Ayer Police Departmant Awards Ceremony

2008-02-27 Filed in: Assignment | General news

Ayer, MA - Chief of Police, Richard J. Rizzo address the audience at the Ayer Police Department Awards Ceremony. The ceremony recognized uniformed and civilian personnel for outstanding service to the department and the citizens of Ayer.

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Burns Dinner

2008-02-23 Filed in: Assignment

Ayer, MA - Pipe Major Ken Smith is helped into his uniform by his wife Susan. Ken played the bagpipes during the 1st Burns Supper that was held at Thirty-One Main honoring Robert Burns and his poetry, wit, and songs. Burn's was the first Poet Laureate of Scotland.

Burns Night, effectively a second national day in Scotland, is celebrated on 25 January with Burns suppers around the world, and is still more widely observed than the official national day, Saint Andrew's Day, or the proposed North American celebration Tartan Day. The format of Burns suppers has not changed since Robert's death in 1796. The basic format starts with a general welcome and announcements followed with the Selkirk Grace. Just post the grace comes the piping and cutting of the Haggis, where Robert's famous Address To a Haggis is read, and the haggis is cut open. The event usually allows for people to start eating just after the haggis is presented. This is when the reading called the "immortal memory", an overview of Robert's life and work is given; the event usually concludes with the singing of Auld Lang Syne.

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2008 Hasty Pudding Man of the Year

2008-02-16

At the 2008 Hasty Pudding Man of the Year award ceremony, Academy Award winning actor (and talented dancer), Christopher Walken was not anything like the creepy villains that typical plays in the movies.

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Youth Center Open House

2008-02-10 Filed in: Assignment

Devens, MA - At the Ayer, Shirley and Devens Youth Center Open House, Sariah Willard of Ayer, gets ready for a game of pool against her mom.

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2008 Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year

2008-02-07

Academy Award winner Charlize Theron was charming and very witty at the 2008 Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year award ceremony.

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Harvard caucus

2008-02-02 Filed in: Assignment

Harvard, MA - Ginger Kendall fills out the Massachusetts Caucus Certificate of Nomination. Ginger was nominated to run for Library Trustees.

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