Ayer faces a pair of active deadlines as the weekend begins. The town's tax taking is scheduled for June 30 at noon at Town Hall, giving property owners with unpaid balances just four days to settle before a lien is recorded — the most time-sensitive item on the municipal calendar right…
Ayer Conservation Commission issues negative determination on Deer Run vegetation clearing project. Voting unanimously, the Commission found that the vegetation clearing and landscaping work at 50 Deer Run does not require further review under the Wetlands Protection Act. The project includes
Ayer Conservation Commission unanimously clears a Deer Run yard cleanup and again delays a road-extension hearing awaiting state sign-off.
Ayer Select Board calls Special Town Meeting to advance West Main Street Bridge Project. The board voted unanimously Wednesday, June 24, to hold a Special Town Meeting on July 13, 2026, at 7 p.m. in the Ayer Shirley Regional High School auditorium.
Ayer's Senior Center Building Committee cleared its Planning Board site-plan approval and received 123 contractor pre-qualification responses — including 14 general contractors — at its June 24 meeting.
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…
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Two Ayer obituaries were published this week: Hatch, Pearl May, 61, of Ayer, who died June 12, 2026; and Matthews, James B. "Jimmy," 75, of Ayer, who died June 13, 2026. Arrangements for both were handled by Anderson Family Funeral Homes; services for each are scheduled for June 24–25.
Ayer Finance Committee examines grant-funded Flock Safety camera program with no FY 2027 cost to the town.