With 52 percent of the statewide vote in, support for Prop 3, which would enshrine abortion rights in the Michigan Constitution, was running ahead with about 53 percent of the vote.
With nearly 85 percent of the statewide vote in, support for Proposal 3, which would enshrine abortion rights in the Michigan Constitution, led 55.5 percent to 44.5 percent.
H.S. Roundup: Athol softball rides big 1st inning to get past Pioneer
Staff Reports
Modified: 5/11/2021 9:18:55 PM
After back-to-back losses to perennial powerhouses Greenfield and Turners Falls to open the season, the Athol High School softball team broke out in a big way on Tuesday.
The Red Raiders scored nine runs in the bottom of the first inning to set the tone, and ultimately scored an 11-1 win over Pioneer in a Franklin County League contest in Athol.
“The girls were hungry and ready to hit today,” Athol coach Sharon Chauvette said.
Pioneer jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning when Hailey Haughey drilled a solo home run just two batters into the contest.
H.S. Roundup: Athol softball rides big 1st inning to get past Pioneer
Staff Reports
Published: 5/11/2021 9:18:48 PM
After back-to-back losses to perennial powerhouses Greenfield and Turners Falls to open the season, the Athol High School softball team broke out in a big way on Tuesday.
The Red Raiders scored nine runs in the bottom of the first inning to set the tone, and ultimately scored an 11-1 win over Pioneer in a Franklin County League contest in Athol.
“The girls were hungry and ready to hit today,” Athol coach Sharon Chauvette said.
Pioneer jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning when Hailey Haughey drilled a solo home run just two batters into the contest.
Editorial: Monday Shorts: Raptors redeemed
Tom Ricardi releases a barred owl in Deerfield last Wednesday. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 3/7/2021 3:27:08 PM
Here are some brief thoughts on recent happenings in Franklin County and the North Quabbin region.
For readers of this paper, it was a familiar story immortalized by Photo Editor Paul Franz’s pictures of rehabilitated raptors taking tentative steps out of their cages, testing their wings, circling the clearing, perhaps alighting in a tree and soon lost to sight of Tom Ricardi, 81, who had nursed them back to health. For 20 years, Ricardi and Dr. Robert Schmitt of the South Deerfield Veterinary Clinic have answered a calling to give injured eagles, owls, hawks and vultures a second chance at life.