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Ayer Tax Taking Set for June 30 as Deadline Nears for Delinquent Accounts

Ayer's Office of the Collector of Taxes is moving toward a formal tax taking at noon on June 30 at Town Hall, giving property owners with delinquent balances roughly two weeks to settle before the proceeding; no commercial outlets covered Ayer news in this cycle. On the lighter side, Ay…

Selectboard and Board of Health Both Meet Wednesday in Ashby

Ashby faces a packed public-meeting midweek as two boards convene Wednesday, June 17. The Selectboard holds a hybrid in-person and online session at 6:30 p.m. in the Town Hall Selectboard Room, followed thirty minutes later by a virtual-only Board of Health meeting at 7 p.m.; the Conser…

Arlington Porchfest Returns This Weekend With Free Music, Dance, and Arts

Arlington closes out its kindergarten year and gears up for Porchfest as the community calendar enters overdrive. Kindergartners and pre-K students reach their final day Thursday, June 18 — pre-K dismissing at 11:30 a.m. — before all schools close June 19 for Juneteenth; Kindergarten Sc…

Transfer Station Closes July 4; Extended Hours Set for July 1

Lincoln's Transfer Station will be closed July 4 and open late July 1 to compensate. The town's Transfer Station will shut down for Independence Day on Saturday, July 4, with extended hours until 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 1 offered as an alternative — the only consequential municipal…

Sudbury Wins $10,000 MIIA Grant to Buy New DPW Safety Equipment

Sudbury landed a $10,000 MIIA safety grant for DPW work zone equipment as the town rolls into a busy summer week. The Massachusetts Interlocal Insurance Association award, announced June 16, will fund protective gear for Department of Public Works road crews. The town manager's office s…

Salem Street Residents Force Pause on Disputed Utility Pole Installation

Salem Street residents have pressed back hard enough on a utility pole project to pause it, Wilmington Patch reports. The outlet's headline — "🌱 Patch AM: Why Salem Street utility poles have neighbors pressing pause on the project" — led Sunday's local coverage, running alongside a sepa…

Question Over Reading's Town Forest Water Rights Surfaces in Monday Report

Reading's Town Forest water rights may be in play, a Monday Reading Patch report suggests, in an otherwise quiet news cycle. Reading Patch's morning newsletter — headlined "🌱 Patch AM: Could Reading give up long-held Town Forest water rights?" — raised questions about claims the town ha…

North Reading Goes Live With Rave Emergency Alert System Monday

North Reading switched to the Rave emergency notification platform Monday, urging all residents to confirm enrollment. The town's News Flash, posted late Monday evening, announced the go-live of Rave as the new official alert system, replacing its predecessor; residents who do not re-en…

J.V. Fletcher Library Hosts Free Virtual Amelia Earhart Talk Monday Night

The J.V. Fletcher Library anchors Westford's Monday with a free virtual program and a summer reading launch. Author Rachel Hartigan takes the library's online stage tonight at 7 p.m. for "Virtual-Lost: Amelia Earhart's Three Mysterious Deaths and One Extraordinary Life," the marquee Jun…

Beebe Library Opens Summer Season With Tiny Art Kits and Nostalgia Night

Lucius Beebe Memorial Library opened its summer calendar Monday with a new Tiny Art: Wildflowers kit program launching June 15. The library's summer slate — including Plaza Jazz, Summer Reading for kids and teens, and a string of adult drop-in events — is now fully underway, with Colori…

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