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By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — The initial proposal for Ralph C. Mahar Regional School’s fiscal year 2025 budget entails a 4.96% hike in expenses over the current year, though revisions will be made based on input from the School Committee and other stakeholders.Michele...
By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — The Selectboard intends to add to the Annual Town Meeting warrant an article asking to borrow $1 million to subsidize a water tower needed at the Orange Industrial Park.The engineering firm Weston & Sampson has designed a potable water...
By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — The woman who has served as the town’s assistant collector for less than a month has been promoted to collector following a unanimous vote of the Selectboard this week.Shana Smith’s first full day as assistant collector in Orange was Feb. 22...
By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — A local youth league is recruiting volunteers and monetary donations to help give area softball players a field of their dreams.The board of directors for Athol-Orange Chuck Stone Baseball/Softball has decided to renovate the abandoned Spear...
Deadline for nomination papers approaching NEW SALEM — March 15 is the final day to take out nomination papers for the May 6 town election.The final day to return the papers with 20 valid signatures from registered voters is March 18. There will be...
By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — The Sewer Commission held an emergency meeting Saturday to authorize the rental of a bypass system as a temporary remedy until a failed influent pump can be replaced at the Orange Wastewater Treatment Facility at 295 West Main St.Wastewater...
‘Making a Mystery’ heading to Wendell Free Library WENDELL — “Making a Mystery,” a presentation of The Sisters in Crime, is scheduled for the Wendell Free Library at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 9.In “Making a Mystery,” four published authors take...
By DOMENIC POLI
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley appeared to be holding her own in Franklin County on Super Tuesday, garnering votes from Republicans distancing themselves from Donald Trump and from Democrats hoping to soften the blow in the event that...
The state of Israel was self-declared in 1948 following a genocidal assault on Palestine by a Zionist terrorist faction, well-armed by Western powers. Five hundred villages were massacred and 750,000 Palestinians were driven off their lands and out of...
By LIESEL NYGARD
The state Office of Emergency Medical Services has suspended the paramedic license held by Northfield EMS Chief and Orange EMS Capt. Mark Fortier, but town officials say paramedic staffing levels are sufficient to ensure continued ambulance...
Seventh GradeHigh Honors: Matthew Lee Brazie, Tristan William Dowler, Konner David DuPray, Calvin Feltman, Lucas Robert Hart, Quinn Matthew Lucas-Mullen, Josiah Elijah Muniz, Jenna Lynne Nolette, Carly Rose Paluk, Lilah Jean Paluk, Dezmin Thomas...
I am writing to voice my support of Jay Fleitman and Mary Lou Stuart for Republican State Committee. I know Jay and Mary Lou personally and can attest to their unfailing support of our traditional, conservative values and their commitment to honesty,...
By ABNER ROJAS
ORANGE — Sleep in Heavenly Peace, a volunteer organization dedicated to making and delivering beds free of charge for children in need, will be holding a can, bottle and bedding drive on March 16.The fundraiser will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at the...
Staff Report
ORANGE — Florence Bickford, 101, has received the Boston Post Cane for being the oldest resident in town.Orange Selectboard Chairman Tom Smith recently presented her with the cane and a certificate of recognition. The cane is awarded to the oldest...
David Goldstein’s letter to the editor in the Feb. 13 Recorder (“Death penalty makes liberals sad”) is well taken but doesn’t go far enough. There are three good reasons to have a death penalty for first degree murderers: justice for the family and...
By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — The Orange Armory has served as a home for a volunteer militia regiment, a senior center and a roller rink business, among other functions. Might housing be added to the list? That’s a distinct possibility, and the professionals tasked with...
By DOMENIC POLI
With their training complete in advance of this month’s deadline, local EMTs and paramedics now have the skills to provide medical treatment and transport of police K-9s injured in the line of duty under a new state law.Nero’s Law, which has been...
I appreciate the Recorder for maintaining an opinion page. It is often the first section my husband and I turn to at the end of the day. However, it feels that the same writers show up too frequently in My Turn pieces (as well as weekend columns). It...
By PAUL FRANZ
ORANGE — Thanks to training he received through the SAFE (Student Awareness of Fire Education) program in the Orange school system, 12-year-old Joel Wilkey knew just what to do when he awoke to the sound of a smoke detector going off on Dec. 11, 2023....
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