Shirley

Seventy-one acres of Shirley land are on track to be set aside for conservation and open space use.

Three months ago, Ayer Shirley Athletic Director Steve Kendall didn’t know if the school would continue to field a football team. But...

AYER: It was standing room only in Meeting Room 1 of the Ayer Town Hall when Ms. Lillie Jackson arrived to receive a very special honor: The awarding of The Boston Post Cane. Ms. Jackson already had us all laughing as she took her seat. Someone in the room said, “I hope you don’t mind having your picture taken.”

There was a community of believers known as Shakers worshipping, working, and living together in Shirley from 1793 – 1908. Shakers were...

SHIRLEY – The Shirley Greenway Committee was resurrected last year through a town meeting vote after a nearly two-decade hiatus, renewing its mission to conserve and enhance waterfront land, the greenways, to protect and preserve the town’s river, stream, and pond resources, collaborating with various town boards, committees, and organizations to do just that.