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Selectmen/Great Ponds Advisory Committee [GPAC], were dealt a possibly crippling blow to their plans to apply the herbicide Sonar to Baddacook Pond, a body of water only 50 feet from the Town's primary source of public drinking water. The blow, delivered b y Town Counsel came in the form of a legal...
At a candidate's debate sponsored by the Lowell Sun and Nashoba Publications, Selectman candidates Art Prest and George Barringer both said they would vote to renew Town Manager Mark Hadddad's contract. When asked, Prest, said, 'Yes, I would vote to renew his contract. I have worked closely with...
The former Tarbell school building in West Groton appears to be destined to become residential housing after voters approved two articles, the first authorizing Selectmen to sell the building and a second rezoning the building from public use [P] to residential [R-A]. Selectmen have received two...
With 78 voters in attendance, Town Meeting disposed of the final 25 mostly non-controversial articles in less than two hours, providing a smooth and orderly finish after two sessions that had been emotional, conflict-ridden and, at times, difficult.
New Municipal Parking Project Behind Banks...
Groton's Board of Selectmen and the Great Ponds Advisory Committee [GPAC], have been dealt a possibly crippling blow to their plans to apply the herbicide Sonar to Baddacook Pond. The pond is 50 feet from the town's primary source of public drinking water.
The blow, delivered by Town Counsel came...
A $1.8M plus Fire Protection Plan for Lost Lake was passed by a 2/3 majority of voters at the second session of Spring Town Meeting Monday night, following lengthy discussion of its merits. The plan calls for installing: water main extensions on a number of streets, two 50,000 gallon cisterns...
Engineering and design for construction of a municipal sewer for the Four Corners Commercial District was overwhelming approved by a 2/3 vote at Spring Town Meeting, even though not one of the Groton businesses located in this district advocated for this service.
All four articles relating to the...
Just after announcing its latest grant awards to district schools totaling $40,000, the Groton Dunstable Education Foundation told the School Committee at its April 29 meeting that GDEF will suspend operations at the end of June 2016 due to a shortage of new volunteers to fill key Board of...
Groton Herald:
You are opposed to using herbicide at Baddacook Pond, could you explain your concerns?
Michelle Collette:
We are dealing with an unfortunate set of competing public interests at Baddacook Pond. The choice we have before us is the integrity of the public water supply versus...
Spring Town Meeting voters approved - without change - a municipal budget including the schools for FY 2016 totaling $34,211,191 - up 2.61 percent from last year. A number of line departments reflected increases, some of them significant.
In the area of employee benefits, costs for retirement...