation starter about their hometown.Hulu, a subscription video-on-demand service, has picked Orange as a filming location for an upcoming...

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ORANGE — Anthony Cutaia has one foot in the door of the recreational marijuana industry.The Orange resident opened the Good Vibes smoke shop at 9 East Main St. in mid-September to sell tobacco and smoking accessories. He hopes the store will...

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A stone’s throw from Orange Town Hall, two brick buildings that once housed the New Home Sewing Machine Co. still sit on either side of South Main Street.A stroll inside will make you figuratively go back in time, as each structure greets you with a...

ORANGE — An Orange man faces charges after allegedly trapping his girlfriend in the bedroom of the residence they shared and threatening to hurt her.Devin M. Hurlburt, 24, pleaded not guilty in Orange District Court on Friday to charges of assault and...