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Police Chief Donald Palma Jr. and Fire Chief Steele McCurdy report that the police and fire departments are investigating a house fire that killed two people Thursday, January 28, 2016.
At approximately 11:30 p.m., Groton 911 dispatchers received multiple calls of a house fire on Whiley Road....
The issue of pushing out debt service payments and instead paying only interest in order to hit a targeted 2.2 percent increase on the town's 2017 budget continues, as members of the Finance Committee and some Selectmen seek more clarity in order to prepare for finalizing the 2017 budget.
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Since you've spent the week studying how the arcane Iowa caucuses work, here's an opportunity to read about an even more complicated home-grown process-the process of providing annual funding for a regional school system in Massachusetts. This is timely since the Groton Dunstable process begins...
Groton Finance Committee sent a letter to Selectmen with the recommendation that Selectmen establish a committee of expertise that would study "sustainable municipal budget growth" and clearly define areas of focus that will address those areas that are driving the Town's 'unsustainable' municipal...
In a preliminary effort to begin moderating the growth of an ever-increasing municipal budget, Groton Selectmen and the newly-assertive Finance Committee directed Town Manager Mark Haddad to present a proposed budget limiting municipal spending increases to 2.2 percent over the FY'16 budget.
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The sound of music may soon be wafting throughout the center of Groton as the Indian Hill Music School moves forward with their plans to construct a concert hall and a music school on their recently acquired land on old Ayer Road. The site comprises about 110 combined acres from land formerly owned...
At the January 20 Charter Review committee meeting Chairman Michael Manugian cited Town Manager Haddad's public criticism of Conservation Administrator Takashi Tada - criticism included in a memo admonishing the Conservation Commission - as a reason to change the Charter so the HR Manager reports...
The Prescott School Municipal Building Committee Chairman Greg Sheldon advised Selectmen that his committee has been making progress on the short-term and long-term planning for the future of the historic school building, one that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Former Groton Selectman and retired school superintendent and consultant Mihran Keoseian currently serves as Chairperson of the Council On Aging Planning Committee and is working closely with his team to assess the needs of seniors in the community, now and into the future. He presented an outline...
Groton's 'Talk About Groton' blog lit up on Tuesday morning with parents and residents seeking information about a possible bomb threat called into the school district and trying to understand what was happening at the Groton-Dunstable Middle School campus with Groton Police and Fire along with...