03/12/2010 10:42 AM EST - SHIRLEY -- It was an historic vote and obvious from the outset which way it would go.
The single article on the March 6 Special Town Meeting warrant proposed forming an Ayer-Shirley Regional School District.
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03/12/2010 12:54 PM EST - AYER -- Seven percent of the town's 4,752 registered voters attended Saturday's Special Town Meeting to make a momentous decision: Should Ayer and Shirley schools combine into a single regional school district?
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03/12/2010 11:29 AM EST - SHIRLEY - Selectmen
Chairman Andy Deveau said at
Monday night's meeting that the
March 6 Special Town Meeting
was tilted toward proponents and
that in his opinion, the town moderator
is to blame.
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03/12/2010 10:34 AM EST - In fiscal 2009, Massachusetts library circulation increased for the 10th year in a row, with residents borrowing more than 57 million books, DVDs and other materials.
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03/12/2010 11:32 AM EST - SHIRLEY - Public Safety
Secretary Mary Beth Heffernan
got an earful at the March
1 selectmen's meeting, when
Town Administrator Kyle
Keady blasted her for the
Department of Correction's
11th-hour withholding of MCI
prison mitigation funds this
year.
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03/12/2010 10:43 AM EST - SHIRLEY - The Shirley School Committee is seeking a member of the community to serve on the Ayer-Shirley Transitional Regional School Committee (TRSC) for a three-month term.
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03/12/2010 12:48 PM EST - By Lisa Redmond
MediaNews
WOBURN -- A Shirley man indicted on first-degree murder charges in connection with the fatal stabbing of his former girlfriend, 19-year-old Allison Myrick, of Groton, will be arraigned in Middlesex Superior Court next week.
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03/12/2010 10:13 AM EST - SHIRLEY -- The vote to regionalize the Shirley and Ayer school districts created three new elected positions to be added to the annual town election roster, Town Clerk Amy McDougall said.
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03/12/2010 10:34 AM EST - SHIRLEY -- The 2010 motor vehicle and trailer excise bills were mailed on Friday, Feb. 19, and are due in the Collector's Office by Monday, March 22.
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03/12/2010 09:37 AM EST - SATURDAY, MARCH 13
Breakfast: 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. BSA Venture Crew 260 of Brookline and Hollis is serving breakfast at the Brookline Community Church, Main Street, Brookline, N.
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