Nashoba Tech Receives $3.25m Grant for HVAC and Facilities Management Programs
Nashoba Valley Technical High School has received a $3,250,000...
This Memorial Day Weekend, please join the inaugural 5k trail run to support Operation Delta Dog, Sunday May 24, at 10 a.m. to noon at General...
Groton Grange #7 will host a concert with Trusting Fate. It’s in their DNA, going on 20 years, hundreds of tunes both original and cover,...
COMMUNITY EVENTS:
Exhibit Opening: A Story to Be Seen, Friday, May 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m. - Free Event. Join us for the opening reception of A Story to Be...
The Groton Center is hosting a community-wide Bingo and Pizza Night on Thursday May 28 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. All ages are welcome! Call 978-448-1170...
The next Groton Community Dinner will be held Friday, May 15, serving from 5:45-7 p.m. at First Parish Church of Groton, 1 Powder House Road,...
Groton School’s free 2025–26 Gammons Concert Series concludes Monday, May 11, at 7 p.m. with a performance by Groton School music faculty members...
Regular Hours:
Tue-Thurs, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.,
Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sundays 1- 5 p.m.
(Sept. 7 to May 17)
We will be closed...
Groton Grange #7 will hold a Yard Sale Saturday, May 9 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 80 Champney Street, Groton. There will be vintage treasures,...
Shorty says: The planes aren’t new. The line is. When everyone flies the same path, more people end up under it.
If you’ve been noticing more jet...
News
Friday, May 8, 2026 - 10:20am
Shorty says: The planes aren’t new. The line is. When everyone flies the same path, more people end...
Friday, May 8, 2026 - 10:12am
by Connie Sartini
The Select Board unanimously ratified Town Manager Mark Haddad's appointment...
Friday, May 8, 2026 - 10:10am
Shorty says: There’s no shortage of priorities at the State House. For towns like Groton, the...
Obituaries
Thursday, April 30, 2026 - 5:01pm
Our favorite artist, Dana Keith Carpenter, joined the leader of the band, Parker Carpenter, on...
Thursday, April 30, 2026 - 5:00pm
Edi Baker loved a good visit, whether it was to a faraway continent or with the patient at the...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - 9:25pm
Kenneth Wayne Roberts, 80, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 9, 2026, at The Pavilion at...
Features
Thursday, February 2, 2023 - 3:16pm
by Barbara Scofidio
Anyone who thinks of Amy Degen as Josh’s wife does not know Amy Degen. She...
Thursday, October 6, 2022 - 2:26pm
It is customary for a weekly newspaper like the Groton Herald to limit reporting to local...
Thursday, August 25, 2022 - 7:56pm
Gov. Baker vetoed and sent back to the Legislature a section of the cannabis bill that he...
Sports
Thursday, May 7, 2026 - 6:17pm
#1 and #2 singles players, Nora Petros (shown above) and Sophia Bobkov(shown below), help lead G-D to a 3-2 win over Leominster. A three-set win from second doubles, Allison Knell and Noemi Loggins-Wuensch, gave G-D the third match for the team win. Photos by Matt Detora
Thursday, May 7, 2026 - 6:12pm
Jonah Gaboriault launches the ball deep to left field, sending the outfielder spilling over the fence as the ball sails out of the park. Photo by Matt Detora
Thursday, April 30, 2026 - 5:34pm
Softball
4/25 - GD 4, Greater Lowell 0
4/27 - Oakmont 23, GD 9
4/28 - Greater Lawrence 14, GD 2...
Happenings
Friday, May 8, 2026 - 10:35am
This Memorial Day Weekend, please join the inaugural 5k trail run to support Operation Delta...
Friday, May 8, 2026 - 10:33am
Groton Grange #7 will host a concert with Trusting Fate. It’s in their DNA, going on 20 years...
Friday, May 8, 2026 - 10:32am
COMMUNITY EVENTS:
Exhibit Opening: A Story to Be Seen, Friday, May 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m. - Free Event....
People
Friday, May 8, 2026 - 10:44am
Nashoba Tech Receives $3.25m Grant for HVAC and Facilities Management Programs
Nashoba Valley...
Thursday, April 30, 2026 - 5:40pm
The Rev. Dr. Kathy Harwood, a more than eight-year resident of Groton and a member of Groton Woman’...
Thursday, April 9, 2026 - 6:51pm
Elizabeth Kay Hope Sommer was born Wednesday, March 11, 2026, the first child of Allegra Harris and Brad Sommer of Marlborough. She is the granddaughter of Lorraine Kay and Eric Sommer of Canton, OH and Russell Hope Harris and Deborah Johnson of Groton.
Schools
Thursday, April 30, 2026 - 4:18pm
Shorty says: Good schools don’t always come in good buildings. Swallow Union proves that. Strong...
Thursday, April 16, 2026 - 2:37pm
Shorty says: Getting cell phones out of the classroom? Hard to argue with that. It’s a good idea...
Thursday, April 16, 2026 - 2:04pm
by Russ Harris
When Groton-Dunstable Regional School Committee Chair Lacey McCabe made her...
Letters
Thursday, May 7, 2026 - 6:50pm
The following account was published in The Public Spirit sometime around September 1925. It was...
Thursday, May 7, 2026 - 6:49pm
Dear Editor:
In the first year since Raising Groton’s founding, we have learned a lot about...
Thursday, May 7, 2026 - 6:47pm
We have a new name/face running for the Select Board this year. It is refreshing to see someone...
Public Notices
Public Notices are also online here.
Thursday, May 7, 2026 - 5:58pm
Special Permit
for a Shared Driveway
Casella Meadows Subdivision, Wyman Road
In accordance with...
Thursday, May 7, 2026 - 5:57pm
The Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 27, 2025 at 6:45 pm at...
Thursday, May 7, 2026 - 5:57pm
The Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 27, 2025 at 6:45 pm at...