Shirley News

The Blues program features headliner and Grammy Award-nominated "King of Blues-A-Billy" Bill Kirchen and his special guests, The Installers.

Part of lake to be temporarily closed LUNENBURG -- A small part of Lake Shirley will be closed for swimming, boating and fishing tomorrow as the area is treated with an herbicide to control weeds.

Shirley Barnes 939-8482 * The Templeton Golden Age Club will meet at 1:30 p.m. today in the American Legion Hall, Central Street, Baldwinville.

The town will begin construction of a sidewalk on Central Street this fall and will continue to identify areas of top priority for new sidewalks, taking into consideration needed easements and funding.

One of the challenges Stephen Nyakairu proposed to tackle as pastor of the United Church of Shirley was finding ways to spark growth in the congregation.

Mike Swanton was driving past the Benjamin Hill Recreation Park last winter, when he looked out at the freshly cleared hill for sledding and it hit him.

Longtime American Legion Post 183 Auxiliary members Louise Minalga and Sophie Day, both of Shirley, share memories of the good old days when the auxiliary calendar of events was full.

Records and documents of the town's past nearly went up in flames Friday morning as a fire engulfed areas of the roof at the Lunenburg Historical Society's building at 10 School St.

Man accused of attempted rape WEBSTER -- A Pleasant Street man charged with attempting to rape a 15-year-old girl on High Street Sunday evening is scheduled to return to Dudley District Court Aug.7 for a ...

Ubiquitous in delivery, the words dedication, commitment and appreciation represented the spirit within a Bull Run Inn function room as the Nashoba Publishing 2008 Extraordinary Service Award ceremony took ...

Three days late but in time for the holiday weekend, House and Senate lawmakers sent a $28.2 billion state budget to Gov.

The Fiscal Year 2009 first and second quarter real estate and/or personal property preliminary tax bills were mailed on July 1. The first quarter is due in the collector's office by Friday, August 1. Please ...

SHIRLEY Convicted killer Neil Entwistle will begin serving his life prison term at the Souza-Baranowski maximum security prison in Shirley.

Fire Chief John Fleck said South Engine House fire station was on its last legs.

When Thomas Edward Garrity was little, his grandfather, the late Hudson Fire Chief M. James Coleman, would bounce him on his knee inside the fire station.

Maybe not immediately, of course, because it will take Neil Entwistle a while to work his way from Concord to Cedar Junction to MCI-Norfolk. But his eventual membership in the Lifers Club is just one of the ...

From left are Capt. Paul Fillebrown, North Middlesex Savings Bank employee Brenda Deitzel, bank President William Marshall, employees Kathy McDowell, Jen Cordio, Deb McDowell, Deb Lizotte, Paulette Aragones and ...

Robert H. Fournier, 75, a lifelong resident of Holden, passed away on Friday, June 20, in the presence of his loving family at Saint Vincent Hospital, after a courageous battle with lung cancer.

Board of Assessors meeting: 6 p.m., Town Offices. Board of Selectmen meeting: 7 p.m., Shirley Middle School auditorium.

When Lt. Tim Shea, of the Ayer Fire Department, had the opportunity to coordinate a day of training with New York City firefighters, he jumped at the chance.