Ayer News

The following students were named to the dean's list at the University of Massachusetts Lowell for the spring semester 2008.

Housing buildout and whether the total number or build rate should be the dominant consideration as host communities formulate success criteria, dominated Joint Boards of Selectmen discussion last week.

A small group of very special people gathered at the Ayer head of the Nashua River Rail Trail on Wednesday.

In Concord, the manager of Crosby's Marketplace near the Concord commuter rail station says commuters looking for parking have spread into spots reserved for store customers and employees.

According to Board of Health members, the best way to restore the health agent's full functioning -- missing for 18 months following the resignation of Edward Wirtanen -- is membership in the Nashoba Associated ...

The Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce will host its eleventh annual Community Service & Leadership Awards event on Weds., Nov.

The town of Ayer held an informational meeting to discuss and review proposed designs for the downtown commuter parking garages with the public.

Once you're a nurse, you're always a nurse, Pat Maguire says. A few years into retirement following a 35-year nursing career, the Townsend resident missed taking care of patients and teaming up with doctors and ...

A car ran off the road and nearly crashed into Ayer Town Hall Saturday morning. The vehicle was traveling westbound on Main St.

Experts hired by Groton and Townsend to study the idea to create a 3.7-mile bike/walk trail over the town border say there are no environmental or engineering issues that could hinder the project.

John Byors, known to many investors as the "Marble Man" who solicited more than $10 million for a Vermont marble mine, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison in U.S. District Court in Vermont.

Special Town Meeting: 7:15 p.m., Shirley Middle School Auditorium. Board of Assessors: 6 p.m. meeting, Town Offices, Keady Way.

Richard Oakley's heart sank in the summer of 2004 when he heard a local young girl he met through the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life suffered a relapse of leukemia after two years.

Bingo: 12:30 p.m., Ayer Senior Center; Cash prizes! Saturday, Sept. 27 Ayer Heritage Day: All day, all over town; Event includes neighborhood tours, sidewalk sale, homecoming parade, chili and chowder at ...

No words can adequately express the gratitude we have for the crews of the Groton, Ayer, Littleton, Harvard, Pepperell and Townsend fire departments.

With a new school year underway, the apples are ripening on the trees, leaves are starting to change color, and seniors across the nation are beginning their college admission processes.

The Army is soliciting public comment on its proposed remedy plan for the former Grant Housing Area and an adjoining 37mm impact area on the northern slope of Oak Hill in anticipation of making a record of ...

Observing the mock hazardous material incident drill conducted by the Ayer Fire and Police departments, Nashoba Valley Medical Center and Ayer Middle-High School took on a whole new meaning when this reporter ...

The Clinton, Lancaster and Bolton fire departments raced to Harvard on Tuesday morning to help put out a structure fire and, in so doing, helped preserve the town's history.

Mother Nature could play a big factor in Saturday's "All Around Ayer" festival. "It doesn't look like the weather is going to cooperate with us," said Ed Kelley, who organized the Merchants' Sidewalk Days ...