Letters
After reading the article in last week’s paper regarding the legal questions surrounding Jenkins Road, I wanted to share a few facts about its history. Laid out in the town’s early days, it originally comprised the present roadway and another section that skirted the banks of the Nashua River up to...
National and regional groups are sounding the alarm about the widespread use of SGARs(Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides) by commercial pest management companies. Local action groups like ours, MassAudubon, MSCPA, wildlife rehabilitators, and several municipal advocacy groups are running...
On Monday, January 27 at 1:00pm, the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp (Holocaust Remembrance Day), the American Heritage Museum, 568 Main Street, Hudson will unveil a poignant film that will be shown from inside an original WWII railcar from the Deutsche...
How exciting to learn from the Groton Herald (Jan. 3, 2025) that pollinator pathways are being proposed by our Sustainable Committee in town. And it seems that I am not the only one pleased to hear about pollinator pathways coming to Groton. In “Letters” to the Groton Herald (1/10/25), Mary Metzger...
I would like to take this opportunity to commend the Groton PILOT Program Working Group on the Report on PILOTs, which was released on Monday, January 13. Kara Cruikshank, Patricia DuFresne, Megan Foster, Mark Haddad, Mary Linskey, Alison Manugian, Hannah Moller and Matthew Pisani made this...
I was astonished and pleasantly surprised by the newfound interest in Pollinator Pathways in Groton, as highlighted in last week’s (Jan. 3, 2025) Groton Herald. When I first moved to Groton in 2011, I raised native pollinator plants and sold them at the Groton Farmers' Market. Having gardened this...
A Letter to the Town Manager:
I would like to request the installation of what are known as Beaver Deceivers as part of the installation of the 60-inch culvert on Island Road.
Soon after the first beaver dam was removed, one of my neighbors paddled her kayak under the Island Road Bridge with no...
Like the Tin Man in the Oz story, Groton Hill Music needs a heart. Groton Hill Music is right now in the process of dismantling an 18th century house constructed in 1793 for one of Groton’s most respected residents. Why? . . . Because it’s on their property.
The property they purchased with a...
This year the Groton Jewish Community Group co-sponsored the food boxes for seniors with Groton Neighbors and the Groton Interfaith Council. The boxes of food included: Chicken, Turkey. Salmon, peas, stuffing, gravy, potatoes, carrots, brussel sprouts, asparagus, squash, sweet potato casserole,...
Re: “You Can’t Always Get What YouWant!”
My apologies to the Rolling Stones, but the title fits what’s happening statewide with financial funding of town services and school budgets.
Reading article after article the past few months, it seems that in order to qualify to become an elected,...