Letters
Dear Fellow Groton Residents:
This weekend Grotonfest will take place at the Legion Hall grounds on Hollis Street. On behalf of all the Groton Lakes Association (GLA) Members and Friends, I want to invite you to stop by our booth and talk to us about the wonderful lake resources that are...
Pete, the Pet Squirrel. Photo taken 1922 at the White House by Harris & Ewing, photographer - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print. Photo submitted by David Southwick
To The Editor,
We live in such a wonderful town, where wildlife is abundant and outdoor activity is in full swing year round.
Yet we have a problem on our roads; I am not referring to drunk drivers, or even drivers that text, those problems are serious, and, yet, not as tragic as seeing...
Dear Editor,
Reading the headline on your September 21 front page article, I would assume that the Groton Police were out there firing rifles, since the headline refers to “assault rifles,” which are full-auto machine guns possessed by the Groton Police, but not generally by civilians.
Of...
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Just like their human counterparts, turtles seek warmer places when cold weather arrives. This means they are crossing roads now to travel to their chosen winter habitats to hibernate.
Please watch for them through mid-October on pavement or when mowing your lawns....
To The Fire Dept. Task Force Study Committee,
The members of the Groton Fire Call Department would like to take this opportunity to extend our full support and gratitude to Chief Steele McCurdy for his on-going effort to provide the community with the highest levels of public safety by developing...
To The Editor,
Regarding Article 19 on the Fall Town Meeting warrant, there are a lot of detached lots around the Lost Lake area, and that particular bylaw is there to protect abutters.
Should this article pass, then the detached lot that abuts the back of my lot could become the dumping...
Dear Friends of GCD,
It is with a heavy heart that I tell you that the September 2018 dinner on Friday, Sept. 28 will be our last dinner. While volunteers come forward every month to help us build the community that we want to be, the leadership of our organization has been dwindling. We don’t...
To The Editor,
As can be the case in most professions, errors and problems gain broad attention, whereas lower profile success and every-day kindnesses can become lost.
I would like to let our local communities know about an extraordinary experience I had with Acton police on Thursday night...
Dear Editor,
You began your report in the September 7 issue of the Groton Herald “The Town Won’t Let Us Park On Our Own Land’ with the opening line: “Imagine yourself caught up in this nightmare”. Regrettably my partner and I don’t have to imagine this nightmare; we are living it! To call it a “...
Dear Editor,
As an owner of multiple firearms and a resident of Groton, I felt compelled to write in response to Mr. Lyman’s simplistic screed on firearms being carried by “...trained volunteer school faculty...”
Mr. Lyman’s meandering letter, which makes clear his predisposition towards...