This fall once again Shirley families will be busily bustling about with their cleat-clad soccer players at the Parker and Wilde Rd. fields. Shirley Recreation’s Shirley Youth Soccer (4 years old through 2nd grade) and Ayer-Shirley Youth Soccer (3rd through 8th grade) games begin on Saturday, September 12th. The weekday
Text & photos by Juliet Silveri When I first saw the land, its farm-like beauty had a feeling that I wanted to keep. To me, a farm is a home that is comforting, peaceful, and is full of fields, meadows, stone walls, birds and beasts, and has plenty of land.
By Bill Oelfke & Meredith Marcinkewicz The Annual Town Election of May 5, 2015 was the first election in the Town of Shirley to utilize our current Imagecast Precinct Optical Scan Tabulator machine. This replaced the Hand Crank Ballot boxes that were used for over 250 years. Currently the voter
We have passed the 4th of July, but 2026 and the 250th celebration is far from over. The 250th Committee has been at each of the Concerts on the Common selling Shirley t-shirts and letting folks photograph themselves as Minutemen. This year’s Holdenwood Trail Run on Sunday September 27th will
By The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs On August 7th, Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Rebecca Tepper declared the Western Region and Dukes County have returned to normal conditions after above-average rainfall in July improved drought conditions across much of Massachusetts. The following regions remain in drought:
By Meredith Marcinkewicz According to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, the Dog Days span July 3 to August 11—40 days following the summer solstice. These are traditionally the hottest and most humid weeks of the year. This year certainly felt extra hot and humid, but we survived. Dog Days relate to