News
Ed Note: This is the first part of a two-part story reporting on a meeting held by the Community Preservation Committee and the Affordable Housing Trust on October 28 to discuss and evaluate the loss of more than $400,000 of town funds on the Boynton Meadows development. This first part of this...
Capital Planning Committee
Town Manager Mark Haddad advised that the Capital Planning Advisory Committee held its first meeting and member Steve Lane was selected to serve as Chairman.
The Committee also amended their charge to address the issue of a potential conflict of interest,...
The State Senate including Groton’s state Senator Edward Kennedy voted 40-0 to approve and send to the House the PACT Act aimed at addressing the high and rapidly increasing costs of prescription drugs in the Bay State.
A key provision provides immediate price relief for insulin used by...
The Massachusetts House gave initial approval to a bill--INCREASE FINES FOR JAYWALKING (H 4181)--that would increase the current fine for jaywalking which is $1 for the first three offenses and $2 for the fourth and subsequent offenses. The bill would increase the fine to $25 for the first...
The Legion Hall Memorial Cannon. It was a state-of the-art French design at the time. See details in the accompanying article.
by Michael LaTerz
It was called the Great War before we knew we had to number them. World War 1 began in 1914 in the old world, far away. For the most part, the people of the U.S. wanted none of it.
By 1917, Germany was gaining the upper hand. The war was brought to America with...
by Connie Sartini
To assist residents concerned with elevated manganese levels discovered in the municipal water system and with particular concern for infants under 12 months of age, Groton Water Department Superintendent Thomas Orcutt announced that filtered water will now be available...
by Connie Sartini
The following letter was sent to Parents and Members of the Groton Dunstable Regional School District Community last week by Superintendent of Schools Laura S. Chesson, Ed. D.
“I am writing to inform you that on the morning of November 6, 2019, the District was...
Town Manager Mark Haddad, Building Committee Chairman Peter Cunningham, Select Board Chair Alison Manugian, Gail Chalmers and Council on Aging Director Kathy Shelp all enjoy symbolic ribbon cutting, formally inaugurating new Senior Center/Community Center. Photo by Steve Lieman.
by Russell Harris
Standing before banks of expansive windows showing blazes of brilliant red and orange foliage, town officials and volunteers thanked voters of Groton for the gift of the beautiful new building before a standing-room-only crowd, all celebrating the opening of Groton’s new...
by Connie Sartini
Town Manager Mark Haddad updated the Select Board on the status of the long-awaited approvals for the Groton Town Charter.
He said there is apparently some confusion in the House of Representatives as a result of a change from the original Charter submission that...
by Connie Sartini
Select Board Chairman Alison Manugian advised her colleagues that she had read through the Board’s minutes of Nov. 4 when Vice Chairman Josh Degen took over for her as Chairman.
She had recused herself from the meeting because her husband, Finance Committee member...