Letters
As a member of the Pay Your Fair Initiative, I feel compelled to respond to our Select Board in response to the recent Zoom meeting on October 17 called by the Board. The meeting opened with a gross misrepresentation of the letter sent by one of us to the Groton School. It was characterized as...
The Groton Select Board sent the following letter to the Heads of Groton School and Lawrence Academy:
I am writing on behalf of the Groton Select Board to address the upcoming “Pay Your Fair Share Demonstration” scheduled to take place in Groton on Saturday, October 19, 2024.
We want to be...
On Saturday 26 October 2024, the Groton Sustainability Commission will sponsor their seventh free tire recycling event. Saturday’s event will begin at 7:30 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. The purpose of the effort is to encourage Groton residents to collect up tires they find around their homes and along...
This is an open letter to the Groton Business Association and Destination Groton Committee. While returning home from a Horse Show this past Sunday afternoon at the Groton Fairgrounds, we passed all the illegally parked cars on Route 40. The entire on-duty Groton Police force was present writing...
When Groton’s State Senate district was reconfigured in 2020 from the First Middlesex District to the Worcester and Middlesex District there was concern over what the change would portend.
The town had been well served by its political representation from Lowell, notably Senator Edward Kennedy. ...
Voters in the 1st Middlesex House of Representative District are fortunate to have a clear choice for effective representation on Election Day, November 5. Margaret Scarsdale, in the two short years that she has represented the 1st Middlesex, has proven to be an effective leader who is able to...
In the Town’s press release it says, “As has been stated before, the Select Board and I reject the idea that public shaming through signs and demonstrations would convince any person or organization to increase their voluntary generosity toward those who are pressuring them. I would urge residents...
I am proud to support Margaret Scarsdale in her re-election campaign for State Representative for the First Middlesex District. She is the strong, collaborative leader our community needs, and she has continually shown herself to be a dedicated advocate for Groton residents during her first term...
When your head hits the pillow at bedtime you can rest easy knowing that if there is an emergency at your home you can call 911 and a team of professionals from the Police Department, Fire Department or EMT’s will come to assist you. The Town of Groton has invested wisely with our staffing,...
I am a long time Groton resident and voter, and I am disgusted by the vicious smear campaign I am seeing against State Representative Margaret Scarsdale.
Campaigns should be based on ideas and accomplishments. We the voters should be given the opportunity to choose a candidate based on their...