Melanson Named New Ayer-Shirley Regional Girls Volleyball Coach.
AYER – With the fall sports season getting underway earlier this week, the Ayer-Shirley Regional girls’ volleyball team has a new head...
September 7, 2022
Ayer Shirley Football Preview
Billy Wright is holding his cards close to the vest. But if all goes well, his Ayer Shirley High School football team could be cashing in a full house.
September 6, 2022
It’s all about fun and skill development at the Ayer Youth Softball Camp.
AYER – Summer softball fun. The Ayer Recreation Department gave a group of local athletes an opportunity at just that as it hosted the...
August 6, 2022
Ayer-Shirley Baseball Rallies Late to Tie Groton-Dunstable
SHIRLEY – The Ayer-Shirley 16–18-year-old Senior Babe Ruth squad was looking to get back on the winning track Sunday afternoon. With...
July 11, 2022
Ijeoma Ezechukwu rises to a track and field champion
Ijeoma Ezechukwu’s improbable rise from a Nigerian border school student to a United States high school track and field champion is quite...
AYER — For most of Billy Wright's 26 seasons as a varsity head football coach, the problem was never figuring out who was going to play. It was figuring out how many players he could get on the field.
AYER — Nate Diffin has spent the last nine years on the Ayer Shirley sidelines, caring for athletes and working alongside coaches. Now he’s stepping into the athletic director’s office, where his view will extend beyond individual players and teams to the entire athletic program. Diffin, who has served as the school’s head athletic trainer since 2017 and taught for the past five years, took over as athletic director at the end of July, succeeding Steve Kendall. The promotion
AYER – The positive environmental effects of one local woman’s extraordinary actions and dedication to her community are still being felt today, over six decades later. The 30-minute film “Marion Stoddart: The Work of 1000” ( vimeo.com/821661303/77152526e9 ) focuses on the now 97-year-old town resident’s efforts to mobilize the community to clean up the Nashua River many years ago. According to Wikipedia the 37.5-mile body of water is a tributary of the Merrimack River in Ma
