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🌱 Why Ayer joined other towns in dropping Flock surveillance cameras

Also check out Behavioral Health Hiring Event on the Ayer Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • Why Ayer joined other towns in dropping Flock surveillance cameras

Also on today's calendar: Behavioral Health Hiring Event and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: A morning shower; cloudy, with a high of 68 and low of 55 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Pleasant with periods of sun, temps: high: 71, low: 54.
  • Thursday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 79 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Flock vs. Lowell: Surveillance company defends product (bostonherald.com) — Ayer is among more than 30 Massachusetts communities that have stopped using Flock automated license plate reader cameras, as questions grow about how the company handles and shares police data. Lowell's close vote to suspend its Flock system highlights ongoing regional concerns about privacy, data access, and finding alternative technologies that don't feed large shared databases.
   

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Other local events
    Wednesday September 30
  • Baby & Me Movement →
    Ayer Library, 26 East Main Street, Ayer
    1:00 pm
  • FIFA E-Sports Tournament!
    Teen Room Ayer Library, 26 East Main Street, Ayer
    4:00 pm
  • Nar-Anon Family Group
    Nutting Room Ayer Library, 26 East Main Street, Ayer
    6:00 pm
  • Mini Collage Notebook Workshop
    Reading Room Ayer Library, 26 East Main Street, Ayer
    6:30 pm
    • Thursday October 1
  • Card Game Club
    Teen Room Ayer Library, 26 East Main Street, Ayer
    6:00 pm
    • Saturday October 17
  • Trinity's Trunk or Treat 2026 →
    170 Old Westford Rd, Chelmsford
    2:00 pm
    • Sunday October 25
  • Fall Festival and Pumpkin Run 3k Trail Race / Walk →
    Innovation Academy Charter School, 72 Tyng Rd, Tyngsborough
    12:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • National Guard Employment Network posted a job opening for Material Operations Lead, Warehouse Cell Therapy - Devens MA in Devens. Apply here.
  • Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions posted a job opening for Quality Technician in Devens. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ayer here.

🗞 Nearby News

Groton

  • Six Collegiate Bests Highlight Women's Cross Country's Ninth-Place Finish at RPI Fairgrounds Showdown (wpi.edu)
  • See 'The Science of Autumn Foliage' (sentinelandenterprise.com)
  • Coming Attractions: September 27 through October 12 (artsfuse.org)

Westford

  • High school football notebook: Michael Walsh, Everett weather road test by going deep, twice (bostonglobe.com)
  • Obituary: Vesta (Vaughan) Rand (pressherald.com)

Chelmsford

  • Road Work Coming Up In Chelmsford (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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