Two Ayer-resident obituaries were published this week: Williams, Irene A. and Migrants, Aline Margaret (Wainwright). Both women died Sunday, September 13, 2026. Migrants was born in Ayer and lived in town from age three until her death, according to her obituary; Williams, 91, was cared…
Select Board refers housing and data center bylaws to Planning Board as Devens repairs near $44 million. From our own coverage: Select Board sends housing, data center bylaws to Planning Board; Ayer-Shirley names treasurer, extends cellphone ban to high school. Also in today's brief (9 …
Ayer recorded 15 property transfers between Aug. 21 and Sept. 19, with sale prices posted so far for six of them, ranging from $265,000 to $565,000 and a median of $368,000. The period's top sale was 49 E Main St. at $565,000, sold by Todd R. Johnson to Kwame Addo. Three of the six priced sales
The Select Board voted to terminate Ayer's contract with license-plate camera vendor Flock Safety, town officials announced this week. The town also posted unofficial results from the 2026 State Primary Election on its website. September is Emergency Preparedness Month, and Public Recor…
Ayer's Affordable Housing Committee voted unanimously to draft a letter backing a proposed Inclusionary Zoning Amendment for October Town Meeting. All five members attended the September 18 meeting, led by Chair Janet K. Providakes.
Ayer's Senior Center Building Committee clears bid documents for release, moving its new senior center toward construction bidding.
Ayer-Shirley School Committee appoints new treasurer, adopts bell-to-bell cell phone ban. The committee voted unanimously to appoint Cammie Lamacchia, CPA, as district treasurer effective September 16, and to extend a bell-to-bell personal electronics policy to the high school this fall.
Ayer Zoning Board of Appeals continues a home-landscaping special permit hearing to September 28 pending an aquifer buffer review.
Ayer Select Board advances housing and data center bylaws as Devens repair costs hit $44 million. The board voted unanimously to send a tiered affordable-housing amendment and a one-year data center moratorium to the Planning Board's September 22 hearing.
Ayer Board of Health approves two new backyard chicken permits and reviews well regulations. Chair Pamela L.