Katrina Folger

AYER -- With the holiday shopping season in full swing, the malls are packed with crazed, stressed-out shoppers looking for pillow pets and Wii games, and the Internet is hopping...

AYER -- Many educators say it is imperative that children read during the summer. Scholasticbooks.com has written about "summer learning loss." This "loss" occurs when children don't exercise their brains....

AYER -- On a steamy June day at the Page Hilltop School in Ayer, parents of first through fifth-graders assembled in the gym in grade-specific shifts for Awards Day. Report...

AYER -- Page Hilltop fifth-grade English Language Arts teacher Julie Tobin teaches from the heart, and wants her students to learn the same way. "I love it when the kids...

AYER -- Fred Deppe, the principal of Page Hilltop Elementary School, considers Memorial Day to be one of our nation's most memorable holidays. "It is our opportunity to recognize, remember...

AYER -- As the third quarter came to a close, the Ayer Middle School students and staff assembled in the auditorium to recognize the students who went above and beyond...

AYER -- When it is time for the gymnastics unit in the physical education class at Page Hilltop, all of the school's students get psyched. "We work on gymnastic skills...

AYER -- Debbie Finch has been the coach of the Montachusett Regional YMCA Stingray Swim Team since the 1970's and says that each year is new and different. "I really...

AYER -- In 1996, the Academy of American Poets designated April as National Poetry Month to allow "poets around the world to band together to celebrate poetry and its vital...

AYER -- Thirty-nine years ago, Janis Bresnahan was born to Sally and Joe Bresnahan. She was their first child and they approached very close friend Dick Rakip to be her...