Ayer brief: Sunday, September 20, 2026
Select Board refers housing and data center bylaws to Planning Board as Devens repairs near $44 million
Select Board refers housing and data center bylaws to Planning Board as Devens repairs near $44 million.
From Ayer News
- Select Board sends housing, data center bylaws to Planning Board. The Select Board voted unanimously to send a tiered affordable-housing amendment and a one-year data center moratorium to the Planning Board's Sept. 22 hearing, as MassDevelopment estimated repairing Devens' Vicksburg Square barracks could cost $44 million.Ayer News
- Ayer-Shirley names treasurer, extends cellphone ban to high school. The Ayer-Shirley School Committee unanimously appointed Cammie Lamacchia as district treasurer and extended its bell-to-bell electronics ban to the high school. State lawmakers will deliver a $300,000 ceremonial check for auditorium renovations Oct. 9.Ayer News
- Board of Health approves two backyard chicken permits. The Board of Health unanimously approved fowl-keeping permits for 18 Tannery Street and 5 Forest Street, voted to pay Nashoba Associated Boards of Health $16,309.22 for its second quarter, and agreed to tighten well regulations near known contamination areas this winter.Ayer News
- Zoning Board continues landscaping permit hearing to Sept. 28. The Zoning Board of Appeals continued a Wilton Road landscaping business's special permit hearing to Sept. 28 after a member questioned whether a non-owner can hold the permit, ordering a conservation review of the property's distance to Bennett's Brook.Ayer News
- Ayer records 15 home sales from $265,000 to $565,000. Ayer recorded 15 property sales in the latest roundup, with prices ranging from $265,000 to $565,000.Ayer News
Today in Ayer
- Ayer posts unofficial 2026 State Primary results. The town has posted unofficial results from the 2026 Massachusetts State Primary Election for Ayer voters, according to the town's website.Town of Ayer
Coming up
- Mon, Sep 21: Pocket Forest Workday set for Monday. The town has scheduled a Pocket Forest Workday for Monday, Sept. 21, according to the town's event calendar.Town of Ayer
- Tue, Sep 22: Planning Board takes up housing, data center bylaws Tuesday. The Planning Board holds a Sept. 22 hearing on the Select Board's tiered affordable housing amendment and one-year data center moratorium, part of the board's regular meeting schedule.Town of Ayer
- Sat, Sep 26, 10 a.m.: Library hosts Nature's Best Hope discussion Sept. 26. Ayer Library will hold a community discussion of Doug Tallamy's Nature's Best Hope on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 10 a.m., part of its new Community Read program and Good Neighbor Day.Ayer Public Library