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Selectman approved the first phase of a $2.5 million sidewalk construction project proposed and funded in its entirety by the Groton School. The first phase of the plan specifies construction of 2,200 feet of sidewalk running along Farmers Row opposite the school’s main campus and continuing down...
With the recognition that the town’s operational budget cannot continue its current growth path where costs are outstripping the town’s revenue, the Board of Selectmen at its Tuesday night session approved an RFP (Request for Proposal) to conduct an audit of town operations.
The primary intent and...
Should Groton tax room occupancy rates for hotels and Bed and Breakfast businesses? Town Manager Mark Haddad raised this to the Board of Selectmen noting that under MGL Chapter 64G, the town has the ability to tax room occupancy to a six percent maximum.
Selectman Josh Degen responded that while it...
Having closed out the fiscal year, Town Manager Haddad reviewed fourth quarter financial statements dated June 30 at Selectmen’s August 29 meeting. He said the town had exceeded estimated revenue thanks to unexpected increases in motor vehicle excise tax receipts as well as increased revenue from...
On September 24th, visit the Groton History Center at our booth at Grotonfest. We will be unveiling the recently refurbished British cannon captured by Groton’s own Captain Asa Lawerence and his men at the Battle of Chelsea Creek in 1775.
The British gunboat Diana was sent to Chelsea Creek to fire...
The owners of the old Groton Center Fire Station building on Station Avenue have requested Planning Board approval for a modification to their Site Plan permit in order to construct an addition onto the back of the building to house bathrooms and a kitchen. The Board continued the Public Hearing...
After Lawrence Academy asked the town to discontinue Powder House Road as a public way, later research by Lawrence’s Attorney Robert Collins shows that ownership of the roadway is unclear, a complex legal question dealing with a Land Court decision reaching back to at least 1848, among several...
In an effort to further safety, pedestrian access, and Main Street business, Selectman Chairman Petropoulos asked Town Manager Mark Haddad to have a sign erected at the entrance to Prescott School, encouraging use of the parking lot behind the school for general municipal parking.
Town Manager Haddad announced that the Groton Channel is testing live video streaming of all town government meetings. While testing the new service, he reported watching a live broadcast from his home of a Selectmen’s meeting that he was unable to attend. These streaming capabilities are still...
Having promised and predicted that construction of the Groton Inn would begin in September, John Amaral, a project principal for the New Groton Inn, called the Groton Herald Tuesday to confirm his promise, saying, “We’re on track to begin site work for the Inn by the middle of September.”
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