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Following the action on Article 8 at the October 23 Fall Town Meeting session, where voters approved creation of a Capital Stabilization Fund for $500,000 with the funds to be set aside for the Groton-Dunstable Regional School District, voters at Monday’s session of Fall Town Meeting also...
2017 Fall Town Meeting opened with a contentious and divisive issue that has been simmering all summer, whether to change or leave alone the “All Are Welcome” stones located at the entrance roads to Groton. Article 1 was discussed by attendees Monday night for close to two hours before they issued...
[Ed Note: St. Thomas is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean that is recovering from a direct hit from a category 5 hurricane. A line crew from GELD is helping the island recover and rebuild its electric grid. St. Thomas, St. John, Water Island and St. Croix make up the Virgin Islands...
Orion Krause, 22 of Rockport, Maine, returned to Ayer District Court Friday, Oct. 20 from Bridgewater State Hospital where he had been undergoing psychiatric observation and evaluation. At the hearing, Krause was declared competent to stand trial for the September 8 murders of his mother,...
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State lawmakers are advancing a bill that would set stiff new penalties for drivers who park illegally in spaces designated for the handicapped, including a potential maximum year-long license suspension. The Senate has already approved the legislation, which also carries beefed-up fines for...
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Groton Town Counsel has advised the Board of Selectmen to focus on the contents of Article 1 on the Town Meeting Warrant - that seeks to remove the word “ALL” from the contentious All Are Welcome Stones, and “not to put oxygen on something that tends to expand” regarding the events that...
At the October 23, 2017 Fall Town Meeting, Article #7 on the warrant will ask voters to approve $310,000 for the Senior Center design and construction bidding for either a new center or for the renovation and expansion of the current Senior Center along with $125,000 to hire an Owners Project...
The Board of Selectmen is divided on taking a position on Article 7 for the design of a new or renovated Senior Center in West Groton. Selectmen Alison Manugian, Jack Petropoulos and Becky Pine deferred their positions to Town Meeting while Chairman Josh Degen and Barry Pease supported the article...
Introduction
At 2017 Spring Town Meeting, the Council on Aging asked for up to $400,000 for design of a new senior center. The Article for design funding for the current West Groton location was approved at Town, but failed by a 15% margin at the town wide ballot vote on May 16.
We recently...
Last of the eight “All Are Welcome” stones was placed on Rte. 119 at the Groton-Littleton line in front of the driveway to the new Shirdi Sai Temple. Pictured are (left to right) Neelkanth Mishra, Amy Degen, Ebi Masalahdan, Selectman Jack Petropoulos, Steve Boczenowski, Pat Hartvigsen, Selectman Becky Pine, Susan Hughes and Bob Pine. Photo by John MacLeod
On Thursday morning October 5, with a gathering of supporters and representatives of the New England Shirdi Sai Temple, the eighth and final All Are Welcome stone was installed on Rt 119 at the Groton–Littleton town line, completing the $1 project approved by the 2017 Spring Town Meeting. [see...