Letters
On behalf of the Groton Jewish Community Group I want to thank the following people for being involved in our Christmas Day meals to those in need:
Alia Degen - I could not have done this without her help, Sandy Rose, Carole Greenfield, Ann Rothberg, Leslie Lathrop, Larissa Fagundes, Arnaz...
hen it comes to reporting on the risks associated with covid vaccines, the main- stream media has once again showed their true colors.
On October 27, 2021 the FDA endorsed the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages 5-11 years. One of the biggest reasons given for endorsing the vaccine...
Bennett Black, next to one of the Groton/Dunstable bound stones. Photo by Susan Black.
With reference to my letter printed in the December 24th issue of the Groton Herald," A Challenge for Hikers.... And Historians", My husband Bennett Black later did find some of the information he was looking for.
Page 89 of Virginia May's book Groton Plantation, published by the Groton...
Last week, the Select Board voted to close Town Hall to the public and be by appointment only. That went into effect on Monday, December 27, 2021. Since that Order, we have seen an increase in the number of cases at Town Hall that has led the Town Manager to recommend that Town Hall and the...
We may have democracy or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few. We can’t have both.” (Louis Brandeis, Supreme Court Justice)
I am a strong believer in carefully regulated capitalism. That said, . . . .
Beginning in the early 20th century and continuing since,...
In the December 17th edition of this newspaper a letter to the editor defends resitance to vaccination based on the writer’s opinion vaccination against Covid is ineffectual. He argues that since protection wanes, it is ineffective. But the fact is that boosters make them highly effective,...
Pete Steeves article "Hiking/Healing" in the December 17th issue of The Groton Herald prompted me to send in this photo of my husband, Bennett Black, next to one of our town’s Groton / Dunstable bound stones. We tried to count how many there are from an old 1847 town map but gave up - there...
We would like to thank everyone who aided my father, Frank Scimemi, in the months before his death. He enjoyed talking to and visiting with the Groton Police Department, Groton Fire Department and the Groton EMT workers whenever they came to assist him. We would also like to thank the fire...
The letter posted by Paul Fitzgerald (10 Dec 2021) about the requirement for Town Employees to get vaccinated, I found it to be distressful and uninformed. In the letter Mr Fitzgerald invokes the catch phrase of “GMO food” as a comparison to pharmaceutical. This I argue is nothing short of scare...
If science is our gospel, the continuing bullying of unvaccinated Americans to get tested, get vaccinated, wear a mask, and avoid social events is completely unjustified. When the vaccines were introduced, we were told they would significantly prevent further cases, hospitalizations, and deaths,...