Shirley News

Twenty-one year old Robert Gulla showed no emotion as he was led away to begin serving life in prison without parole for the brutal 2010 slaying of his former girlfriend, 19-year-old Allison Myrick of Groton.

Award-winning rock trio Crashdown will perform at the fifth annual St. Boniface Italian Festival on Friday.

Pluses : Love the worn floors of this 270-year tavern and its new reliance on seasonal produce from the region, along with a great new chef.

A Shirley man was convicted today of first-degree murder in the Jan. 23, 2010, slaying of a Fitchburg State College freshman.

After receiving a message from one of her daughter's friends concerned about Allison Myrick's safety, Susan Myrick testified she drove to Robert Gulla's Shirley home only to find it surrounded by crime-scene tape and swarming with police and medical personnel.

He gathered the requisite signatures for each article, securing a spot on the annual Town Meeting warrant for two issues for voter consideration.

Allison Myrick, 19, was alive and in "significant" pain as her former boyfriend, Robert Gulla, repeatedly beat, stabbed and shot her between the eyes with a pellet gun before she finally died on the basement floor of Gulla's Shirley home two years ago, Chief Medical Examiner Dr.

This American Cancer Society fundraiser will have participants going through Groton this year.

AYER/SHIRLEY -- When the ASRSD School Committee met May 16, a new member joined the table and an incumbent had retained his seat.

He gathered the requisite signatures for each article, securing a spot on the annual Town Meeting warrant for two issues for voter consideration.

"I made a mistake," a desperate Allison Myrick texted to her new boyfriend, John O'Brien, in the hours before she was allegedly killed at the hands of her previous boyfriend, Robert Gulla.

Choking back tears, Robert Gulla's mother testified Monday that when she returned to her Shirley home on the evening of Jan.

The Shirley Energy Committee will hold an information session Thursday night at the middle school to give residents a chance to learn more about the town's solar initiatives.

Police say a pedestrian was seriously injured after being struck by the car in the background on West Main Street Friday evening.

Health fair: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Senior Center. The whole community is welcome to come and visit the many vendors, information booths and health screenings.

Allison Myrick was tortured by her ex-boyfriend -- repeatedly stabbed, beaten, shot between the eyes with a pellet gun and burned with a cigarette, prosecutors alleged on Thursday.

The Lura A. White Elementary School's new Technology Advisory Group is sponsoring "Techno Night at Lura White" on from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday.

Last year's premier 'Ladies of the Blues' show was such a success, the Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley immediately reserved a spot this year for the expected sell-out on May 19.

A bill that would have allowed Devens to become its own town has died in the state Legislature after failing to win enough support to come up for a vote.

On Mother's Day it is nice to give mom a gift from the dog. It is also heartfelt to give mom the gift of a dog.