02/05/2010 02:48 PM EST - AYER -- Saint Anthony's Church hall was filled to capacity with people of all ages in anticipation of a ziti and meatballs dinner.
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02/05/2010 02:29 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.
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02/05/2010 02:29 PM EST - SHIRLEY -- If Town Meeting voters in Ayer and Shirley agree to merge school districts in March, when planners hope to present a regional agreement at special town meetings in both towns, the new region will have been conceived but not quite born.
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02/05/2010 11:57 AM EST - SHIRLEY - Susan Baxter of Hazen Road said she's disappointed in the selectmen's lack of leadership as the town's finances continue to worsen and services suffer.
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02/05/2010 02:26 PM EST - By Lisa Redmond
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BOSTON -- A 57-year-old Shirley woman pleaded guilty in federal court to charges that she used her job in accounts payable at an Ayer company to divert nearly $200,000 to the account of a cleaning company that she controlled.
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02/05/2010 02:20 PM EST - SHIRLEY -- Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone's office said court documents regarding Robert Gulla, 19, who is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his ex-girlfriend, were sealed to protect the investigation and the families involved.
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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.
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02/05/2010 02:20 PM EST - Calendar
Sunday, Feb. 7
Quilting Bee: 1 to 3 p.m., Shirley Historical Society museum. Please see below for more details.
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02/04/2010 12:58 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.
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02/04/2010 12:58 PM EST - SHIRLEY -- If Town Meeting voters in Ayer and Shirley agree to merge school districts in March, when planners hope to present a regional agreement at special town meetings in both towns, the new region will have been conceived but not quite born.
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02/03/2010 03:52 PM EST - By Lisa Redmond
MediaNews
BOSTON -- A 57-year-old Shirley woman pleaded guilty in federal court to charges that she used her job in accounts payable at an Ayer company to divert nearly $200,000 to the account of a cleaning company which she controlled.
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01/29/2010 01:33 PM EST - By Robert Mills
Nick Mallard
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SHIRLEY -- A 19-year-old Shirley man who suffered stab and gunshot wounds during a Saturday night incident in Shirley that also left a 19-year-old Groton woman dead was described as a person of interest in the investigation.
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01/29/2010 01:32 PM EST - By Lisa Redmond
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AYER -- Walking down the stairs of her estranged boyfriend's basement apartment in Shirley early last month, Allison Myrick told police she was "terrified" when she saw Robert Gulla -- now charged with her murder -- holding her cell phone.
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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.
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01/29/2010 11:53 AM EST - SHIRLEY -- Last summer, the Shirley Conservation Commission hired Kim and Steve Hampson to be the new caretakers of the 73-acre Longley Acres Conservation Area on Whitney Road in Shirley.
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01/29/2010 01:28 PM EST - Conclusion of a 3-part series
By Dina Samfield
Correspondent
SHIRLEY -- In 2002, the United Way and the social entrepreneurial organization Youth Venture, joined in a unique and collaborative partnership to spread the Youth Venture opportunity to local schools.
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01/29/2010 01:32 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.
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01/26/2010 06:34 PM EST - By Lisa Redmond
MediaNews
AYER -- Walking down the stairs of her estranged boyfriend's basement apartment in Shirley early last month, Allison Myrick told police she was "terrified" when she saw Robert Gulla -- now charged with her murder -- holding her cell phone.
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