Athol News

The Millers River Watershed Council invites all trail enthusiasts and relaxed paddlers for a run from Athol to Orange on Satruday, May 18, from 1 to 5 p.m. The group will check Blue Trail signage, pick up debris, check paddle stop locations and soak up the beauty of this homegrown water trail.

The bag is the basic unit of the dealer-to-user heroin trade. Ten bags equal a bundle, but there is no fixed weight associated with either unit.

Good figures on the incidence of drug overdose deaths are hard to come by, but state figures from 2010 indicate that six area - including all Franklin County towns and Athol - residents died that year of causes related to the broad category of narcotics.

MONSON - MONSON - A tentative four-year agreement was reached late Saturday between National Grid and the Brotherhood of Utility Workers that gives the utility workers raises of 2.5 percent each year and retains staffing levels.

SENTINEL & ENTERPRISE FILE PHOTO / JOHN LOVE The start of the 19th Relay for Life at Mount Wachusett Community College last year in Gardner.

When one door closed ... Tim Bishop only had to travel five miles to find a better opportunity.

TUESDAY APRIL 30 The North Quabbin Chamber of Commerce will hold a Breakfast Seminar from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at the chamber office, 427 Main St., Athol.

Unemployment rates in Central Massachusetts labor markets held steady or inched down during March, according to data released today by the state's Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.