Chaotic ride ends in league title for Panthers

LITTLETON — In the 2025 season finale, Ayer-Shirley/Bromfield upended Littleton High School with a pick-six interception in overtime, putting an exclamation point on a difficult year for the Tigers. Littleton finished 2-8, struggling to field a team for much of the season and closing the year with just 24 players. Things only grew more uncertain for Littleton in the offseason. Once a proud program that captured six titles over the previous decade, including a perfect 2013 sea

AYER – The positive environmental effects of one local woman’s extraordinary actions and dedication to her community are still being felt today, over six decades later. The 30-minute film “Marion Stoddart: The Work of 1000” ( vimeo.com/821661303/77152526e9 ) focuses on the now 97-year-old town resident’s efforts to mobilize the community to clean up the Nashua River many years ago. According to Wikipedia the 37.5-mile body of water is a tributary of the Merrimack River in Ma

AYER – The aroma of warm beverages and baked goods in the air and a plethora of plants decorating the quaint space filled with local products makes for a warm and cozy atmosphere at Pinard's Florist Gifts & Coffee Cafe. The 120 Central Ave. spot is family run, with Lisa Richard managing the day-to-day operations of the small business with her brothers Mark and Jim Pinard. The family's landscaping business in 1984 and the Flower shop opened in 1991. The siblings were raised in