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A majority of voters approved giving Selectmen the authority to sell or lease the historic Prescott School, but the action fell short of the required 2/3 majority to move forward on a proposal by local resident and businessman Gregory Yanchenko to invest in the building, turning the former...
The town's amended Unregistered Vehicle Bylaws will now prohibit residents from storing their unregistered vehicles by covering them with a tarp or by hiding them "behind shrubs and fences" and in fact these vehicles must be "concealed" meaning that "no visible evidence [is] discernable at the...
Selectman Josh Degen and Water Commissioner James Gmeiner are competeing for one seat on the Commission.This race is also noteworthy because in the 35 years of publishing this newspaper, no sitting Selectman has ever run for a second elective office - thus breaking with long tradition.
The race...
Selectman Josh Degen presented a comprehensive overview of the town's operating budget in plain English, without resorting to financial jargon, so that all voters, even voters without familiarity with finance or the town budget, could understand where the money goes. Degen included a breakdown of...
Selectmen will take no action on a long standing Purchase and Sales agreement with Country Kids owner Robin Kane on Tarbell School until she and her business partner Mike Rasmussen appear before the Board to explain why they apparently now want to exercise the P&S in order to resell the...
A few weeks ago, Peter Cunningham, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen and long-time member of the board sought fellow board members approval to waive construction fees of about $4,500 for reconstruction of Blood Farms. Such fees can legally be waived by the Town Manager, according to the Charter...
Steward Health Care System LLC appointed Salvatore L. Perla as president of Nashoba Valley Medical Center, effective Jan. 20, 2014. Doreen Thomas, who has served as interim president since Oct. 22, 2013, has resumed her role as chief operating officer and chief nursing operator.
Perla lives in...
Old Fire Station Proposal: Small Cafe, Store With Fresh Vegetables, & Public Rest Rooms [with video]
If the sale is approved at Spring Annual Town Meeting on Monday, May 5, the potential new owners of the old Groton Center Fire Station, Dan and Lori McElroy, will create both living space on the second floor and a first floor store that will be a single unit selling fresh vegetables, a small cafe,...
Two town-owned buildings are again before Selectmen for a determination on the future of the now or soon- to-be vacant and unused municipal buildings.
Prescott School
The Board reviewed the proposal for purchase of the Prescott School by Groton resident Gregory Yanchenko, for the sum of $35,000...
Three weeks ago the Groton Lakes Association (GLA) members voted to donate $5,000 to the Sargisson Beach Committee to help fund the restoration of Sargisson Beach. "We are making this gift so that sometime in the near future Sargisson Beach will be open once again to all the residents of Groton for...