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On climate change, coal and civil disobedience
By
Emma Murphy
February 16, 2020 at 7:42 p.m.
Historic fire station to become affordable housing
By
Jon Winkler
February 14, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.
Residents draw new designs for Depot Square park
By
Jon Winkler
February 7, 2020 at 1:05 a.m.
Fitchburg attorney nominated for Ayer clerk magistrate
By
Jon Winkler
January 29, 2020 at 2:44 p.m.
Army Corps shows results of water treatment
By
Jon Winkler
January 24, 2020 at 1:17 a.m.
Bouquets and Baristas at Pinard's
By
Jon Winkler
January 24, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.
Ayer woman sentenced for fatally stabbing cousin
By
Aaron Curtis
January 6, 2020 at 5:33 p.m.
Alltown Fresh opening new location in Ayer
By
Jon Winkler
December 27, 2019 at 1:18 a.m.
Ayer vaping forum warns of ads and appearances
By
Jon Winkler
December 16, 2019 at 10:09 p.m.
Health boards deem church events as potluck
By
Jon Winkler
December 13, 2019 at 1:45 a.m.
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![AYER — “Climate change is well underway,” Wen Stephenson told the audience seated in St. Andrews Episcopal Church’s office space. Behind him, slides projected quotes from Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” and images of activists blocking the path of a coal train. Just months before, the church had opened its doors […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/low-l-blockade1-1.jpg?w=114 "AYER — “Climate change is well underway,” Wen Stephenson told the audience seated in St. Andrews Episcopal Church’s office space. Behind him, slides projected quotes from Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” and images of activists blocking the path of a coal train. Just months before, the church had opened its doors […]")
![AYER – It’s been a long time coming, but Alan Manoian thinks he’s finally found a winning deal for a former fire station. The town’s director of community and economic development hosted a public hearing at the Board of Selectmen’s meeting late last year to discuss a grant application to the U.S. Department of HUD […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/low-z-ayerfirestation-1.jpg?w=109 "AYER – It’s been a long time coming, but Alan Manoian thinks he’s finally found a winning deal for a former fire station. The town’s director of community and economic development hosted a public hearing at the Board of Selectmen’s meeting late last year to discuss a grant application to the U.S. Department of HUD […]")
![AYER – “The place we all know and love today, how does it make you feel?” Alan Manoian, Ayer’s director of community and economic development, asked that question to more than a dozen residents during a community input sessions at town hall late last month. The town official wasn’t flooded with responses. He asked the […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/low-l-depotsquare2-1.jpg?w=132 "AYER – “The place we all know and love today, how does it make you feel?” Alan Manoian, Ayer’s director of community and economic development, asked that question to more than a dozen residents during a community input sessions at town hall late last month. The town official wasn’t flooded with responses. He asked the […]")
![BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker announced on Wednesday the nomination of attorney Damian Riddle as clerk magistrate of the Ayer District Court. “Attorney Riddle’s decades of courtroom experience give me confidence that he will be an effective clerk magistrate,” Baker said in a press release. “I am pleased to submit this qualified candidate to the […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/low-z-magistrate-1.jpg?w=71 "BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker announced on Wednesday the nomination of attorney Damian Riddle as clerk magistrate of the Ayer District Court. “Attorney Riddle’s decades of courtroom experience give me confidence that he will be an effective clerk magistrate,” Baker said in a press release. “I am pleased to submit this qualified candidate to the […]")
![DEVENS – After nearly two years of collecting samples and gathering data, contractors for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced progress in filtering out chemical compounds in local water supplies. Last Thursday’s meeting of the Devens Restoration Advisory Board featured another update of the engineers’ investigation into traces of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/low-l-devenspfas2-1.jpg?w=132 "DEVENS – After nearly two years of collecting samples and gathering data, contractors for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced progress in filtering out chemical compounds in local water supplies. Last Thursday’s meeting of the Devens Restoration Advisory Board featured another update of the engineers’ investigation into traces of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or […]")
![AYER – Imagine all of the times one needs to get flowers: a boyfriend rushing to grab some roses to make up for a late date, kids grabbing a collection of violets to surprise their mom for Mother’s Day, people picking out a display to bring to a funeral in honor of a beloved family […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/low-l-pinards2-1.jpg?w=132 "AYER – Imagine all of the times one needs to get flowers: a boyfriend rushing to grab some roses to make up for a late date, kids grabbing a collection of violets to surprise their mom for Mother’s Day, people picking out a display to bring to a funeral in honor of a beloved family […]")
![AYER — An Ayer woman who fatally stabbed her cousin in September 2018 received a sentence of eight to 10 years in prison after admitting to the crime in Lowell Superior Court on Friday. Laqwanda Villaronga, 27, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and assault with a dangerous weapon for killing 24-year-old Jonathan Merritt, of Ayer, […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/low-l-ayerstab2-1.jpg?w=140 "AYER — An Ayer woman who fatally stabbed her cousin in September 2018 received a sentence of eight to 10 years in prison after admitting to the crime in Lowell Superior Court on Friday. Laqwanda Villaronga, 27, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and assault with a dangerous weapon for killing 24-year-old Jonathan Merritt, of Ayer, […]")
![AYER – Drivers on Harvard Road needing a fill-up in their gas tanks and stomachs now have a healthier option for roadside snacks. Alltown Fresh, an upstart convenience store chain, opened its second location in Massachusetts at 28 Harvard Road on Wednesday, Dec. 18. The store also doubles as a gas station for patrons entering […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/low-l-ayermarket3-1.jpg?w=132 "AYER – Drivers on Harvard Road needing a fill-up in their gas tanks and stomachs now have a healthier option for roadside snacks. Alltown Fresh, an upstart convenience store chain, opened its second location in Massachusetts at 28 Harvard Road on Wednesday, Dec. 18. The store also doubles as a gas station for patrons entering […]")
![AYER – “There’s an age of sale, not an age of use.” Those were the words of wisdom Cory Mashburn of the Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth offered to a sparse crowd of school staff on Monday night in the Ayer-Shirley Regional High School auditorium. Mashburn gave a presentation titled, “Vaping and Our Youth,” focusing on how […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/low-l-ayervapeJPG-1.jpg?w=132 "AYER – “There’s an age of sale, not an age of use.” Those were the words of wisdom Cory Mashburn of the Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth offered to a sparse crowd of school staff on Monday night in the Ayer-Shirley Regional High School auditorium. Mashburn gave a presentation titled, “Vaping and Our Youth,” focusing on how […]")
