Letters
Despite a competing Patriots game, it was a fantastic turnout Sunday afternoon at the Prescott Community Center for author and historian Donald R. Ryan’s presentation on a different kind of patriot — and the subject of his new book, “Colonel William Prescott: Heroic Commander of the Battle of...
Repeatedly, over the last few years, the Groton-Dunstable Regional School District has had to cut teachers and programs, because the amount of money that Groton and Dunstable can raise under Proposition 2 ½ is not enough to make up for a shocking shortfall in state funding provided to the school...
School districts across Massachusetts are facing a serious funding crisis. That’s the elephant in the room, not teachers. If we want to sustain strong schools we need to focus on real solutions, not finger-pointing.
A recent letter claimed that teacher raises are to blame for our local budget...
The recent GDRSD audit misses the biggest self-inflicted cost problem the district has.
Unfortunately, the audit did not address teacher labor costs - which is the largest expense in the budget! It did not note that negotiated teacher annual salary increases exceed the town’s Proposition 2 ½...
The assertion made in the Oct. 17's reporting (Groton Confronts Main Street's Identity Crisis) that blocking off Broadmeadow Rd. would solve the Rte. 40/119 intersection congestion and safety issues is a simplistic and lazy solution to a problem residents have been complaining about since I moved...
It’s interesting that the Trump administration is selling off the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, built in Washington D.C. in the early 1940s to house the administrative offices of the Social Security Board. The Social Security Act provided old age benefits; unemployment insurance; aid to...
State and local legislation is necessary to prohibit or restrict the use of second generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs). As stated in the warrant, SGARs have been proven “to cause immense, prolonged suffering and death among natural rodent predators, such as bald eagles, owls, hawks,...
My family moved to Groton in 1981, after I accepted a new position with a company north of Boston. We purchased a home on a quiet child-friendly road on the Ayer side of Rt. 119. At that time the town and surrounding towns were just starting their growth from sleepy villages to what they are today...
The Citizen's Petition scheduled to be presented to the Fall Town Meeting (formation of a Major Initiatives Advisory Committee) may have been misunderstood to be an attempt to usurp the role of the Fin Com and / or Select Board. In fact, all that is being proposed is the formation of a 5 person...
Need Greater Than Ever
I attended the Loaves & Fishes Annual Meeting this week and continue to be in awe of their good work. As a former Board member, I am well aware of their 40+ years history of serving Groton and the other 6six towns in our area. I knew they spent their money well with 86...