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         <title><![CDATA[Town makes quick call on school region]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[AYER -- Seven percent of the town's 4,752 registered voters attended Saturday's Special Town Meeting to make a momentous decision: Should Ayer and Shirley schools combine into a single regional school district?]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Mary E. Arata, marata@nashobapub.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:54:53 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Letters of interest sought for transitional school committee]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[AYER - The Ayer School Committee
is seeking a community
member to serve on the Ayer-
Shirley Transitional Regional
School Committee for a threemonth
term.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:45:54 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Charting its own course]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[AYER -- The Ayer Finance Committee voted unanimously Wednesday, March 10, to approve of a capital exclusion approach to seeking voter approval for a one time, one year tax assessment to fund 9 items totaling $514,524.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Mary E. Arata, marata@nashobapub.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:45:17 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Baby (born) on board]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[AYER -- Though it was a week before her due date, Laurel Mabon's contractions spiked in intensity and frequency on the morning of Feb.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Mary E. Arata, marata@nashobapub.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:44:13 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Posting Board]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[CALENDAR   
SATURDAY, MARCH 13   
Late winter family walk   
Join the Ayer Greenway Committee for a Late Winter Family Walk at Pine Meadow Pond Conservation Area, Saturday March 13, 9 a.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Nashoba Publishing</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:42:29 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[FinCom backs fire staffing boost]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[AYER -- Even though selectmen issued a directive to department heads to level-fund their budgets in anticipation of decreased local aid, the Finance Committee voted 5-0 to add a man to the Fire Department.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Mary E. Arata, marata@nashobapub.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:39:26 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Pay now or pay with interest?]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[AYER --  It's been tried, then reversed, once before.  A 2006 effort to pay for a new roof for Town Hall utilizing a one-time capital exclusion was passed by the voters, but subsequently undone in favor of borrowing.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Mary E. Arata, marata@nashobapub.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:39:04 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[John Canney joins clerk, collector race]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[AYER -- "American democracy starts at the local level. Local elections affect voters very personally," said Ayer real estate and litigation attorney John Canney, 52, of Central Avenue.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Mary E. Arata, marata@nashobapub.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:36:42 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Who made the ballot?  Ayer's 2010 Town Election]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[AYER -- Below is an alphabetical listing of all of the candidates to appear on the Monday, April 26 Town Election ballot.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Nashoba Publishing</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:36:28 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Dads take their best girls to the Winter Ball]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[AYER -- On the last Friday of February, little girls who attend the Page Hilltop School got dressed up, did their hair and went out on the town with the special men in their lives -- their dads.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Katrina Folger, Correspondent</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:36:14 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Letters of interest sought for transitional school committee]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[AYER -- The Ayer School Committee is seeking a community member to serve on the Ayer-Shirley Transitional Regional School Committee for a three-month term.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Nashoba Publishing</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:33:47 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Regional Calendar]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[SATURDAY, MARCH 13   
Breakfast: 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. BSA Venture Crew 260 of Brookline and Hollis is serving breakfast at the Brookline Community Church, Main Street, Brookline, N.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Nashoba Publishing</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:37:17 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Ayer, Shirley approve new regional school district]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Ayer and Shirley voters approved merging into a single school district for the 2011-2012 school year on Saturday, in simultaneous Town Meeting votes.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 6 Mar 2010 13:42:41 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Towns join forces for annual spring cleaning]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[AYER/SHIRLEY -- Ever wonder who picks up the litter that lies in gutters and on greenways in your town?]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Dina Samfield, Correspondent</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:43:28 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Senate proposes sweeping, surprise changes to DEC]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[DEVENS -- "This came out of left field and caught us flat-footed," said Devens Enterprise Commission (DEC) Administrative Executive Director Peter Lowitt when commenting about changes proposed to the structure and function of the DEC.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Mary E. Arata, marata@nashobapub.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:43:02 EST]]></pubDate>
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