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This photo was taken about 8:15 Friday evening from Westford, just over the town line south of Route 40, looking northwest into Groton. The fast-moving storm front spread along Townsend Road north of West Groton, stretching to Rte 119 near NWRA headquarters by the Nashua River, and then to Chicopee Row just north of the cemetery, onto Martinis Pond and Old Dunstable Roads through to Hoyts Wharf, Cow Pond, and then to the north end of Long Sought-For Pond, wrecking havoc and mayhem for 10 miles through the heart of our town. Many have asked, Was it a microburst, or a twister? Could it be both? The photographer said this image was taken in “pitch-black conditions using ‘lightning as llumination.’”
by Robert Stewart
A powerful storm with tornado-like characteristics ripped through Groton on Friday night, May 15 and in a span of 15 minutes toppled hundreds of trees and knocked power out to nearly half of the homes in town.
The weather event was part of frontal boundary that was...
by Russell Harris
The story below is based on a press release submitted by the Groton Affordable Housing Trust last Thursday. The release announces that the Trust is demanding that the Boynton Meadows developer provide a full financial accounting of the Town’s investment in the development...
by Connie Sartini
According to Select Board member Becky Pine the state has authorized Community Preservation Committee (CPC) funds set aside for affordable housing to be used for people who are renting during the current pandemic.
She suggested that in Groton, to implement this...
by Connie Sartini
Town Manager Mark Haddad reminded the Select Board that last summer the Board voted to issue an RFP for Town Counsel services on November 1, 2029. At that time, he said, "I requested that the Board hold off on issuing the RFP for several months and reconsider the issue...
By Bob Katzen, BHR
Groton Eligible For Up To $1,003,378 for COVID-19 Relief
Gov. Baker announced that his administration is preparing to distribute up to $502 million to Massachusetts cities and towns from the commonwealth’s $2.7 billion allocation from the federal Coronavirus...
by Connie Sartini
The Select Board voted to adopt the following protocols prepared for re-opening Town Hall prepared by Town Manager Mark Haddad.
PROTOCOLS FOR RE-OPENING TOWN HALL
When the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts lifts the Non-Essential Business and Shelter at...
The 2020 Annual Spring Town Meeting, originally scheduled for May 18, 2020, has been recessed and continued to:
New Date: Saturday, June 13, 2020
New Time: 10 a.m.
New Location: The track and field behind the Florence Roche Elementary School, 342 Main Street.
In the event of...
by Connie Sartini
Chairman of the Select Board Alison Manugian told her colleagues that the Board has “discussed many, many times the potential changes to the Town Manager Review Process and I will take only new information instead of going back over and over” previously discussed items....
by Connie Sartini
Chairman of the Select Board Alison Manugian told her colleagues that the Board has “discussed many, many times the potential changes to the Town Manager Review Process and I will take only new information instead of going back over and over” previously discussed items....
Town Hall Closed for Three Days
Town Manager Mark Haddad advised the Select Board that Town Hall will be closed to everyone for a three-day period in order “to sanitize and deep clean the building.” This is a result of “one person who may be ill.” He added that he was bringing an outside...