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<![CDATA[Town gets legal OK to expand scope of Grace Winslow Trust]]>
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<![CDATA[SHIRLEY -- A trust fund that was out of reach for more than half a century can now be put to good use, thanks to the continued efforts of selectmen and Treasurer Kevin Johnston.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:32:34 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[BRIEFS    Remember your dog's 2012 license    2012 licenses cost $15 per dog. Any past due licenses for previous years will also need to be paid in order to purchase a current year's license.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:32:14 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Shade tree hearing: All's well that ends well]]>
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<![CDATA[SHIRLEY -- When selectmen held a hearing on the proposed removal of 11 trees from the town common at the request of the nonprofit Shirley Meetinghouse group a couple of weeks ago, crossed communication lines led to a continuance.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@nashobavalleychronicle.com (M.E. Jones, Correspondent)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:32:09 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Shirley Police Log]]>
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<![CDATA[Monday, Jan. 23    A.M. 12:15 to 1:58, town-wide, police conducted 25 building and site checks, all secure; 6:10, MCI medium security, mutual aid, police; 8:36, Leominster Road and fire station, Fire Dept.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:32:04 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Nashoba Tech budget up 3.9 percent]]>
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<![CDATA[WESTFORD -- With a unanimous decision after a public hearing held Tuesday night, the Nashoba Valley Technical School Committee voted to approve a preliminary budget for fiscal 2013 that was not quite level-funded.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@nashobavalleychronicle.com (Pierre Comtois, Correspondent)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:32:01 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[FinCom to]]>
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<![CDATA[SHIRLEY -- Finance Committee Chairman Frank Kolarik said he would like to get teleconferencing set up so that FinCom member Bob Schuler can participate in the meetings.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@nashobavalleychronicle.com (Dina Samfield, Correspondent)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:31:51 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[School district launches a]]>
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<![CDATA[AYER/SHIRLEY --The feasibility study is under way for the Ayer-Shirley Regional School District's first major building project, a proposed top to bottom renovation of the existing high school building in Ayer to make it the new region's middle and high school.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:31:46 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Ayer, Shirley focus on school v. town budgets]]>
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<![CDATA[By. M.E. Jones    Correspondent    AYER/SHIRLEY --  Budgets topped the agenda at the Regional Leadership Advisory Group's monthly meeting in February.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:31:38 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Man faces judge in drug deal gone bad]]>
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<![CDATA[AYER -- A Shirley man was arraigned Feb. 3 in Ayer District Court on charges of unarmed robbery, aggravated assault and battery, and attempted murder.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@nashobavalleychronicle.com (Mary E. Arata, marata@nashobapub.com)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:31:29 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Situation normal at JBOS; chaos at outset of meeting]]>
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<![CDATA[DEVENS -- The retooled Joint Boards of Selectmen for Ayer, Harvard and Shirley, along with representatives of the Devens community (collectively known as the "JBOS") convened on Groundhog Day, Feb.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@nashobavalleychronicle.com (Mary E. Arata, marata@nashobapub.com)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:31:25 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Shirley Girl Scouts]]>
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<![CDATA[SHIRLEY -- When Sue McCarron and Michele Straitiff sought to find a Girl Scout troop for their daughters, Jeanne and Shaunessy, they had no idea what they were getting into.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@nashobavalleychronicle.com (Dina Samfield, Correspondent)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:31:16 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Residents offer to help revamp town CAO review procedures]]>
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<![CDATA[SHIRLEY -- The last item on the selectmen's agenda last week was Chief Administrative Officer Dave Berry's performance evaluation, but the conversation never got that far.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:34:49 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Caucus for Shirley Democrats announced]]>
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<![CDATA[SHIRLEY -- The 2012 Caucus for Shirley's Democrats will take place at the Hazen Memorial Library, Keady Road at 1 p.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:34:46 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Swanton: Half-mil school budget increase]]>
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<![CDATA[SHIRLEY -- In a brief meeting Monday night, Finance Committee Vice Chairman Mike Swanton updated the three other members present on the Ayer Shirley Regional School Committee budget.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@nashobavalleychronicle.com (Dina Samfield, Correspondent)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:34:42 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Murder suspect competency probed]]>
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<![CDATA[By Lisa Redmond    MediaNews    WOBURN -- Attorneys for both sides will address competency issues at a hearing next week, as the murder trial of a Shirley man heads to trial next month.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:34:36 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Hazen Memorial Library lists]]>
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<![CDATA[Mother Goose on the Loose      Wednesdays Feb. 1, 8, 22 and 29 at 10:30 a.m.     Drop in for Mother Goose on the Loose!]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:34:30 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Yoga classes offered]]>
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<![CDATA[SHIRLEY -- Yoga classes are being offered by the Recreation Department from Feb. 15 to April 4. The classes will be held at the Hazen Libary on Wednesdays.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:34:21 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Police chief brings budget proposals to selectmen]]>
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<![CDATA[SHIRLEY -- Seeking creative ways to address the staffing shortage in the Police Department, ones that won't stress already tight town resources, Police Chief J.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:34:16 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[CALENDAR    SATURDAY, FEB. 4    Stew &amp; Chowder Fest: 5-7:30 p.m., Shirley American Legion, 8 Church St.]]>
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<![CDATA[Monday, Jan. 16    A.M. 12:58 to 1:35, town-wide, police conducted building and site checks, all secure; 9:14, police station, officer wanted; 10:21, Benjamin Road, water department call; 10:53, Ayer Road, traffic stop, verbal warning;    P.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mass. plans its best defense]]>
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<![CDATA[By Matt Murphy    State House News Service    BOSTON -- The potential for another round of military base closures across the country has Massachusetts officials preparing for a fight to protect a sector of the state's economy that employs tens of thousands of residents.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:33:47 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Violence breaks out during alleged drug buy in Hannaford parking lot]]>
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<![CDATA[AYER -- One of two men arrested for an alleged drug deal gone bad last Wednesday was in Ayer District Court on Monday.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@nashobavalleychronicle.com (Mary E. Arata, marata@nashobapub.com)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:33:36 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Trinity Financial to host additional tours of Appleton Mills]]>
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<![CDATA[AYER -- Trinity Financial, the proposed developer of Vicksburg Square, will host three additional tours of its Appleton Mills development in Lowell for interested parties from Ayer, Harvard and Shirley on Saturday, Feb.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:33:31 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Keady pleads guilty in illicit videos]]>
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<![CDATA[By Lisa Redmond    MediaNews    WOBURN -- Disgraced former Shirley Town Administrator Kyle Keady was sentenced to three years in state prison after pleading guilty last week to 26 charges in connection with years of illegal and illicit recordings he made at Town Hall.]]>
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