By Melissa Schrock Registration will open June 19 for boys and girls in grades 3–8. Registration will close Aug. 19. Players are placed on skill-level-appropriate teams. The season will run from Sept. 12 to Nov. 8. Practices are scheduled on two weeknights, with games held Saturdays at the Wilde Road
By Janet Tice Do you sometimes feel you don’t have a say in the changes taking place around you? The Shirley Village roadway improvement project – which seeks to improve safety for pedestrians and other “vulnerable road users” in Shirley’s busy downtown – hopes to change that. Still in its
By Paul Przybyla Farandnear, the beloved 87-acre nature preserve on Center Road in the middle of Shirley, bears an unusual but charming name. The common explanation is that being 50 miles from the original owner’s family home in Wollaston, it was “far” enough away to require a two day’s journey
By Sherry Anders At the Groton Town Meeting on May 2nd, an article to appropriate $752,500 to fund the repair of the Squannacook River Dam was placed before voters. The article required a two-thirds majority vote to pass. It failed with 125 votes in the affirmative and 182 in the
By Katie Aponte The Ayer Shirley Regional High School girls’ track and field team captured the MIAA Division 6 State Championship this past weekend, delivering one of the strongest all-around performances in program history. The Panthers were led by two individual state champions. Lorelai Levy won the 100-meter hurdles with
By Janet Tice Long-time Shirley resident Dave Swain has been appointed as Shirley Water District Commissioner, replacing Milton Westover, who passed away in March. He joins existing Commissioners Butch Farrar and Kevin Johnston on the SWD three-member board. At the SWD Annual Meeting on May 6, the commissioners invited anyone