02/05/2010 02:41 PM EST - AYER -- Maxo Daniel's family members lived between the towns of Carrefour and Petion-Ville in Haiti, in one of the most devastated by the Jan.   Full Story

02/05/2010 02:19 PM EST - AYER -- The Ayer Board of Selectmen made short work of deliberating and agreeing to sign a Resolution addressed to the Montachusett Area Regional Transit Authority.   Full Story

02/05/2010 03:50 PM EST - DEVENS -- In a not-so-veiled threat directed at MassDevelopment, Joint Boards of Selectmen Chairman Enrico Cappucci expressed anger at the Devens developer for not sending a representative to address the board on the two entities pitching housing proposals for the vacant four-building quadrangle historically known as Vicksburg Square.   Full Story

02/05/2010 02:13 PM EST - AYER -- Last year, as 11-year-old Ayer resident Kristen Bremer watched an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition featuring a couple who run a Little League program for special-needs kids, she turned to her mother Kerry and said, "I want to do that.   Full Story

02/05/2010 02:26 PM EST - SHIRLEY -- If Town Meeting voters in the two towns give their approval, the Ayer-Shirley Regional School District would exist as a legal entity the next day, but by design the new district would not become operational for another 14 months.   Full Story

02/05/2010 12:03 PM EST - Suppose you were stuck in a small boat in shark-infested waters, together with a man who hates you and intends to kill you if he can.   Full Story

02/05/2010 02:16 PM EST - Calendar Sunday, Feb. 7 Sunday breakfast: Ayer Gun & Sportsmen's Club, 255 Snake Hill Road, Ayer, serving Sunday breakfast from 7 to 10 a.   Full Story

02/05/2010 02:23 PM EST - AYER -- Ayer's new Economic Development Director David Maher Maher started work Wednesday, Jan. 20. He came to employment terms with the Ayer Board of Selectmen the prior day.   Full Story

02/05/2010 02:25 PM EST - AYER -- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority police said an unidentified man drove his truck down the railroad tracks off Snakehill Road and accelerated into a freight train pulling five flatbed trucks Tuesday morning.   Full Story

01/29/2010 01:31 PM EST - AYER -- Rainbow-colored pencil art works are hanging in the lower level of the Ayer Public Library as part of the second annual "Power of Peace" Lions Clubs International poster contest.   Full Story

01/29/2010 01:29 PM EST - DEVENS -- The latest meeting between state authorities, local officials and concerned citizens regarding the possible construction of a parking structure in downtown Ayer revealed not only that the groups were miles apart about the type of structure that could be built, but that one of the key sources of funding for the project might not be   Full Story

01/29/2010 11:55 AM EST - AYER -- "This is the Ayer commuter rail station," starts the narrator. "This is where commuters from surrounding communities head to work daily by driving here for the inbound commute to Boston.   Full Story

01/29/2010 02:24 PM EST - DEVENS -- The Joint Boards of Selectmen for Ayer, Harvard and Shirley met on Jan. 14. A week earlier, MassDevelopment invited a contingent of Joint Board members to a closed door meeting with the two private developers vying to develop the vacant Vicksburg complex of buildings.   Full Story

01/29/2010 01:28 PM EST - AYER -- Ayer's Town Treasurer Denis Callahan is leaving his post after nine years when his three-year term expires in April.   Full Story

01/29/2010 11:53 AM EST - AYER -- Stephanie Gintner of Nashua Street has pulled nomination papers for the postions of both town treasurer and the tax collector.   Full Story

01/29/2010 02:26 PM EST - PEPPERELL -- The Nissitissit Middle School girls basketball turned things around with a strong second quarter, outscoring Groton-Dunstable 9-2, en route to a hard-fought 30-26 victory.   Full Story

01/29/2010 01:32 PM EST - Ayer Local Arts Council: Three vacancies Communications Com.: Three vacancies APAC-Cable Board of Directors: Two vacancies Commission on Disabilities: Five vacancies Personnel Board: One vacancy Recycling Committee: Three vacancies Zoning Board of Appeals: One vacancy Capital Planning Com.   Full Story

01/29/2010 11:01 AM EST - Calendar First environmental party: 7 to 10 p.m. Come join us for the first annual party for the environmental groups in Ayer at the Billiards Cafe in downtown Ayer, 39 Main St.   Full Story

01/29/2010 11:52 AM EST - By Lisa Redmond MediaNews AYER -- A 40-year-old Bridgewater man is being held without bail because police say he continued to pursue his sister-in-law -- allegedly kidnapping her in Ayer -- after she broke off their sporadic affair.   Full Story

01/29/2010 11:56 AM EST - AYER -- Ayer Finance Committee member Glen LaPierre of Lawton Street pulled nomination papers for both the town treasurer post and the tax collector post on Jan.   Full Story