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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...