AYER — For its 2024 Spring musical, the Ayer Shirley Regional High School Drama Club presents “The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical,” based on the 2005 book by Rick Riordan. Performances run April 5 and 6 at 7:30 p.m., and April 7 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 for students, general admission; $15 in […]
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‘We must have unity’
SHIRLEY — Select Board Chairman Andree Lourdes Jean Jacques is one of many Haitian-Americans watching with growing concern as the dire situation in Haiti goes from bad to worse. In recent weeks, a renewed wave of violence and lawlessness rocked the capital city of Port-Au-Prince as heavily-armed gangs broke into a prison complex and attacked […]
‘The little-known heroes’
SHIRLEY — Just in time for Opening Day of the 2024 baseball season, the community is invited to learn about the lesser-known stories of color barrier breaking players in the early years of Major League Baseball history. Author and local TV reporter Ted Reinstein will present his latest book “Before Brooklyn: The Unsung Heroes Who […]