Based in the town of Greenfield, the newspaper covers the towns of Athol, Erving, New Salem, Orange, Petersham, Phillipston, Royalston, Warwick, and Wendell, Massachusetts.
[1] There have been four owners in the history of the Athol Daily News, the last three representing generations of the same family.
The Boston Globe reported at the time that the Daily News' circulation was 5,500.
Chase Jr., Fairchild's grandson, took over Athol Press Inc. September 29, 1989.
[3] On December 20, 2017, it was publicly announced that Newspapers of New England (NNE) had purchased the paper for an undisclosed amount.