Special Town Meeting votes unanimously to correct annual budget and ratify votes of October session
In an unusual late December Special Town Meeting that ended almost as soon as it began, 70 townspeople gathered in a sunlit upper Town
CPIC hears proposal for multimillion dollar athletic field complex
In a question-and-answer session Dec. 3, members of the Capital Planning and Investment Committee heard how a proposed $4.5 million athletic field complex could
Sanctuary provides a soft landing for goats in need
Leo and Merlin saunter over to a scratching station and rub their chests against the bristles of a repurposed street-sweeping brush. Leo’s white pompadour
Select Board names James Babu new Chief of Police
This week the Select Board ended a search that began six months ago, when former Police Chief Ed Denmark announced his retirement last June.
How Little Bee Bookshop came to be
“I’m going to own a children’s bookstore in downtown Ayer,” declared Devens resident Debra Rivera one day in the summer of 2020 while sitting
Wingin’ It: Feeding the birds of winter
As winter approaches and bears go into hibernation, many people resume feeding the birds. We feed mainly sunflower hearts, suet blocks, and “Zick dough.”
Afghan family settles into temporary housing at Friendly Crossways
An Afghan family temporarily resettled at Friendly Crossways on Littleton County Road with the help of the Harvard Neighborhood Support Team on Tuesday. Though
Sky Walker: Star of Wonder
There comes a moment early in Handel’s Messiah, where the first bass aria says it all about shadow and light. Backed by unison strings,
To your Health! Staying safer for the holidays
SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) didn’t want to be left out of the gift-giving, so it gave us a present that none of
Elijah Houghton is recognized as Boston Tea Party patriot
On the morning of Dec. 14, representatives from the Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum and from Revolution 250, a consortium of organizations working
