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         <title><![CDATA[Common Cause presents e-Government Award to 180 municipalities]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BOSTON -- Common Cause Massachusetts released the findings of its annual survey of municipal Web sites today and will present its 2010 e-Government Award to 180 cities and towns next Tuesday, March 16th at 11am in hearing room A-1 at the State House.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:33:35 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Groups to join forces for grant proposals]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Economic Development Committee gets help from regional planners   
SHIRLEY -- David Gloski updated the selectmen at their March 15 meeting on work the Economic Development Committee he serves on has been doing recently.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By M.E. Jones, Correspondent</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:30:08 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Homeowner asks for board's help with watery dilemma]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[SHIRLEY -- Harvard Road resident Mary Rice appealed to the selectmen on March 8 about an issue that has plagued her for three years now.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By M.E. Jones, Correspondent</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:29:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[New dispatcher appointed]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[SHIRLEY -- The Board of Selectmen at its March 15 meeting appointed Paul A. Topolski as a full-time public safety dispatcher for the town of Shirley, at the request of acting Police Chief J.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:24:46 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Regional Briefs]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Caleb Butler Yard Sale   
April 24, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 11 Sculley Road, Ayer (off  W. Main Street). Limited spaces available for $20.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:22:10 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Regional Calendar]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[SATURDAY, MARCH 20   
Destination ImagiNation tournament -- opening ceremony 8 a.m., tournament continues until 5 or 6 p.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:21:12 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Roads, homes flood as waterways overflow their banks]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[SHIRLEY -- Record rainfall from a soaking, three-day storm swelled local rivers and streams and flooded some town roads.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By M.E. Jones, Correspondent</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:20:23 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Shirley Senior Center opens March 30]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce that thanks to the generous donations of a number of individuals and companies the opening of the new Shirley Senior Center is scheduled for March 30.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:18:45 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Shirley's annual town election May 11]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[SHIRLEY --  The annual town election is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, May 11, at the Town Offices, 7 Keady Way,  from 7 a.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:18:36 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[State cuts won't exceed 4 percent]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[SHIRLEY -- According to the recent House and Senate Joint Resolution, the state won't cut aid to cities and towns by more than four percent for FY2011, Town Administrator Kyle Keady said.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By M.E. Jones, Correspondent</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:18:01 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Posting Board]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[CALENDAR   
FRIDAY, MARCH 19   
Town Offices Closed.   
Meetings held in Town Offices unless otherwise noted, subject to change with 48-hours posted notice.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Nashoba Publishing</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:16:15 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Town takes more control over grave-digging]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Selectmen ask DPW to oversee cemetery agent
SHIRLEY -- Town Administrator Kyle Keady took over administrative duties of the Highway Department director after the position was cut last year.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By M.E. Jones, Correspondent</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:14:46 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Waterlogged neighbors again ask town to help]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[SHIRLEY -- Harvard Road residents whose homes have been deluged by water they say is runoff from Apple Orchards Estates, a subdivision off Lancaster Road, came to the March 15 selectmen's meeting to ask for help.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By M.E. Jones, Correspondent</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:12:50 EDT]]></pubDate>
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