Shirley News

The 2013 Annual Town Meeting was the town's 260th, according to Moderator George Knittel, who dated its inception to the establishment of the town in 1753.

Air horns, confetti and bouncing beach balls marked the jubilant conclusion of Fitchburg State University's 117th commencement ceremony after 425 of about 600 graduates walked across the dais in the school quad Saturday.

An 18-year-old woman was injured when the car she was driving rolled onto its side along Bank's Corner on Center Street Wednesday afternoon.

Former selectman and Joint Boards of Selectmen Shirley representative Enrico Cappucci spoke at the Shirley selectmen's meeting Monday night to make clear his reason for resigning from the JBOS.

Selectman Kendra Dumont brought up the Ayer-Shirley Regional School District and funding issues its two member towns face during a recent visit with selectmen by state Sen.

Lunenburg police, with assistance from detectives in Westminster and Ashburnham, arrested Patrick E. Crane, 29, of Island Road, Lunenburg, on Thursday and charged him with two counts of receiving stolen property.

This May 3rd, I had the honor and pleasure of attending the Annual Legislative Breakfast hosted by the Department of Developmental Service's Central Region Citizen's Advisory Board.

Convicted murderer Robert Breest, imprisoned for more than 40 years in the murder of an 18-year-old Manchester woman whose partially nude body was found on a frozen Merrimack River in the Capital City, will remain jailed at least until he submits to a sexual offender evaluation.

In 2010, Laurel Mabon gave birth to daughter Gracie Mae aboard an Ayer ambulance while being rushed to the hospital.

Firefighters doused a two-alarm blaze that started in the kitchen at 56 Harvard Rd.

Selectmen signed an amended version of the May 20 Annual Town Meeting warrant Monday night, moving in unison with the Finance Committee through its 21 articles, with favorable recommendations on most.

Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry is proud to announce that Shirley-based Bemis Associates Inc., the leading manufacturer of heat-seal films for the apparel and footwear industries, has provided 11,000 hours of volunteer time to Loaves & Fishes over the past 10 years since the two organizations started working together.

Annual roadside cleanups in Ayer and Shirley rounded up the usual suspects on Saturday: a few car mufflers, a plastic flower pot and a birdhouse made out of a paint can.

Kimberly Bourassa, 19, of Shirley, a member of Venturing Crew 34 Shirley and also president for the Venturing Officer's Association , speaks during the Nashua Valley Council Boy Scouts of America fundraising event at the Four Points by Sheraton in Leominster as former U.S. Senator Scott Brown looks on, Wednesday evening.

A Marguerite Avenue taxidermist is in trouble with the state Environmental Police for having a couple of northern copperhead snakes in his store, from which he was allegedly selling live bait without a permit, according to Leominster District Court records.

While turnout is expected to be low for the U.S. Senate primary election today, some local races could attract a crowd.

Legislators representing the local district paid their annual visit to selectmen Monday night to update the board on the state's budget process and to answer questions.

Firefighters doused an oven fire at Dunkin' Donuts at the intersection of Fredonian and Main streets Sunday about 10:56 a.m. There was more smoke than fire, but after using a fire extinguisher to put out the stove fire, firefighters used a fan to blow the smoke out of the building for about an hour, Capt.

While turnout is expected to be low for the U.S. Senate primary election on Tuesday, some local races could attract a crowd.

SENTINEL & ENTERPRISE / JOHN LOVE "It's a common interest that we have," said Joanna Bilotta-Simeone, a Lunenburg Planning Board member.