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Groton’s State Representative Shelia Harrington was one of only nine members of the whole Massachusetts Legislature to vote against repealing archaic sex and abortion laws that banned unmarried people from accessing abortion and contraception, banned distribution of information on how to procure...

The people watch as Town Clerk MIke Bouchard swears in Michael Luth

as Groton Police Chief

*/ As Massachusetts steps into state-sanctioned retail sales of marijuana, the incipient ‘cannabis economy’ is morphing in unexpected ways, both here and across New England. Even before sales  of retail marijuana sales start in Massachusetts, another derivative of the Cannabis plant -  CBD Oil - a...
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced last week that West Nile Virus was found in a mosquito in Ayer, according to the town. This year, 5,496 mosquito samples were tested for the virus; 290 came back positive. Ayer had one sample test positive this year, the town said in a...
*/ */ [Ed Note: "The Candle" is an online publication covering Pepperell; it is edited by Bruce Weatherbee, a resident of Pepperell, a former Selectman of the town and a former State Representative.]       Mass Composting Group, Inc. (MCGI) is seeking to create a massive landfill in an old gravel...
 Groton Select Board interviewed three law firms that responded to their Request for Proposal (RFP) to serve as Town Counsel for Groton. The Boston firm of Brooks and DeRensis, the Newburyport firm of Mead, Talerman and Costa LLC, and KP Law, also located in Boston. The teams from the three firms...
Photo of temporary two-megawatt generator rented by GELD until the end of August to reduce summer peak power costs. Even though it cost about $20,000 to set up the electrical infrastructure for the generator, it is estimated that there will be a net savings of about $80,000 by shaving summer peak...
A Groton man died after crashing his motorcycle in Stow on July 14, according to a statement from the Middlesex Attorney’s Office.   Stow police responded to a call on Saturday around 11 p.m. regarding a single vehicle crash at the intersection of West Acton Road and South Acton Road in Stow....

Bob Carlson, Michael Luth’s Godfather, pins badge on just-appointed Groton Police Chief Michael Luth at Select Board Meeting. Photo by Connie Sartini

A standing-room-only crowd of Police Chiefs and Police Officers from many area towns, friends, neighbors and well-wishers greeted Groton’s new Police Chief Michael Luth as he appeared before the Groton Select Board where he was unanimously appointed and sworn in to this key position, effective July...
 Following a meeting with Dunstable Selectmen, Groton Select Board member John Giger and Town Manager Mark Haddad reported they had reached a resolution to Dunstable’s request for assistance from Haddad to sort out issues in preparation for hiring of a Town Manager in Dunstable.     It was agreed...

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