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(April 21, 2026) – Police Chief Brian Gill shared a story of a young life saved at this week’s Select Board meeting. On Monday April 6th, a 911 call came into the Ayer-Shirley regional dispatch center around 1:30 p.m. The dispatch center is located at the Ayer Police Station on Park Street, but receives calls…

(April 22, 2026) – Ayer, Devens and the Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge hosted the Open Street and Greenway Event for Earth Day on Wednesday. Vendor tables were set up on the grassy area where Bishop and MacPherson roads meet, including for the Friends of the Ayer Senior Center, the Devens Climate Resiliency Project (MVP 2.0),…

Whether you run, bike, hike, roll, scoot, or stroll this is your dedicated, safe space for Earth Day play in a beautiful natural area! Ayer, Devens, and the Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge will again host the Open Street and Greenway Earth Day Event on Wednesday, April 22nd, from 2pm-6pm on MacPherson Road. This will be the 5th annual open streets event, celebrating Earth Day by opening the streets to people for recreational activities and the opportunity to experience the beautiful Wild and Scenic Nashua River and Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge in a safe and peaceful manner.

On April 7th, the Select Board voted 3-0 to approve the April 27th Annual Town Meeting warrant which includes 28 articles and a citizens petition. The Finance Committee voted to recommend all the articles with a financial impact. For additional information related to the articles and Budget Book, visit www.ayer.ma.us/townmeeting. The town will share its…

(April 11, 2026) – A group of residents gathered at Pirone Park on Saturday for the Ayer-Shirley Baseball & Softball Cleanup Day to get ready for Opening Day in a few weeks. This is an annual event. With a blue sky and a little breeze off Grove Pond, the volunteers raked the fields and hung…

(April 7, 2026) – Three residents appeared at the Select Board meeting on Tuesday night, asking the board to consider establishing an elected town ombudsman position. The residents submitted a written proposal before the meeting. This was signed by 22 residents directly impacted by the Lincoln Hill development. Last October, the Planning Board approved a…

Ayer News will start publishing occasional summaries on Ayer Police and Fire logs, in response to resident requests. Our process: we will review the police logs posted on the town website and request incident information from the police and fire department at times. Then our Ayer News reporter will independently compile a partial, abbreviated summary…

The Ayer-Shirley Regional School Committee recently learned a few more details about the high school football team’s transition. If you’re not familiar with the schools, it’s the Ayer-Shirley Panthers. On Jan. 21st, the school committee met and voted to approve entering into a high school football co-op with Littleton, with Ayer-Shirley as the host community….

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We are sharing a point about the Ayer Senior Center project from the Town Meeting process. Fall 2025The Town of Ayer presented voters with a $15.1 million proposal to build a new senior center on Bishop Road in Fall 2025. On October 27th 2025, at Special Town Meeting, voters approved debt exclusion borrowing up to…