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Shorty: Did you know Groton’s health services costs are rising due to a neighboring town’s big move? Find out how this change, a pension...
by Connie Sartini    Facing rising municipal costs and school funding challenges, Groton’s leadership is preparing for a tight Fiscal Year 2026...
Shorty: Did you know that Groton’s Conservation Commission might not get all the funding it’s hoping for this year? Find out why the Community...
It is with great sadness that I have decided to retire and close my orthopedic practice here in Ayer after more than 33 years. It has been an...
Recently our Co-chair May Brackett left our committee. The committee would like to publicly thank her for the work she did for us, and the town.   ...
Thank you for running the Groton Grange announcements of our Contra Dances. This is consistently where participants learn of our schedule, and we...
Joshua Vollmar’s latest article in the February 7, 2025 edition of The Herald is a masterpiece of local history scholarship. It is concise,...
Over a decade ago, we moved our elementary school-aged children from Prescott School after the Town of Groton closed the building due to costly...
A new poll by UMass Lowell's Center for Public Opinion and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences reveals deep voter dissatisfaction with the...
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News

Friday, February 14, 2025 - 11:07am
Shorty: Did you know Groton’s health services costs are rising due to a neighboring town’s big move...
Friday, February 14, 2025 - 11:04am
by Connie Sartini    Facing rising municipal costs and school funding challenges, Groton’s...
Friday, February 14, 2025 - 11:01am
Shorty: Did you know that Groton’s Conservation Commission might not get all the funding it’s...

Obituaries

Thursday, February 13, 2025 - 12:24pm
Ralph M. Smith Jr. passed away Saturday, February 1, 2025, at Emerson Hospital in Concord, just shy...
Thursday, February 13, 2025 - 12:21pm
Geraldine (Geri) Mary Perry passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 25, 2024. She was the...
Thursday, February 6, 2025 - 2:37pm
Kathy Stenson was born on 23 December 1959 at Symmes Hospital in Arlington, and passed away on 31...

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, February 13, 2025 - 9:40pm

Pictured above are Bianca Resca and Athletic Director Matt Ricard. Photo courtesy of Glen Shapland

 
GDRSD’s Athletic Director Matt Ricard introduced Bianca Resca as this year’s honoree at Girls and...
Thursday, February 13, 2025 - 9:36pm
Boys Basketball Feb 7 GD 51, Oakmont 14    Zach Romich netted 17 points. Finn Frazier added 11 and...
Thursday, February 13, 2025 - 9:34pm

Groton Dunstable forward Griffin Southwick (white jersey) battles with Nashoba Regional player in a recent game. “He is an extremely hard worker,” said coach McCann. Photo by Robert Mingolelli

 

Happenings

Thursday, February 13, 2025 - 6:54pm
Anna Leonard of Groton has been named to the University of Hartford’s Dean’s List and President’s...
Thursday, February 13, 2025 - 6:53pm
Jacob Morrill of Groton graduated from University of Tampa on Dec. 13, 2024. Morrill received a...
Thursday, February 13, 2025 - 6:49pm
145 Main Street #104, Groton, MA 01450 Classes Starting Feb 7-Feb 21 COMMUNITY EVENTS Open Mic...

People

Thursday, February 13, 2025 - 7:12pm

A Moment to Remember! Historians Jeffrey Boutwell and Joshua Vollmar celebrate publication of Jeffrey Boutwell’s book, Boutwell: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy at a book signing held at the Groton Inn Feb. 3

 
Thursday, February 13, 2025 - 7:07pm

On Sunday, February 2, young Groton concert pianist Aurelia Sanders performed at a Groton Hill winter concert. Picture courtesy of Julie Sanders.

 
Thursday, February 13, 2025 - 7:05pm
insley Norris of Dunstable, has been named to Champlain College, Burlington, VT, President’s List...

Schools

Friday, February 14, 2025 - 10:43am
Shorty: Did you know that Groton and Dunstable are facing an ‘urgent crisis’ in school funding?...
Friday, February 14, 2025 - 10:39am
Ed. Note: This story is based largely on reporting on three stories in the Boston Globe  with some...
Friday, January 31, 2025 - 12:10pm
Did you know that only a handful of residents turned out for the first School Committee public...

Letters

Friday, February 14, 2025 - 10:59am
It is with great sadness that I have decided to retire and close my orthopedic practice here in...
Friday, February 14, 2025 - 10:57am
Recently our Co-chair May Brackett left our committee. The committee would like to publicly thank...
Friday, February 14, 2025 - 10:55am
Thank you for running the Groton Grange announcements of our Contra Dances. This is consistently...

Public Notices

Public Notices are also online here.
Thursday, February 13, 2025 - 12:36pm
Notice of Simplified License Application pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 91 24-WW-PRE-0104-APP...
Thursday, February 13, 2025 - 12:34pm
  Probate and Family Court Middlesex Division Docket No. MI25P0271EA INFORMAL PROBATE PUBLICATION...
Thursday, February 13, 2025 - 12:32pm
     The Groton-Dunstable Regional School District School Committee will conduct a Public Hearing...

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