Former Townsend reserve police officer charged with assault and battery
![TOWNSEND — Townsend reserve police officer Officer Christopher VanVoorhis was arraigned for “assault and battery on a family/member” on June 21 and is due back in Ayer District Court on August 27, according to court records. According to the Townsend Police Department’s sSummary of facts obtained by The Sun, the incident occurred on June 19. […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20190425_BREAKINGNEWSManwanted-p1-11.jpg?w=526 "TOWNSEND — Townsend reserve police officer Officer Christopher VanVoorhis was arraigned for “assault and battery on a family/member” on June 21 and is due back in Ayer District Court on August 27, according to court records. According to the Townsend Police Department’s sSummary of facts obtained by The Sun, the incident occurred on June 19. […]")
TOWNSEND — Townsend reserve police officer Officer Christopher VanVoorhis was arraigned for “assault and battery on a family/member” on June 21 and is due back in Ayer District Court on August 27, according to court records. According to the Townsend Police Department’s sSummary of facts obtained by The Sun, the incident occurred on June 19. […]
![BOSTON – Speaker Ronald Mariano said Thursday that he is open to discussing a reversal of the state’s ban on happy hour drink promotions, but he stopped short of either supporting or opposing the idea. In an interview on Bloomberg Radio, Mariano said he is “committed to taking a look” at legislation Rep. Mike Connolly […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/budget14.jpg?w=285 "BOSTON – Speaker Ronald Mariano said Thursday that he is open to discussing a reversal of the state’s ban on happy hour drink promotions, but he stopped short of either supporting or opposing the idea. In an interview on Bloomberg Radio, Mariano said he is “committed to taking a look” at legislation Rep. Mike Connolly […]")
![AYER – The Ayer Shirley Regional High School fields project, which has been a work in progress, off and on, for more than three years, is geared up to get going again, this time with the barrier that had stopped it in its tracks removed. Specifically, passage of debt exclusions in both member towns, a […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/ASRSDlogo-1.jpg?w=187 "AYER – The Ayer Shirley Regional High School fields project, which has been a work in progress, off and on, for more than three years, is geared up to get going again, this time with the barrier that had stopped it in its tracks removed. Specifically, passage of debt exclusions in both member towns, a […]")
![SHIRLEY – A proposal to build a 52-unit townhouse condominium development on Benjamin Road that has been under review by two town boards for months came up for review again at the Conservation Commission meeting July 12. With three of six members members present and participants attending in person and via Zoom, the commission reopened […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/low-z-afforablehousing.jpg?w=249 "SHIRLEY – A proposal to build a 52-unit townhouse condominium development on Benjamin Road that has been under review by two town boards for months came up for review again at the Conservation Commission meeting July 12. With three of six members members present and participants attending in person and via Zoom, the commission reopened […]")
![BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday his administration has no plans to reinstate a mask mandate for schools this fall, one day after a dozen lawmakers urged him to revive the policy in early education and elementary school settings amid the spread of the more infectious Delta variant of COVID-19. In a letter to […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/bakerpool03-2.jpg?w=268 "BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday his administration has no plans to reinstate a mask mandate for schools this fall, one day after a dozen lawmakers urged him to revive the policy in early education and elementary school settings amid the spread of the more infectious Delta variant of COVID-19. In a letter to […]")
![BOSTON – With the House looking like it will overwhelmingly pass a sports betting bill Thursday afternoon, the senator handling the issue said he thinks his more reluctant branch is “ready to do this — if it’s done the right way.” Though he did not say when the Senate, which has been far less interested […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20190712_0713-low-s-betting-p1.jpg?w=281 "BOSTON – With the House looking like it will overwhelmingly pass a sports betting bill Thursday afternoon, the senator handling the issue said he thinks his more reluctant branch is “ready to do this — if it’s done the right way.” Though he did not say when the Senate, which has been far less interested […]")