Discarded smoking materials cause of Ayer house fire: officials By Luke O'Roark February 24, 2020 at 3:34 p.m.
![AYER — Officials have determined that the improper disposal of smoking materials caused Friday’s house fire that injured an adult, destroyed the structure and killed a dog. Ayer Fire Chief Robert J. Pedrazzi and State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey made the announcement about the fire at 20 Bligh St. in a Monday afternoon press […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/low-l-ayerfire-5.jpg?w=117 "AYER — Officials have determined that the improper disposal of smoking materials caused Friday’s house fire that injured an adult, destroyed the structure and killed a dog. Ayer Fire Chief Robert J. Pedrazzi and State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey made the announcement about the fire at 20 Bligh St. in a Monday afternoon press […]")
![AYER — A woman and her family lost all their possessions after a two-alarm fire on Saturday night caused irreparable damage to the home they were renting. Shannon Holleran had lived at 20 Bligh St. with her 11-month-old daughter and her daughter’s father, Dana Patra, since September. She said she and her daughter were taking […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/low-l-ayerfire-1.jpg?w=117 "AYER — A woman and her family lost all their possessions after a two-alarm fire on Saturday night caused irreparable damage to the home they were renting. Shannon Holleran had lived at 20 Bligh St. with her 11-month-old daughter and her daughter’s father, Dana Patra, since September. She said she and her daughter were taking […]")
![AYER — A Pepperell man is facing seven drug-related charges following a drug bust in Pepperell earlier this month. On Friday, Jason Morall of 18 Maple St., unit 33, was arraigned in Ayer District Court on multiple charges including one count of trafficking more than 10 grams of fentanyl, three counts of possession of a […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/low-l-bust-1.jpg?w=104 "AYER — A Pepperell man is facing seven drug-related charges following a drug bust in Pepperell earlier this month. On Friday, Jason Morall of 18 Maple St., unit 33, was arraigned in Ayer District Court on multiple charges including one count of trafficking more than 10 grams of fentanyl, three counts of possession of a […]")
![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 […]")