SHIRLEY A little over a 100 residents showed up to the Special Town Meeting last Monday and voted down an article that would have allowed for the creation of 62 new affordable housing units at an existing senior community. With only 9 articles on the warrant, the Special Town Meeting wrapped up in less […]
SHIRLEY The Select Board voted to include a bid from MassDevelopment to buy a parcel of town-owned land near the Ayer Shirley Regional Middle School in the warrant for the Special Town Meeting on Nov. 13, continuing a conversation that’s been discussed by the town for some time. The board did, however, make it […]
By Suzanne Pender THE wonderful community spirit in Carlow town was celebrated recently at the annual Mayor Awards. The event was held in Carlow Town Hall…
IN HER FIRST BOOK, Beth Macy tells the story of one man's fight against the globalization that threatened the furniture-making industry in many Blue Ridge towns in Virginia and North Carolina.