Ayer's most pressing deadline arrives at noon June 30, when the Office of the Collector of Taxes will conduct a formal tax taking at Town Hall. The town's official website posted the notice this week alongside a reminder that mandatory water restrictions, in place since May 1, remain ac…

Ayer's Pocket Forest drew community volunteers Monday in the first meaningful warm-weather green-space event of the summer. The town homepage listed the June 23 workday as its sole fresh item of the cycle, with no press releases or outside news coverage adding to the day's file. Residen…