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Some students say they would back school regionalization
High school seniors Meghan McCaffrey and Nick Flanagan said regionalization discussions between school officials from North Middlesex and Lunenburg school districts are a good idea if they could help the towns build a new high school.
Parents tour prospective Devens school
School teachers and administrators were on hand to greet parents who took advantage of an open house at the proposed new home for the Harvard public school's Integrated Pre-K program.
Shirley seeks way to recoup back taxes
The Special Town Meeting warrant includes seven articles, and the most important may be Article 2, which contains separate line-item requests worth $52,000 needed to chase delinquent taxpayers, Selectman Enrico "Rico" Cappucci said yesterday.
The Friends of the Hazen Memorial Library in Shirley hosted a free Haunted Halloween Magic Show with magician Tommy James at the library on the evening of Oct.
Nashoba Chamber to present leadership awards
The Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce is hosting its 11th annual Community Service & Leadership Awards event Wednesday, Nov.
Harvard, Shirley share Shaker history
On a recent Sunday afternoon, the last of the fall tours organized by the Shirley Historical Society took place on the grounds of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution.
Psychotherapist to speak in Shirley
As parents, we often wonder what we can do to motivate our children to do their best, reach their goals and to rally themselves when things go wrong.
Souvenirs of Summer Vacations -- is the theme for the current display at the Shirley Historical Society Museum.
Army Community Covenant posed to Pepperell
"We have a roomful of Patriots here who want to help our soldiers and their families," said Tony Saboliauskas, a member of VFW Post 3291.
Support for three-town school plan continues
Recently your paper printed an article concerning the decision by the Ayer/Lunenburg/Shirley Regionalization Planning Board to not bring a three-town school regionalization proposal to the three towns.
New rules: Volunteers must pass ethics test
Communities throughout the region are learning the new state ethics law is a logistical quagmire, officials said this week.
Second quarter tax bills due Nov. 2
The fiscal 2010 second quarter real estate and personal property preliminary tax bills are due in the collector's office by Monday, Nov.
Presented by the Merrimack Vallety Chamber of Commerce. Takes place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Andover Country Club, 60 Canterbury St., Andover.
Selectmen: We're better off without Lunenburg
The wind was recently knocked out of a tri-town regionalization effort among the Ayer, Shirley and Lunenburg school districts due to both Lunenburg opposition to the plan and the evaporation of previously pledged funding from the State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Woman, 72, arraigned on second OUI charge
A 72-year-old Pepperell woman, who appeared in court in a wheelchair, was arraigned on her second drunken-driving charge for an accident in July in which she allegedly plowed into four parked cars and then was trapped in her overturned vehicle.
New exhibit: Souvenirs of Summer Vacations is the theme for the current display at the Shirley Historical Society Museum.
ISS announces expanded operations in Shirley's Phoenix Park mill site
In the midst of a national economic downturn, one local company saw the need to expand its facility and to add services and employees.
3-town approach yields favorable road-repair bids
The pothole-riddled section of Groton Road from about Lawton to Garrison streets is about to get a long-needed makeover, according to Town Administrator Kyle Keady, who has been working with DPW directors from Ayer and Harvard to bring in low bids on a three-town roster of road projects compiled by Ayer's director.