Letters
Dear Editor:
Who can forget the celebrated moment in 1989 when then President Ronald Reagan seized on the movement in Germany to unify its two halves separated by the Berlin Wall? President Reagan will forever be remembered for his cry to the Russian President, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall...
Dear Editor,
On behalf of the TADS Board of Directors, we'd like to thank the Groton community for helping to make our annual fundraiser, Brighter Days, a tremendously successful event. TADS serves the mental health needs of our community by raising awareness, providing education, and enabling...
Dear Editor,
A special thank you to all the citizens who turned out for the annual Town wide Litter Clean up, sponsored by Groton Grange #7 in celebration of Earth Day. This year, more than 75 Groton citizens participated in the TLC and were able to pick up more than one ton of trash from our...
Posted: Monday, May 6, 2013
Article comment by: Sean Rourke
This letter contains hateful and inaccurate statements, and I can not believe the Groton Herald published it. [This letter, published in Last Week's Herald, was written by Brooks Lyman - see below]
Christianity has a long, bloodied...
Dear Editor,
Steve Bocsenowski makes a good case for ecumenicalism. Unfortunately, he falls into the usual liberal trap: Islam, unlike the other major religions of the world, is not a "religion of peace" in the same sense that other religions are "religions of peace."
Take, for example,...
Dear Editor,
Would the following suggestions benefit the Town Meeting Process?
Four weeks prior to Town Meeting, or Special Town Meeting, the Warrant, including the funding mechanism for each article, is presented to all Boards and Committees. Votes are taken, recorded and included in the Warrant...
Dear Editor:
For the past several years I have been the local coordinator for the National Letter Carriers' Food Drive, now in its 21st year and taking place next Saturday, May 11, working with local postmasters within our nine-town area to help them implement this annual, national food drive, the...
Dear Editor:
Last week's editorial provided readers with a fair and accurate analysis of the recent brouhaha concerning the Personnel Board. By failing to pursue the issue further after Fall 2011 Town Meeting, a question was left unresolved concerning the administration of the personnel bylaw and...
Dear Editor:
Let me tell you about Patriot's Day. Emerging from the long New England winter with the first tangible suggestions of spring pushing up from the ground, you might have gone on a bike ride, or a hike. Maybe you even went to some event in your town, or a neighboring town, on this Monday...
To the Editor:
There are occasions, very rare occasions at that, when a combination of personal acquaintance and experience, and unusual circumstance, permits one a unique opportunity to endorse two public servants with one (written) breath.
As most know by now, Messers Stuart Schulman and Josh...