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Town closes 'illegal' home on Island Pond Road

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

GROTON -- The long driveway at 65 Island Pond Road has a lockable gate and four "No Trespassing" signs, including one that advises "Violators will be prosecuted.

The Posting Board

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

Calendar Friday, Nov. 13 Historical Society meeting and pot luck supper: The "Shirley Apple Orchards" display will open following the Historical Society's annual meeting and potluck supper.

Without collecting back taxes, options few

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

SHIRLEY - The town is gearing up to collect a chunk of its back taxes with a request on the Nov. 14 Special Town Meeting Warrant for $52,000 to fund the initiative. In the works for some time, the selectmen-appointed Tax Collection Committee paved the way.

Merger with Ayer schools could cost Shirley $600,000

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

SHIRLEY -- School Committee member Bob Prescott updated his fellow members at the Nov. 4 meeting on the progress the new Ayer-Shirley Regional Planning Board has made since rising from the ashes of the three-town board that preceded it.

Lights, camera, action!

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 MDT

AYER -- Eight survivors rounded the Columbia Avenue corner of Town Hall and trudged down Main Street.

Bats make great neighbors

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

But like most neighbors, they also need our help By Gaynor Bigelbach Correspondent AYER OR ANYWHERE -- If the only bats hanging out in your backyard are Halloween decorations, then you are missing out on some of nature's most fascinating, most beneficial, yet most misunderstood creatures.

Shattuck on cuts: Things are going to be different

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

PEPPERELL -- Highway Superintendent Peter Shattuck updated the Board of Public Works on coming winter operations and the impact a reduced budget will have on his department this year.

Pierce honored for 25 years

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

GROTON--The Board of Selectmen and Groton Police Department thanked Patrolman Irmin Pierce for 25 years of service to the department.

Property-tax rates go up

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

PEPPERELL -- Acting on the recommendation of assessor Michael Coffey, selectmen have continued a long-standing Pepperell tradition of evaluating all four property types -- residential, industrial, commercial and open space -- using the same classification of "one".