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In a reversal of fortune for the school district, the voters of Dunstable rejected by a vote of 519 - 413 a proposed $1.1M proposition 2.5 budget override which includes approximately $167,000 in funding for Dunstable town services. Voters were clearly not in a spending mood as they also...
Editor Note: Due to a page make-up error, the wrong profile of Mr. Pease appeared in the Print Version of The Groton Herald. The correct version appears below.
Groton Resident Barry A. Pease is running for one of the two contested seats for Selectman. The following is a short profile of him....
In an annual town meeting scenario bearing many similarities to the Groton ATM, the Dunstable town meeting overwhelmingly approved an override-dependent increase in the FY ’17 school budget. The crowd was at capacity for the room in Swallow Union school and the meeting start time was delayed to...
[Editor’s note: This article was written with the collaboration of Jack Petropoulos, Kevin Lindemer and Jenifer Evans who researched much of the factual data described here. However, this story is reported by The Groton Herald.]
When Groton Board of Selectman Chairman Jack Petropoulos decided,...
On May 9, Migis Hotel Group of Portland ME and their investors announced plans to break ground for the new Groton Inn in late fall 2016. Located at 128 Main Street and overlooking Gibbet Hill, the new Groton Inn is expected to open in fall 2017. With approvals for the design already in hand, the...
Unless alternative sources of revenue are found, or additional cuts are made in municipal and/or school budgets, the five-year budget projection for Groton – that includes both the municipal budget and the Groton- Dunstable Regional School District budget - project a need for annual overrides...
On yet another split vote by the Board of Selectmen, Town Manager’s quiet policy of waiving the town’s processing fee of $25 for passports for some employees and officials, was reaffirmed. Apparently this policy has been in place for a number of years, although its existence was virtually unknown...
Although Selectmen’s agenda item Monday night was to approve the charge to a newly-forming Prescott Community Center Committee, Selectman Anna Eliot used the opening of the discussion to convey that, although she, “will not be popular,” she is suggesting a financial analysis of the renovation...
The Performing Arts Center filled slowly as the 7 p.m. opening of Spring Town Meeting was about to start. However, attendance mushroomed as the proponents for the $1.9M Groton-Dunstable School override streamed into the PAC to ensure passage of this override. (See GDRS Override story, Page One)
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In a triumph of organization over debate, the unusually large crowd attending Groton’s Annual Town Meeting voted to support a significant increase in school spending triggering the need for a property tax override vote on May 17. Although a number of high-profile speakers spoke in opposition to...