AYER – This week the Healey-Driscoll Administration announced the membership of the Nashoba Valley working group, which was created to address the health care needs of the region following the closure of Nashoba Valley Medical Center. Last month, the Healey-Driscoll Administration announced two working groups focused on stabilizing and revitalizing health care in communities impacted […]
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Local Habitat launches 3rd home project in Ayer
AYER — Habitat for Humanity North Central Massachusetts, a local branch of the international nonprofit, recently launched a home-building project on Newton Street, the third such project to be built in town. A groundbreaking ceremony was held in late September at the new home-building site. Located behind Town Hall, in the heart of Ayer, it’s […]
Lab supplies company expands operations at new facility in Ayer
AYER — A manufacturer and distributor of laboratory equipment is moving their operations into a new 113,000 square-foot facility to serve as both the company’s central distribution hub and its corporate headquarters. CELLTREAT Scientific Products, a provider of laboratory plasticware, including serological pipets, cryogenic vials, and micro tubes, announced this week that they are moving […]
‘It is just as we thought it would be’: Fire chiefs lament impacts of NVMC closure
It has been a little more than a week since the Aug. 31 closure of Nashoba Valley Medical Center, and some local fire officials are already seeing the consequences.
‘It is going to cost lives’: Nashoba Valley Medical Center, Carney Hospital shuttered due to Steward crisis
AYER — After months of drawn-out debate, protests and calls for further intervention into the Steward Health Care bankruptcy crisis, Nashoba Valley Medical Center’s staff solemnly walked out the front door together right at 7 a.m. Saturday when the hospital officially closed down.
Editorial: Any legs to UMH’s urgent-care interest in Ayer hospital?
One hundred percent of nothing, or a certain percentage of something? The answer to that question could decide the eventual fate of Nashoba Valley Medical Center. According to a story earlier this week in the Telegram & Gazette – based on reporting by the Worcester Business Journal – UMass Memorial Health has explored the possibility […]
