Backed by grants and local gusto, Shirley downtown on the upswing By M.E. Jones October 22, 2020 at 7:28 a.m.
Shirley’s Hazel MacKaye was a key figure in women’s suffrage movement By M.E. Jones August 12, 2020 at 5:30 a.m.
Sena and Clark capture nominations for 37th Middlesex District By Jon Winkler March 3, 2020 at 9:35 p.m.
![SHIRLEY – After weeks of construction upheaval along Main and Front streets, the downtown area is looking notably better than it did before, thanks to government grant money and local elbow grease. Specifically, near-completed sidewalk and roadway replacements and repairs, funded in part by government grants, and a successful grass-roots clean-up effort in the downtown […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/low-l-roads-1.jpg?w=117 "SHIRLEY – After weeks of construction upheaval along Main and Front streets, the downtown area is looking notably better than it did before, thanks to government grant money and local elbow grease. Specifically, near-completed sidewalk and roadway replacements and repairs, funded in part by government grants, and a successful grass-roots clean-up effort in the downtown […]")
![Two weeks into the school year, with some students back at their desks most mornings and logged in from home in the afternoon, and others on an all-remote track, the new hybrid learning model the Ayer Shirley Regional School District’s “remote academy” received mixed reviews during an online forum for parents and guardians Monday night. […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/NVV-096.jpg?w=132 "Two weeks into the school year, with some students back at their desks most mornings and logged in from home in the afternoon, and others on an all-remote track, the new hybrid learning model the Ayer Shirley Regional School District’s “remote academy” received mixed reviews during an online forum for parents and guardians Monday night. […]")
![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 — Mother’s Day is typically the Bull Run Restaurant’s busiest day of the year. But for the first time in 74 years, no families crowded the restaurant’s seven dining rooms to celebrate. Alison Tocci, owner and innkeeper, described the emptiness as “unnerving.” “For me, I grew up in that building and I’m just so […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/LOW-L-bullRunRestaurant33-1-1.jpg?w=129 "SHIRLEY — Mother’s Day is typically the Bull Run Restaurant’s busiest day of the year. But for the first time in 74 years, no families crowded the restaurant’s seven dining rooms to celebrate. Alison Tocci, owner and innkeeper, described the emptiness as “unnerving.” “For me, I grew up in that building and I’m just so […]")
![SHIRLEY – A guest speaker at an event held at the Senior Center on Saturday notified the town Monday morning that he had previously been exposed to the coronavirus, or COVID-19, a fact that he apparently was made aware of on Monday and did not know when he attended the Shirley event. Selectman Bryan Sawyer […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/China_Virus_11980-1-1-3.jpg?w=140 "SHIRLEY – A guest speaker at an event held at the Senior Center on Saturday notified the town Monday morning that he had previously been exposed to the coronavirus, or COVID-19, a fact that he apparently was made aware of on Monday and did not know when he attended the Shirley event. Selectman Bryan Sawyer […]")
![SHIRLEY – The race to become the new state representative for the 37th Middlesex District was paring down to one Democratic and one Republican candidate Tuesday night. As of 10:32 p.m. Tuesday night, Democrat Danillo Sena and Republican Cathy Clark were leading the primary races for their respective parties. Sena was closing in on the […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DSC_0597-1.jpg?w=132 "SHIRLEY – The race to become the new state representative for the 37th Middlesex District was paring down to one Democratic and one Republican candidate Tuesday night. As of 10:32 p.m. Tuesday night, Democrat Danillo Sena and Republican Cathy Clark were leading the primary races for their respective parties. Sena was closing in on the […]")