The Quabbin Reservoir's new boat ramp is ready for anglers, according to a community announcement. The Department of Fish and Game's (DFG) Office of Fishing & Boating Access and the Department of ...

Students and teachers at Swift River Elementary School cannot drink its tap water, which has been contaminated with toxic PFAS chemicals since 2021. An eight-minute drive away, clean water from the ...

In the early 1900s, four western Massachusetts towns disappeared from the map. They were flooded to build the Quabbin Reservoir, which now provides drinking water mostly to Boston and dozens of ...

The 40th limited edition of the Quabbin History Calendar might be the last time local history buffs can purchase the calendar. Longtime Athol resident and local history author J.R. Greene has made the ...

BOSTON — Four towns were disincorporated and dismantled, and another eight had land stripped from them, to create the Quabbin Reservoir in the first half of the 20th century. People were forced to ...

A social media post about Boston's water winning a taste contest alerted the western Massachusetts legislator to the fact that residents of the greater metropolitan area had no idea where their water ...

INVEIGSTATION. JENNIFER: A SAD UPDATE FMRO STIR BRIDGE THIS MORNING. POLICE HAVE RECOVERED THE BODY OF A MISSING 71-YEAR-OLD MAN. GEORGE GUTTLER HAD BEEN SSMIG FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS. A DCR RANGER AT ...

Two tiny bear cubs hitched a ride on mom’s back as she swam across a Massachusetts reservoir, video shows. Screenshot from Izzy Drost's video on Facebook A momma bear’s tiny cubs hitched a ride on her ...

The Enfield Overlook in Ware, Massachusetts, with a view of what used to be the town of Enfield and is now part of the Quabbin Reservoir. In the early 1900s, four western Massachusetts towns ...

A momma bear’s tiny cubs hitched a ride on her back as she swam across a Massachusetts reservoir to an island, video shows. An angler who spotted the bear family took videos and shared them to ...