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Ayer home sales range from $211,000 to $992,750 in five-week stretch

Ayer recorded 19 property transfers between July 17 and Aug. 15, with recorded sale prices ranging from $211,000 to $992,750 and a median of $530,000 among the 13 transactions that listed a price. The top sale was 13 Gaskins Ln at $992,750, sold by Ayer Development LLC to Ian H. Pushee. Six deeds,

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Ayer Boards Set Four Meetings This Week, Led by Select Board

Ayer's town committees meet four times over the next week, headlined by the Select Board's Tuesday, August 18 session. The Sustainability Committee convenes Wednesday, August 12, followed Thursday by both the Restoration Advisory Board and the Conservation Commission on August 13. The f…

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Government · Board of Health

Board of Health approves two animal and fowl permits

Ayer Board of Health approves two chicken and duck keeping permits unanimously. Chair Pamela L. Papineau and members Patricia A. Peters and Steve Slarsky voted unanimously to grant a permit for ten chickens at 6 Fletcher Street and a permit for twenty chickens and eight ducks at 51 Groton School

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Ayer Home Sales Range From $250,000 To $850,000 As July Median Holds At $530,000

Ayer recorded 18 property transfers between July 10 and August 8, 2026, according to South Middlesex Registry of Deeds data. Thirteen of those sales had a price recorded, ranging from $250,000 for a home on Partridge Run to $850,000 for 37 Hemlock Drive, the period's top sale. The median recorded

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Ayer Remembers Longtime Resident Diane E. Crusco

Ayer remembers longtime resident Diane E. Crusco, whose funeral service is set for this week. A Legacy.com notice, headlined "Jenkins" Diane E. Crusco Obituary (2026) - Ayer, MA - Anderson Funeral Home - Legacy, lists visiting hours at 6:30 p.m. at Anderson Funeral Home on Fitchburg Roa…

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Ayer Reminds Residents of Quarterly Tax Bills, Seeks COA Volunteer

Ayer property owners are being reminded to pay their first-quarter real estate and personal property tax bills, per a notice on the town's website, while Town Hall separately seeks a volunteer for the Council on Aging Board of Directors and promotes a waterways-cleanliness effort. No co…

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Town Lifts Stop-Work Order at Lincoln Hills

Ayer officials lifted the stop-work order on the Lincoln Hills project, clearing the way for construction to resume. The town's website also posted proposed changes to the Devens governance structure, with the Devens Jurisdiction Framework Committee expected to weigh in later this month…

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