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by Connie Sartini
Town Clerk Dawn Dunbar stressed to voters that they need to fill out and return their 2023 Census Forms which were mailed out to all households at the end of January. “To date, we have not heard from approximately 1700 households,” she said.
Residents who fail to return...
by Connie Sartini
Town Manager Mark Haddad reported to the Select Board that Fire Chief Steele McCurdy has accepted the Board’s offer for a new three-year contract agreement.
The Groton Select Board voted to ratify a new three-year contract with Fire Chief Steele McCurdy. Board members...
Biological sciences Assistant Professor Christina Kwapich became hooked on ants after reading “The Ants” by Bert Hölldobler and E. O. Wilson when she was 9 years old. Little did she know, she would go on to co-author a new book with Hölldobler that would win national recognition.
“It is funny to...
The story below focuses on the housing component of Eco-Industrial Development. In particular it discusses housing at the Devens Housing Project called Emerson Green which was developed around the concept of higher-density development in a New England-style village with a mixture of single-family, duplexes, triplexes and small apartment buildings, much like Groton Center. These dwellings are substantially less expensive than single-family housing on 2-acre lots. According to DEC [Devens Enterprise Commission], “ There’s a huge market gap that can be filled with more dense development.”
• Devens Enterprise Commission Hosts Korean Delegation on Sustainable Economic Development; Housing Development Included in Effort to Guide Business and Housing Development in a Sustainable Manner
• Devens Success on Redevelopment of Former Army Base Draws South Korean University Professors to Tour...
by Connie Sartini
Town Manager Mark Haddad presented an Update and Proposed Reductions for the Fiscal Year 2024 Operating Budget to the Select Board and Finance Committee, Monday night.
He stated, “Now that the Superintendent of the Groton Dunstable Regional School District released her...
Bills, Bills, Bills
House and Senate clerks continue to process the thousands of bills filed for consideration in the 2023-2024 session including:
Donate Food
Would provide civil liability protections to individuals, restaurants and organizations that make direct food donations to persons in...
It doesn’t get more local than this. Warm clothing packaged and ready for shipment to Ukraine. You can help.
by Connie Sartini
The thought of so many Ukrainian families desperately fleeing their homes for safety and leaving behind all their belongings, including necessary clothing for their warmth, set Groton resident Amy Degen on an urgent quest to help these people.
Knowing that winters in...
Collaborative team working on the magnet inside the test stand housed at MIT. Research, construction and testing of this magnet has been the single largest activity for the SPARC team, which has grown to include 270 members. Photo by: Gretchen Ertl, CFS/MIT-PSFC, 2021≥ See Story on page 1.
This is a big deal. National and State VIPs attending the Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony at the Devens Facility included U.S Senators Warren and Markey, Congresswoman Trahan, Lt. Governor Driscoll, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, Mass. Secretary of Energy & Environmental Affairs Tepper,...
Groton’s New State Senator Also Slated to Chair Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
by Robert Stewart
The Massachusetts State Senate released its roster of committee assignments this week, with Senator John J. Cronin (D – Fitchburg) slotted to serve as Chair of the...
Groton resident and award-winning playwright Christopher Lockheardt. Christopher has had his short plays produced more than 250 times by 90 different theaters.
by Jim Barisano
Recently, The Groton Herald had the opportunity to interview Groton resident and award-winning playwright Christopher Lockheardt. Christopher has had his short plays produced more than 250 times by 90 different theaters. Chris’s responses to the following Q&A have been...