One Ayer-connected obituary published this week: Taylor, Doreen E. (Hodgson), 99, formerly of Ayer, who died Tuesday, September 8, 2026, at Fitchburg Healthcare Center in Fitchburg. Born in Westford in 1927, she grew up in West Chelmsford before her years in Ayer. The notice comes from …
Fifteen properties sold in Ayer between Aug. 14 and Sept. 12, but only six deeds had a sale price recorded, ranging from $265,000 to $565,000 with a median of $370,500 among those six. The month's top recorded sale was 49 E Main St at $565,000, sold by Todd R. Johnson to Kwame Addo. Nine of the 15
Ayer Conservation Commission approves Fitchburg Road wetlands permit, pushes culvert hearing to September 24.
Ayer Council on Aging board votes to seek expansion from five to seven members.
Ayer Planning Board voted unanimously on two items for the October 26 Fall Town Meeting warrant: town acceptance of Wright Road Extension from the Kohler Place subdivision and approval of zoning definitions for Aquifer Protection District and Impervious Surface.
Ayer Planning Board previews a tree preservation bylaw setting a $100-per-inch mitigation fee.
This week's Ayer obituary notices column includes one qualifying local resident: Richards, Mark Allen, 57, of Ayer, Mass., who died August 31, 2026. Family remembered him as a natural storyteller who loved to make people laugh; he is survived by his wife, Dawn, and stepdaughter, Christi…
Ayer recorded 17 property transfers between Aug. 7 and Sept. 5, but only eight carried a recorded sale price, ranging from $299,000 to $1,550,000 with a median of $555,000. The month's top transaction was a $1,550,000 sale from Orion Park LLC to Sawyer May LLC, with no street address listed in the
Ayer CPC advanced $66,000 shade structure funding for the Dog Park. The Community Preservation Committee voted unanimously to forward the DPW's application to a public hearing on September 28, 2026, for a 24-foot shade structure at 101 Snake Hill Road.
Ayer's Community Preservation Committee votes to advance a $66,000 dog park shade structure to a September 28 public hearing.