![SHIRLEY – Suffrage – the right or privilege of voting — was denied to women until 1920, when the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote, same as men. Marking the centennial year of that historic achievement, the Shirley Historical Society Museum’s featured exhibit ”History of the Vote” […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/low-z-0811shirley1-1.jpg?w=140 "SHIRLEY – Suffrage – the right or privilege of voting — was denied to women until 1920, when the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote, same as men. Marking the centennial year of that historic achievement, the Shirley Historical Society Museum’s featured exhibit ”History of the Vote” […]")
Shirley’s Hazel MacKaye was a key figure in women’s suffrage movement
SHIRLEY – Suffrage – the right or privilege of voting — was denied to women until 1920, when the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, giving women the...
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![AYER – The Ayer Shirley Regional School District in a Zoom presentation to parents this week laid out an array of potential back-to-school plans for the 2020-21 school year. Options include in-person learning, with kids back at their (distanced) desks in the fall, remote learning with attendance and other standards in place or any one […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/nas-l-therapydog2-1.jpg?w=132 "AYER – The Ayer Shirley Regional School District in a Zoom presentation to parents this week laid out an array of potential back-to-school plans for the 2020-21 school year. Options include in-person learning, with kids back at their (distanced) desks in the fall, remote learning with attendance and other standards in place or any one […]")
Ayer/Shirley Regional Schools seeks quick feedback on return to schools
AYER – The Ayer Shirley Regional School District in a Zoom presentation to parents this week laid out an array of potential back-to-school plans for the 2020-21 school year. Options...
![SHIRLEY – Maplewood Manor, the Holden homestead on Horse Pond Road, has stood since 1750, according to Historic Commission records and its listing in the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System. With later additions dating back to 1900, the result is an eclectic mix of architectural styles – Greek Revival, Italianate, Victorian — and “composite” building […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/LOW-L-historicHouse009-1.jpg?w=132 "SHIRLEY – Maplewood Manor, the Holden homestead on Horse Pond Road, has stood since 1750, according to Historic Commission records and its listing in the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System. With later additions dating back to 1900, the result is an eclectic mix of architectural styles – Greek Revival, Italianate, Victorian — and “composite” building […]")
Historic Commission puts hold on proposed Shirley home demo
SHIRLEY – Maplewood Manor, the Holden homestead on Horse Pond Road, has stood since 1750, according to Historic Commission records and its listing in the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System....
![SHIRLEY – Recalling the kind of seismic events that made headlines in the moment and history over time, from natural disasters to human triumphs and tragedies, most of us tend to place ourselves in retrospective orbit around them. Where were you when? What were you doing? When JFK was assassinated. When WWII ended. When Covid-19 […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/low-l-moments-1.jpg?w=117 "SHIRLEY – Recalling the kind of seismic events that made headlines in the moment and history over time, from natural disasters to human triumphs and tragedies, most of us tend to place ourselves in retrospective orbit around them. Where were you when? What were you doing? When JFK was assassinated. When WWII ended. When Covid-19 […]")
Memorable moments, witnessing history
SHIRLEY – Recalling the kind of seismic events that made headlines in the moment and history over time, from natural disasters to human triumphs and tragedies, most of us tend...
Turmoil on Shirley Finance Committee
SHIRLEY – Finance Committee Chairman John O’Keefe, who has served on the the board for five years and chaired it for 2 ½ years, has left his moderator-appointed, volunteer position....
Shirley residents cruise through annual town meeting warrant
SHIRLEY – With 80 registered voters at annual town meeting last week in the Ayer Shirley Middle School gymnasium, all but one of 20 warrant articles passed in just over...
![AYER/SHIRLEY – The Ayer Shirley Regional School District is gearing up to reopen in the fall, according to a June 25 press release from the superintendent’s office. Preferably, in a physical setting rather than a virtual one. “We feel the in-person model is the best…to meet students’ social, emotional and academic needs,” the press release […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/nas-l-therapydog2-1.jpg?w=132 "AYER/SHIRLEY – The Ayer Shirley Regional School District is gearing up to reopen in the fall, according to a June 25 press release from the superintendent’s office. Preferably, in a physical setting rather than a virtual one. “We feel the in-person model is the best…to meet students’ social, emotional and academic needs,” the press release […]")
Ayer-Shirley region schools plan fall reopening
AYER/SHIRLEY – The Ayer Shirley Regional School District is gearing up to reopen in the fall, according to a June 25 press release from the superintendent’s office. Preferably, in a...
![TOWNSEND – With a total turnout of 820 voters in the town’s three precincts — out of 6,137 registered voters in town — selectmen candidate Veronica Kell eked out a victory over selectmen candidate Kevin Keefe, in the only contested race on the ballot. Keefe garnered 391 votes. Kell won the three-year seat with 422 […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/low-l-townsend-1-1.jpg?w=117 "TOWNSEND – With a total turnout of 820 voters in the town’s three precincts — out of 6,137 registered voters in town — selectmen candidate Veronica Kell eked out a victory over selectmen candidate Kevin Keefe, in the only contested race on the ballot. Keefe garnered 391 votes. Kell won the three-year seat with 422 […]")
Kell narrowly defeats Keefe for Townsend selectman
TOWNSEND – With a total turnout of 820 voters in the town’s three precincts — out of 6,137 registered voters in town — selectmen candidate Veronica Kell eked out a...
![TOWNSEND – When the Board of Health met – via conference call – Monday night, member Christopher Nocella mused about meeting in person again at Town Hall versus over the phone. The great hall has re-opened for employees to work there, but is not open to the public yet, according to health board administrator Carla […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/can-1.jpg?w=140 "TOWNSEND – When the Board of Health met – via conference call – Monday night, member Christopher Nocella mused about meeting in person again at Town Hall versus over the phone. The great hall has re-opened for employees to work there, but is not open to the public yet, according to health board administrator Carla […]")
Townsend health board to address curbside scavenging
TOWNSEND – When the Board of Health met – via conference call – Monday night, member Christopher Nocella mused about meeting in person again at Town Hall versus over the...
Shirley selectman thumps write-in challenger
SHIRLEY – With no contested races in the annual Town Election until late in the game, when Bryan Dumont announced a recently-launched write-in campaign for selectman earlier this month, incumbent...