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‘Sweetest kid’ remembered: Community grieves for 17-year-old Orange resident killed in NH; juvenile charged in case
06-30-2025 2:11 PM

By LIESEL NYGARD

ATHOL — Ashley Walker woke up early on June 25 feeling unsettled. Her son, Christian, hadn’t returned home and his car wasn’t in the driveway.

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PHOTO: Trio of trees
07-01-2025 2:37 PM


Nancy Blackmer wraps up 25 years as Orange town clerk
07-01-2025 2:31 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Licenses, certificates and notifications coming out of Town Hall will no longer bear the name Nancy M. Blackmer, as the longtime public servant retired as town clerk on June 30.


Orange resident named Commonwealth Heroine for work with The Literacy Project, Quabbin Harvest
06-30-2025 1:12 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — A local woman is the only Franklin County resident to have been named to the Class of 2025 Commonwealth Heroines, a distinction bestowed upon women who make outstanding contributions to their organizations and communities.


Orange adopts $28.4M budget on Annual Town Meeting’s third night
06-26-2025 6:11 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Voters adopted a $28.4 million fiscal year 2026 budget on Wednesday following a trying and contentious three-night Annual Town Meeting.


North Quabbin Notebook: June 27, 2025
06-26-2025 3:23 PM

ORANGE — The newly named Donald J. Hurtle American Legion Post 172 will be officially dedicated at a special ceremony set for 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 28.


Orange RiverFest to mark 10th year
06-26-2025 2:49 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The 10th annual Orange RiverFest is scheduled for Saturday, June 28, with a rain date set for the following day.


Organizers gearing up for 48th Yankee Engine-uity Show and Flea Market in Orange
06-26-2025 2:11 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The 48th Yankee Engine-uity Show and Flea Market is coming to the Orange Municipal Airport, and for the first time in its nearly half-century history, the event will feature tricycle tractors.


Franklin Tech student from Orange found shot, killed in NH
06-25-2025 6:09 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

KEENE, N.H. — Police are investigating a homicide after a teenager from Orange was found dead from a gunshot wound in a parking lot on Winchester Street.


Orange Annual Town Meeting will continue tonight to discuss budget
06-25-2025 4:23 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Annual Town Meeting was postponed again on Tuesday, this time so the Finance Committee could re-evaluate the proposed fiscal year 2026 budget.


PHOTO: Beating the heat
06-24-2025 5:32 PM


Orange residents reject Proposition 2½ override; 15% cuts to departments possible
06-23-2025 8:48 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Annual Town Meeting voters on Tuesday must decide how to balance the budget after rejecting a Proposition 2½ override at the polls on Monday.


Orange residents cast their ballots on Proposition 2½ override
06-23-2025 5:49 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Voters flocked to the polls at 62 Cheney St. on Monday to have their say on a Proposition 2½ override.


Mobile Health Unit helps expand Community Health Center of Franklin County’s services
06-22-2025 10:22 AM

By CHRIS LARABEE

MONTAGUE — The Community Health Center of Franklin County is getting ready to hit the road.


Orange takes ownership of old cereal factory lot
06-22-2025 10:20 AM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The town now owns the 1.06 acres at 16-36 West River St., the former site of an old cereal factory that three juveniles destroyed by arson three years ago.


Orange department heads speak to need for Proposition 2½ override
06-20-2025 4:59 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — With a Proposition 2½ override vote coming to the ballot boxes on Monday, roughly 50 people gathered in Town Hall’s Ruth B. Smith Auditorium this week to voice their thoughts to the Selectboard on the budget proposal.


Sewer pipe break causes sinkhole on East Main Street in Orange
06-20-2025 3:57 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

ORANGE — Fixing a sinkhole that was caused by a broken clay sewer pipe on East Main Street closed a portion of the road from Cumberland Farms to Grove Street on Friday.


Labor of love: Born to Birth doula service settles in at Orange Innovation Center
06-19-2025 10:25 AM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Felisha Foisy wants to help you, and your baby, out.


Worcester man sentenced for striking Warwick’s police chief with vehicle in 2024
06-18-2025 5:58 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — A Worcester man who struck Warwick’s police chief with a vehicle while fleeing a traffic stop last year will spend the next 2½ years in jail for charges related to the crime.


Orange OKs postponing budget until after June 23 override vote
06-17-2025 4:13 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — A suggestion to postpone a budget vote at Monday’s Annual Town Meeting until after a scheduled Proposition 2½ override vote at the ballot box caused some to speak against the idea, arguing that it was taking the decision out of voters’ hands.


Orange man arraigned in alleged stabbing
06-16-2025 7:11 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — An Orange man is being held without bail after allegedly confessing to stabbing his girlfriend during an argument.

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