Letters
Friends of Prescott would like to thank The Town of Groton’s Trust Funds for making possible the Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration that took place on January 21 at the Prescott Community Center.
This inspired event shared a timeline of the civil rights movement which will be on display at...
As the town faces a budgetary crunch, one message that I would like to hear from our public safety leaders is that whether the override passes or not, our public safety departments will deliver the same quality of service.
I hold our current public safety officials in high esteem. Our town has...
The Proposition 2 1/2 override should be voted down at our town meeting on March 26.
If the three-year $5.5M override passes, the property taxes you pay will be 23.7% higher in 2027 compared to 2024. Plus, another large multi-million-dollar multi-year override is budgeted in 2028.
Here are...
Our town manager Mr. Haddad was recently quoted, “My intent is a $5 million override to level fund services, a multiyear override” and without the override, the cuts would be “ugly”.
The proposed development of the old Deluxe Corp. property would add 336 bedrooms without a compensatory increase...
The January 5 Groton Herald front page article about the MA Department of Fish and Game’s (DFG) Division of Ecological Restoration (DER) design studies of removing dams, including the Squannacook River Dam in West Groton fully explains the intent of the plan.
However, significant pieces of...
The following letter was submitted for publication by Carl Canner of West Groton to show Groton’s Historical support for preservation of the West Groton Dam
September 15, 2011
Dear Selectmen,
At its September 13th 2011 Meeting, The Groton Sustainability Commission voted unanimously as follows...
Oh no! This is awful! Why would the town want to remove the dam? It's such an asset to the town. From when I was a kid, I've loved swimming, boating, feeding the fish and turtles, watching the beavers and catching frogs (not so much now;) in the pond and river. There is so much incredible wildlife...
United Van Lines 47th Annual National Movers Study of the 50 states and the District of Columbia found Americans “are moving eastbound and southbound – and relocating to less expensive areas with comparable amenities to larger metropolitans.”
The Top Ten “inbound” states that attracted more...
By the Numbers Edition: An analysis of USDA data compiled by “A Hunger Free America” concluded that food insecurity in the United State is on the rise due to the expiration of federal benefits that were subsidizing nutrition programs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some of the numbers:
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The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide is projected to reach 1000 ppm by the end of the century, which is not supportive to life on Earth as we know it. The last time the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was that high, sea levels were 70-90 meters higher than they are today, and there was...