"To be candid, due to the instability of the consistency of that funding, I would find it difficult to recommend hiring permanent teaching staff since the dilemma of where to fund them in the future would then face the district," Klimkiewicz said.   Full Story

DEVENS -- A Sterling-based company presented plans to redevelop the old Davis Library on Jackson Road at a public hearing held by the Devens Enterprise Commission (DEC) Tuesday night.   Full Story

DEVENS -- Why are we here? What's it all about? They're not pondering the meaning of life. But the Joint Boards of Selectmen for Ayer, Harvard, Shirley and the community of Devens (JBOS) considered retooling their 1992 mission statement at their Aug.   Full Story