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  Local Mid-Wachusett League teams qualified for MIAA Basketball State Championships By Robert Mingolelli   MIAA 2024 Basketball Girls Division 4...
Local Mid-Wachusett League teams qualified for MIAA Basketball State Championships By Robert Mingolelli   MIAA 2024 Basketball Girls Division 4 State...
by Connie Sartini   The Annual Spring Town Meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 7 p.m. at the Groton Dunstable Middle School Auditorium...
This is a friendly reminder that Signs On Utility Poles in Groton are not allowed per Town by-law Chapter 196 section 5e.  There are signs currently...
Week of February 26, 2024    During the week of February 26, 2024, dispatch answered 1048 calls for service. The following is a summary of just a few...
I attended the budget meeting held in Groton on Wednesday, March 6 to discuss the requested overrides needed by both Groton and Dunstable to avoid...
Twenty years ago, we set out to find a new place to call home because the older residents in the town where we lived believed it was okay to have the...
As a senior citizen and educator, I know  that the most important room in my home is a Groton Dunstable classroom.  That classroom is directly...
In the March 8, 2024 Groton Herald, Nancy Murphy, President of the Groton Dunstable Educators Association (GDEA) writes “the additional cost of the...

News

Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 2:40pm
by Connie Sartini   The Annual Spring Town Meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 7 p.m...
Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 2:17pm
  The Annual Spring Town Meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 7 p.m. at the Groton...
Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 2:10pm
by Connie Sartini    Town Manager Mark Haddad received a letter from Craft Beer Armory Brewing LLC...

Obituaries

Friday, January 26, 2024 - 6:52pm
Earl Carter, a well-known Groton historian and passionate collector of Groton historical ephemera...
Friday, December 22, 2023 - 5:59pm
Albert Stone - a respected visionary and cherished leader within his community and beyond - died...
Friday, December 22, 2023 - 5:58pm
Philomena (Leone) Loring., 92, a resident of Acton and a former longtime resident of Ayer, passed...

Features

Thursday, February 2, 2023 - 3:16pm
by Barbara Scofidio    Anyone who thinks of Amy Degen as Josh’s wife does not know Amy Degen. She...
Thursday, October 6, 2022 - 2:26pm
  It is customary for a weekly newspaper like the Groton Herald to limit reporting to local...
Thursday, August 25, 2022 - 7:56pm
   Gov. Baker vetoed and sent back to the Legislature a section of the cannabis bill that he...

Public Notices

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Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 4:45pm
Docket No. MI24P0962EA INFORMAL PROBATE PUBLICATION NOTICE Estate of: DONNA DUFFY Also Known As:...
Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 4:43pm
Sealed bids are requested by the Town Manager for installation of fencing and related preparation...
Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 4:42pm
In accordance with the provisions of MGL Chapter 40A, Sections 5 and 11, and Zoning Bylaw, Article...

Sports

Sunday, March 17, 2024 - 8:51pm
Sunday, March 17, 2024 - 8:46pm
  Local Mid-Wachusett League teams qualified for MIAA Basketball State Championships By Robert...
Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 4:55pm
Local Mid-Wachusett League teams qualified for MIAA Basketball State Championships By Robert...

Special Announcements

Wednesday, May 18, 2022 - 9:01pm
  Any voters interested in serving on the Electronic Voting Study Committee should email Town...
Wednesday, May 18, 2022 - 8:41pm
Week of May 2    During the week of May 2, dispatch answered 1136 calls for service. The following...
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 - 1:34pm
Week of April 25    During the week of April 25, dispatch answered 1125 calls for service. The...

Happenings

Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 1:56pm
Holy Week Services: Palm Sunday: Sunday, March 24 at 10 a.m. Maundy Thursday Service: Thursday,...
Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 1:55pm
Wednesday, March 20 is the next Groton Republican Town Committee meeting. Newcomers welcome! Social...
Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 1:53pm
On Sunday, April 21, at 3 p.m., prepare to be transported into a world of sublime beauty and...

People

Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 1:14pm

Steve Brunelle from Magnetic North Music at the board on Friday’s Open Mic Night. Photo by Steve Lieman

Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 1:11pm

Girl Scouts in Groton, Ayer, Shirley and Dunstable participated in World Thinking Day. The girls learned about different countries, cultures and traditions and then presented what they had learned. This year Girl Scouts learned about Japan, Spain, New Zealand, Peru, Egypt and Denmark. Photo courtesy Michelle Bedy, Nashaway Girl Scouts Publicity Coordinator

Thursday, March 7, 2024 - 2:44pm

Virginia at the wheel

by Barbara Scofidio      As Virginia (Whistle) Wood, owner of Old School Clay and Ceramics, jokes,...

Schools

Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 2:14pm
by Marlena Gilbert    At the beginning of the year, the Groton Dunstable Regional School District (...
Thursday, March 7, 2024 - 2:46pm
by Marlena Gilbert    The February 28 Groton Dunstable Regional School Committee (GDRSC) meeting...
Thursday, February 22, 2024 - 1:48pm
by Marlena Gilbert   Supt. Chesson shared staffing changes from the past, present and expected...

Letters

Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 2:29pm
I attended the budget meeting held in Groton on Wednesday, March 6 to discuss the requested...
Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 2:28pm
Twenty years ago, we set out to find a new place to call home because the older residents in the...
Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 2:27pm
As a senior citizen and educator, I know  that the most important room in my home is a Groton...

Out of Town

Thursday, April 21, 2022 - 2:47pm
The Dunstable Police Department would like to inform the public of upcoming road construction...
Thursday, April 21, 2022 - 2:47pm
Saturday April 30, 6-10 PM War Memorial Building, 8 Church Street, Shirley, MA Join the Fort...
Thursday, April 21, 2022 - 12:22pm
British guitarist Jeff Purchon grabs his friends and returns to the Parish Center for the Arts (...

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