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Shirley Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Shirley, MA.

Results 1 - 20 of 358 in Shirley, MA

  1. More feet making their way to schoolsRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | CNN

    ... to have some emergency response to that." Small towns are feeling the pinch, too. Short on cash, school officials in Shirley, Massachusetts, a small town about 40 miles northwest of Boston, are going from eight buses to four starting this school ...

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  2. Umpire Prentiss has reason to danceRead the original story

    Tuesday | Major League Baseball

    ... in his gut wasn't just fighting to dance again; he was fighting to live. On that date, Prentiss, a sergeant with the Shirley, Mass., Police Department, had responded to a call of an attempted sexual assault. He patrolled the town looking for the ...

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  3. Missing out on full-day kindergarten

    Sunday Aug 17 | Sentinel & Enterprise

    Lynn Toomey said she moved to town 15 years ago because of the school system. But this fall she is sending her twin daughters to Shirley through the state's school-choice system so they can attend full-day ... 26 comments

    Related Topix: Education Etc., Lunenburg, MA, Kids, Family

  4. What does Harvard wantRead the original story

    Saturday Aug 16 | Harvard Hillside

    ... in terms of descriptive disposition scenarios. The memo translated into ballot questions that Ayer, Harvard and Shirley voted on at super town meetings and at the polls. The result was, in short, no change in status. Two towns rejected the ...

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  5. Shirley posting boardRead the original story

    Saturday Aug 16 | Nashoba Publishing Online

    ... 7 p.m. meeting, Town Offices. Veterans' Agent late hours: 5:30-7 p.m., Town Offices. Information Night: 6:30-8 p.m., Shirley Public Library meeting room; Information about the Sept. 9 override vote, hosted by Shirley Citizens for Fiscal ...

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  6. Incomplete work has owners fuming

    Saturday Aug 16 | Shirley Oracle

    ... District: Acton, $823,577, Boxborough, $151,092, Harvard, $860,532, Lancaster, $445,851, Lunenburg, $633,417 and Shirley, $696,571? Benson: Through my years of experience in developing and managing local budgets, I understand how much our towns are ...

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  7. Regional calendarRead the original story

    Saturday Aug 16 | Shirley Oracle

    ... 16 and under $10. Visit theatre.mwcc.edu or call (978) 632-2403. Honey Tribe: 8 p.m., Bull Run Restaurant, Route 2A, Shirley; Devon Allman, son of the legendary Gregg, leads his band on stage. Opening act Ashbrook Haynes. Tickets $14 in advance, $18 ...

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  8. (Harper) Collard, 93Read the original story

    Wednesday Aug 13 | Worcester Telegram & Gazette

    ... and her husband, John of Rotonda West, Florida, Nancy M. Ingham and her husband, Ronald of Shipshewana, Indiana, Shirley I. Batcheller and her husband, Peter of Rotonda West, Florida; Rita D. Chapdelaine and her husband, Gerald of Englewood, ...

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  9. Regional digestRead the original story

    Tuesday Aug 12 | Worcester Telegram & Gazette

    ... land to the city for a new station. A committee is reviewing those submissions. Prison guard praised for response SHIRLEY - Richard Morales, a correctional officer at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, has won an award for his response to an ...

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  10. Good fences, safer turtlesRead the original story

    Sunday Aug 10 | Lowell Sun

    ... environmentally friendly," Herland said, adding that employees from Bemis Associates, an adhesives manufacturer in Shirley, volunteered to clean the Nashua River at the Wildlife Refuge in the past. "Through this cooperative project with state and ...

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  11. Superior Roofing files for Chapter 11 after pay lawsuitRead the original story

    Friday Aug 8 | Nashoba Publishing Online

    ... real estate on which Superior operates. Founded in 1990, Superior Roofing includes its headquarters on Great Road in Shirley, as well as offices in Chelmsford, Concord, Harvard, Lexington, Littleton, Arlington and Newton. Liss-Riordan didn't know if ... 1 comment

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  12. Military Appreciation Day

    Friday Aug 8 | Shirley Oracle

    ... for the event." Military Appreciation Day, scheduled for Sept. 13, will include the towns of Ayer, Harvard and Shirley, the residents of Devens and an invitation was extended to Lancaster as one of the bordering towns. U.S. Army Garrison Fort Devens ...

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  13. Town must embrace industry to broaden tax base

    Thursday Aug 7 | Sentinel & Enterprise

    ... Atlantic Union College, the Perkins Schooland Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, which sits along theLancaster-Shirley border. A spreadsheet released by the state Department of Revenue shows Lancaster supported considerably more tax-exempt ... 2 comments

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  14. JD Technologies, LLC and ThermoFab Form Strategic RelationshipRead the original story

    Thursday Aug 7 | PRWeb

    The relationship will allow ThermoFab to continue doing what they do very well - designing, developing and manufacturing custom thermoformed plastic enclosures - while JD Technologies, focuses on selling and ...

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  15. Tax-exemptions create revenue hurdles for LancasterRead the original story

    Monday Aug 4 | Sentinel & Enterprise

    ... Atlantic Union College, the Perkins School and Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, which sits along the Lancaster-Shirley border. A spreadsheet released by the state Department of Revenue shows Lancaster supported considerably more tax-exempt ... 2 comments

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  16. Eager readers line up for vampire book releaseRead the original story

    Saturday Aug 2 | Sentinel & Enterprise

    ... Jessica Madigan pledged their allegiances to different male characters of the Stephanie Meyer's "Twilight" series. Shirley resident Madigan, 18 announced "Team Edward," at the Barnes & Noble book party and 12:01 a.m. release of "Breaking Dawn," the ...

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  17. Smoky five-alarm fire gutsRead the original story

    Friday Aug 1 | Pepperell Free Press

    ... Fire apparatus and personnel from Nashua, Brookline and Hollis, N.H., Ayer, Devens, Dunstable, Groton, Lunenburg, Shirley, Townsend, Tyngsboro and Westford were at the scene, as were Rockingham, Trinity, MedStar, Townsend, Hollis, Groton and ...

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  18. The Posting BoardRead the original story

    Friday Aug 1 | Nashoba Publishing Online

    ... with fine music for all ages. Too hot these days? Try your luck on the popular dunking booth, run by our fine Shirley Fire Department. Winners of the giant raffle will be picked on Saturday evening. So, come one, come all, to show your support to ...

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  19. Harvard's Devens resolution

    Friday Aug 1 | Nashoba Publishing Online

    ... interest in the successful reuse of the former U.S. Army base known as Fort Devens, along with the towns of Ayer, Shirley and the residents of Devens. That we reaffirm the goals of the 1994 Devens Reuse Plan and Chapter 498. To wit: "The Devens ...

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  20. Tomatoes expected at this weekend's Farmer's Market

    Friday Aug 1 | Nashoba Publishing Onine

    ... zucchini, cucumbers, beets, eggplant and various other vegetables and some prepared foods. La Finca Cantabria, of Shirley, was selling gazpacho. "Gazpacho is a cold tomato soup from Andaluca, Spain," M.J. Castro said. "That's where my husband is ...

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