06/17/2013 04:28 PM EDT - COURTESY PHOTO
Pictured from left, volunteer Michael Pauley, curator Meredith Marcinkewicz, volunteer Lucy Arrigo and volunteer Jackie Stanton.
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06/17/2013 04:28 PM EDT - This photo shows the new kiosk and crew that put it together. The crew was made up of Takashi Tada, Rich Strazdas, Steve Smith, Keith Frederick, George Bacon, and Kyle Strazdas (not in photo).
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06/17/2013 04:27 PM EDT - AYER -- The town of Ayer is holding a competition for design of a town flag.
The winning design will be submitted to Town Meeting for approval as the official town flag and will be sent to hang in with the flags of the other cities and towns in the Hall of Flags in the State House in Boston.
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06/17/2013 10:35 AM EDT - SHIRLEY -- Ayer Recycling Committee member Melissa MacDonald told the Ayer Shirley Regional School Committee that the Ayer and Shirley Recycling Committees are in the process of applying for a MassDEP School Recycling Assistance grant for the school district.
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06/14/2013 07:32 AM EDT - AYER -- The town could become among the first communities in the state to have a medical marijuana dispensary, or conversely, a Shirley man who wants to open a business on Central Avenue might have to wait a year or more to apply for the zoning permits.
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06/14/2013 07:31 AM EDT - AYER -- A public hearing Thursday night focused on whether the Planning Board should recommend a moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries here.
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06/14/2013 07:31 AM EDT - SHIRLEY -- TADS co-founder Steven Boczenowski and Page Hilltop Elementary School guidance counselor Betsy Dolan addressed the Ayer Shirley Regional School Committee last week to report on the school district's contract with MSPP INTERFACE
Boczenowski said that he and his wife Deb, of Groton, founded the nonprofit TADS, or Teen Anxiety and
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06/14/2013 07:32 AM EDT - AYER -- At her own retirement party, Ann Callahan is serving other people cake.
She darts around with a plate of chocolate cake in each hand, asking who hasn't received any yet, who needs a soda and what she can do for everyone.
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06/14/2013 07:35 AM EDT - AYER -- The Ayer July Fourth Parade and Fireworks will take place on Saturday, July 6, with a rain date of Sunday, July 7.
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06/14/2013 07:33 AM EDT - AYER -- Color Bar Salon on Main Street is holding a cut-a-thon tomorrow (June 15) with donation of the day's sales to Andrea Lyons, of Townsend.
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06/14/2013 07:32 AM EDT - AYER -- The season's first Classic Car Cruise Night in downtown Ayer is being held on Wednesday night, June 19, starting at 6 p.
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06/14/2013 07:31 AM EDT - SHIRLEY -- You are invited to join the Gardeners Exchange for a presentation on "Medicinal Uses of Herbs" on Saturday, June 22, at 11 a.
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06/14/2013 07:31 AM EDT - The following students graduated from Ayer-Shirley Regional High School:
Anthony Michael Adams, Austin Patrick Bell, Jacob Steven Brown, Wayne Lima Carvalho, Savannah Morgan Cooke, Ryan William Coulter, David-Tristan Shane Cynewski, Tyler James Dauphinais, Celiena Catherine DeBalsi, Shanna Marie DeBalsi,, Margaret May Durand, Erika Lynne
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06/14/2013 07:33 AM EDT - Fire Log for week of June 3, through June 9:
June 3: 0:55 A-1 ALS Shirley; 13:27 A-1 to Nashoba Park; 14:40 A-1 ALS Groton; 19:39 A-1 to 22 Westford Rd.
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06/14/2013 07:33 AM EDT - CALENDAR
FRIDAY, JUNE 14 and SATURDAY, JUNE 15
Town Beach open through the summer
Devens Firefighters Local S-19 will hold its annual MDA "Fill the Boot" Drive: June 14 and June 15, from 7 a.
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06/11/2013 11:19 AM EDT - Nashoba Publishing/Dina Samfield
Page Hilltop Elementary School Guidance Counselor Betsy Dolan and TADS-Cofounder Steven Boczenowski address the Ayer Shirley Regional School Committee about the need for the continued availability of the MSPP INTERFACE Helpline.
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06/07/2013 07:32 AM EDT - AYER -- Page Hilltop School Principal Fred Deppe considers Memorial Day to be one of the nation's most memorable holidays.
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06/07/2013 07:31 AM EDT - AYER/SHIRLEY -- "It is looking better that we will be able to settle our budget by July 1," said Ayer Shirley Regional School Committee Vice Chairman Pat Kelly Tuesday night.
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06/07/2013 07:32 AM EDT - AYER -- Terrance Perham says he has to keep his windows shut to keep out the fetid odor emanating from the house next door, and he wants to know why the town hasn't condemned the building, destroyed in a fire three years ago.
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06/07/2013 07:33 AM EDT - AYER -- The last thing Dave Knowlton expected to become was an entrepreneur. Founder and co-owner of Nashoba Analytical LLC, Knowlton is a scientist with an extensive background in microbiology and chemistry.
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06/07/2013 07:33 AM EDT - AYER -- The Parks Department will be offering swimming lessons at Sandy Pond Beach beginning July 8. The park offers two two-week sessions in five levels, according each swimmer's experience level.
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06/07/2013 11:42 AM EDT - AYER/SHIRLEY -- Among items brought up by School Committee Chairman Joyce Reischutz at the recent meeting was the need for more bicycle racks at the schools, having a paid staff person take over the local Safe Routes to School program, building more actual physical movement breaks into classroom time and ensuring that students are allowed to talk
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06/07/2013 02:25 PM EDT - CORRECTION:
The event below is being held exclusively for the benefit of students in grades eight through eleven enrolled within the Ayer Shirley Regional School District and will take place at 12:45PM; it is not open to the public.
AYER -- Chris Herren, a former player with the NBA's Boston Celtics, will draw on his own experience to discuss substance abuse at 12:45 p.
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06/07/2013 07:33 AM EDT - SHIRLEY -- The Shirley COA, thanks to some generous grants, is planning to run a large and exciting Senior Lifelong Learning event, also known as a medical fair on Nov.
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06/07/2013 07:31 AM EDT - SHIRLEY -- Philip Wesley will be a junior in high school next fall. But he won't be joining his classmates at The Bromfield School in Harvard, where he recently finished 10th grade.
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06/07/2013 07:33 AM EDT - TUESDAY, MAY 28
0:08 still alarm, Engine 2, A-1 to 80 Sandy Pond Road for motor-vehicle accident; 7:30 A-1 ALS Harvard; 8:03 Engine 2 to Nemco Way for an oil spill; 9:36 A-1 ALS Devens; 10:20 A-1 ALS Shirley; 11:44 A-1 to 55 Littleton Road; 15:25 A-1 ALS Groton; 15:25 A-2 to 25 Groton School Road; 18:40 still alarm, Service 1 to Devens for a
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06/06/2013 10:39 AM EDT - AYER -- Terrance Perham says he has to keep his windows shut to keep out the fetid odor emanating from the house next door, and he wants to know why the town hasn't condemned the building, destroyed in a fire three years ago.
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06/04/2013 11:21 PM EDT - AYER -- The town's Community Development Block Grant program won't lose its part-time office employee when funding runs out June 30, good news for part-time employee Alicia Hersey, and for the office which is involved in three renovation projects.
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06/05/2013 12:18 AM EDT - AYER --"It is looking better that we will be able to settle our budget by July 1," said Ayer Shirley Regional School Committee Vice Chair Pat Kelly Tuesday night, referring to the deadline by which the committee must approve its budget before the
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