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 – 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 […]")
![The Shirley Historical Society will present a celebration of conservationist Benton MacKaye’s birthday Saturday, March 7, starting at 2 p.m., at the Shirley Senior Center, 9 Parker Road. Born March 6, 1879, MacKaye gained fame as a pioneer in the professions of forestry, regional planning and conservation. Best known as the father of the Appalachian […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/low-z-0220benton-1.jpg?w=64 "The Shirley Historical Society will present a celebration of conservationist Benton MacKaye’s birthday Saturday, March 7, starting at 2 p.m., at the Shirley Senior Center, 9 Parker Road. Born March 6, 1879, MacKaye gained fame as a pioneer in the professions of forestry, regional planning and conservation. Best known as the father of the Appalachian […]")
![SHIRLEY – Tensions inside the MCI-Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center have apparently reached a boiling point, with prisoners telling state officials that they are being mistreated by corrections officers. Sen. Jamie Eldridge joined four other government officials in a six-hour visit to the prison on Sunday, Feb. 2 to interview inmates and observe conditions of the facility. […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Prison5-2-1.jpg?w=114 "SHIRLEY – Tensions inside the MCI-Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center have apparently reached a boiling point, with prisoners telling state officials that they are being mistreated by corrections officers. Sen. Jamie Eldridge joined four other government officials in a six-hour visit to the prison on Sunday, Feb. 2 to interview inmates and observe conditions of the facility. […]")
