![TOWNSEND – With a special town election that will seat a full complement at the selectmen’s table Saturday, the two-person board on Tuesday night reiterated its standing town hall access policy in response to a query from Board of Health Chairman Christopher Nocella. Given that town offices were closed to the public when the town’s […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/low-z-townsendkell-1.png?w=68 "TOWNSEND – With a special town election that will seat a full complement at the selectmen’s table Saturday, the two-person board on Tuesday night reiterated its standing town hall access policy in response to a query from Board of Health Chairman Christopher Nocella. Given that town offices were closed to the public when the town’s […]")
Townsend selectmen reiterate town hall access policy
TOWNSEND – With a special town election that will seat a full complement at the selectmen’s table Saturday, the two-person board on Tuesday night reiterated its standing town hall access...
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![AYER/SHIRLEY – The MCAS test – a well-established litmus for student performance that is given annually beginning in 3rd-grade and traditionally involves complex in-house scheduling and pre-test preparation – won’t look quite the same this academic year, with time lines and tenets altered to accommodate the emerging “new normal” imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Ayer […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/nas-l-therapydog2-1.jpg?w=132 "AYER/SHIRLEY – The MCAS test – a well-established litmus for student performance that is given annually beginning in 3rd-grade and traditionally involves complex in-house scheduling and pre-test preparation – won’t look quite the same this academic year, with time lines and tenets altered to accommodate the emerging “new normal” imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Ayer […]")
Ayer/Shirley school superintendent briefs committee members on MCAS changes
AYER/SHIRLEY – The MCAS test – a well-established litmus for student performance that is given annually beginning in 3rd-grade and traditionally involves complex in-house scheduling and pre-test preparation – won’t...
![AYER/SHIRLEY – The Regional School Committee at its recent meeting voted to relaunch the high school fields project, contingent on passage of a debt exclusion (temporary Proposition 2 ½ override) in Shirley, where the ballot question was voted down in a town election last year. The same question was fielded in Ayer, where it passed. […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ayer-shirley-logo-1.png?w=88 "AYER/SHIRLEY – The Regional School Committee at its recent meeting voted to relaunch the high school fields project, contingent on passage of a debt exclusion (temporary Proposition 2 ½ override) in Shirley, where the ballot question was voted down in a town election last year. The same question was fielded in Ayer, where it passed. […]"){kind=logo}
Ayer Shirley fields project could be back on table
AYER/SHIRLEY – The Regional School Committee at its recent meeting voted to relaunch the high school fields project, contingent on passage of a debt exclusion (temporary Proposition 2 ½ override)...
![SHIRLEY — A resident who attended Monday night’s Board of Selectmen meeting via Zoom came seeking the board’s help to settle a decades-old dispute with the town’s Water Department. Selectman Debra Flagg put the discussion on the agenda hoping a water commissioner would attend to address the issue, but none did. While Selectmen Debra Flagg […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Brizo-Artesso®-SmartTouch®-Articulating-Kitchen-Faucet-with-Finished-Hose-one-of-3-free-gifts-1.jpg?w=66 "SHIRLEY — A resident who attended Monday night’s Board of Selectmen meeting via Zoom came seeking the board’s help to settle a decades-old dispute with the town’s Water Department. Selectman Debra Flagg put the discussion on the agenda hoping a water commissioner would attend to address the issue, but none did. While Selectmen Debra Flagg […]")
Decades-old water battle spills over in Shirley
SHIRLEY — A resident who attended Monday night’s Board of Selectmen meeting via Zoom came seeking the board’s help to settle a decades-old dispute with the town’s Water Department. Selectman...
![SHIRLEY – When I was growing up, I did not count my blessings as I do now. Mired in teen angst, I didn’t cherish my family as I do the family I have now. Instead, I longed for things I didn’t have. Things I believed destiny intended but my parents denied. Like my own room, […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/low-l-tradition-1.jpg?w=117 "SHIRLEY – When I was growing up, I did not count my blessings as I do now. Mired in teen angst, I didn’t cherish my family as I do the family I have now. Instead, I longed for things I didn’t have. Things I believed destiny intended but my parents denied. Like my own room, […]")
Holiday traditions in keeping with the times
SHIRLEY – When I was growing up, I did not count my blessings as I do now. Mired in teen angst, I didn’t cherish my family as I do the...
![AYER/SHIRLEY – There have been 11 cases of Covid-19 reported among staff and students in Ayer Shirley Regional schools since students returned to part time, in-person sessions at all four district schools in late September, according to the latest data provided by the district. Of that district-wide total, four cases were staff members and seven […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CoronavirusCell-1.jpg?w=140 "AYER/SHIRLEY – There have been 11 cases of Covid-19 reported among staff and students in Ayer Shirley Regional schools since students returned to part time, in-person sessions at all four district schools in late September, according to the latest data provided by the district. Of that district-wide total, four cases were staff members and seven […]")
Eleven coronavirus cases reported in Ayer/Shirley schools
AYER/SHIRLEY – There have been 11 cases of Covid-19 reported among staff and students in Ayer Shirley Regional schools since students returned to part time, in-person sessions at all four...
![AYER – The Ayer Shirley Regional High School athletic fields are reportedly still in need of major repairs and upgrades cited in a controversial renovation plan that stalled last year after Shirley voters struck down a debt exclusion ballot question to fund it. With a multi-million dollar fields project proposal on the table that had […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20180928_011407_NVV_0928_Fields-1.jpg?w=140 "AYER – The Ayer Shirley Regional High School athletic fields are reportedly still in need of major repairs and upgrades cited in a controversial renovation plan that stalled last year after Shirley voters struck down a debt exclusion ballot question to fund it. With a multi-million dollar fields project proposal on the table that had […]")
Still life left in Ayer/Shirley athletic fields proposal
AYER – The Ayer Shirley Regional High School athletic fields are reportedly still in need of major repairs and upgrades cited in a controversial renovation plan that stalled last year...
![TOWNSEND – A 52-year old man who suffered a heart attack while driving through town on Friday evening, Oct. 30, is alive today thanks to two police officers whose quick thinking, decisive action and teamwork were described in a recent letter to the Board of Selectmen, read into the record just days ago. Officers Jeffrey […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Townsend-officers-1.jpg?w=140 "TOWNSEND – A 52-year old man who suffered a heart attack while driving through town on Friday evening, Oct. 30, is alive today thanks to two police officers whose quick thinking, decisive action and teamwork were described in a recent letter to the Board of Selectmen, read into the record just days ago. Officers Jeffrey […]")
Townsend police officers commended for saving man’s life
TOWNSEND – A 52-year old man who suffered a heart attack while driving through town on Friday evening, Oct. 30, is alive today thanks to two police officers whose quick...
![SHIRLEY – When the coronavirus pandemic hit in late March, and the state shuttered just about everything, per order of Gov. Charlie Baker, the town followed suit, along with schools and businesses. But as restrictions eased, the schools re-opened under a new hybrid plan with a remote option and town offices and other public buildings […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shirley-logo-1.png?w=140 "SHIRLEY – When the coronavirus pandemic hit in late March, and the state shuttered just about everything, per order of Gov. Charlie Baker, the town followed suit, along with schools and businesses. But as restrictions eased, the schools re-opened under a new hybrid plan with a remote option and town offices and other public buildings […]"){kind=logo}
Shirley hits the ‘red zone,’ shuts down town offices
SHIRLEY – When the coronavirus pandemic hit in late March, and the state shuttered just about everything, per order of Gov. Charlie Baker, the town followed suit, along with schools...
![TOWNSEND – Selectmen tackled a lengthy agenda in their Zoom-enabled session Tuesday night, with 19 remote participants, including a resident whose Open Meeting Law complaint came up about midway through the meeting. Joan Savoy said she’d hand-delivered the complaint to Town Clerk Kathy Spofford on Oct. 22, the date noted in her letter, which was […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/townsend-3.png?w=88 "TOWNSEND – Selectmen tackled a lengthy agenda in their Zoom-enabled session Tuesday night, with 19 remote participants, including a resident whose Open Meeting Law complaint came up about midway through the meeting. Joan Savoy said she’d hand-delivered the complaint to Town Clerk Kathy Spofford on Oct. 22, the date noted in her letter, which was […]")
Open Meeting Law complaints still unresolved in Townsend
TOWNSEND – Selectmen tackled a lengthy agenda in their Zoom-enabled session Tuesday night, with 19 remote participants, including a resident whose Open Meeting Law complaint came up about midway through...