News
by Robert Stewart
The ripple effect of recent reports of Steward Healthcare System’s financial difficulties have hit home as the national healthcare system announced this week that they want to sell Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer and three other hospitals in Massachusetts as soon as...
by Connie Sartini
At their Monday night meeting, Town Manager Mark Haddad advised the Select Board that he plans to “implement the following process to replace Ashley Shaheen as the Council on Aging Director.”
He explained the process he will be following. “First, we will be advertising the...
Announcement Made on First Anniversary of Taking Oath of Office After a Grueling, Tense Election in 2022
by Robert Stewart
State Representative Margaret Scarsdale of Pepperell who represents Groton and five other communities in the First Middlesex District announced last week that she will seek...
by Connie Sartini
At their Monday night meeting, the Select Board received two requests from Town Manager Mark Haddad to change significant dates for both Annual Spring Town Meeting and the date of the ballot election for the proposed override question.
Regarding the request to change the date...
by Connie Sartini
DPW Director Tom Delaney updated the Select Board at their Monday night meeting on the status of the Squannacook River Dam in West Groton, after it was identified as one of seven dams in Massachusetts by the Division of Ecological Restoration (DER) for potential removal. The...
The centerpiece of the celebration was an interview with Groton resident Lou Gaskins.
On Sunday, January 22, the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee of Groton held a day of celebration to honor the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Held at the Prescott Community Center, the two-hour event featured storytelling, crafts, an open studio by Marigold artist Sharon Chandler and...
Groton Animal Control responded to a total of 16 calls in the month of December. This number is down somewhat, typical for the winter months There were no reported bear sightings. The calls were for the following categories:
Bat: 1, undetermined location, possibly belfry
Cats found or missing: 1...
With Groton Representatives Margaret Scarsdale and Dan Sena voting in the affirmative the House 151-0, approved and sent to the Senate a proposal that would prohibit the posting of sexually explicit images of another person online without their permission— commonly referred to as “revenge porn...
There are two types of Property Tax Relief Programs available to residents: Statutory Exemptions and Town Adopted Programs.
The Statutory Exemptions include Elderly Exemption; Senior Over 70 or Surviving Spouse: Disabled Veterans; Blind Exemption and Tax Deferral.
Clause 41C – Elderly...
In the January 5 edition of the Groton Herald, we ran an opinion piece from the Gateway Cities Caucus advocating for a lottery for admission to the commonwealth’s vocational-technical schools. The piece argued that the current system is unfair to lower income applicants for various structural...