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After many months of discussion and meetings between Groton Planning Board and applicant Kevin McGoniagle, the Board voted on Oct. 15, by a split decision - 5 to 2 - to grant a Special Permit to McGoniagle for redevelopment of Tarbell School. Planners Carolyn Perkins, George Barringer. Scott Wilson...
Residents with homes assessed at an average of $400,000 should see their tax bills drop by approximately $50 following approval by voters at Fall Annual Town Meeting to transfer the sum of $200,000 for the purpose of off-setting the tax rate. According to Town Accountant Patricia Dufresne, the town...
When Chief Steele McCurdy and the Groton Fire Department arrived at the three-story building at Grotonwood Christian Camp and Conference Center at 167 Prescott Street at about 8 p.m. last Thursday night, the third floor of the building already was engulfed in flames, and two large-capacity propane...
On Wednesday Oct. 14, the Charter Review Committee began reviewing and probing a group of suggestions related to reforming the town's budgeting process. Broadly, there was a remarkable degree of consistency across many of these suggestions. A common thread among many suggestions is that Selectmen,...
Increases for specific projects in Groton Police Department and Groton Fire Department were unanimously approved by voters at Monday night's Fall Town Meeting. With 128 voters in attendance, Selectman Josh Degen presented a clear explanation of the requests by the two Public Safety departments and...
"What I am hearing is that we need to put the brakes on growth," and the department heads need to look closely at their budgets said Town Manager Mark Haddad, summing up the discussion by the participants at a productive meeting with the Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee and the finance...
With pro-school-spending activists lining two sides of the conference room where the Groton Dunstable School Committee was holding their hastily scheduled workshop, the committee members were under pressure to publicly support the additional spending called for in Superintendent Rodriguez's new...
After weeks of painstakingly working out a process for reviewing Charter changes, and after weeks collecting and collating a large and diverse group of suggestions, the Charter Review Committee began deliberations on five suggestions at their October 7 meeting. Instead of immediately tackling the...
Nashoba Valley Technical High School, in its goal to provide students with career pathways in the most in-demand professions, has added two vital programs for the 2015-2016 school year - Biotechnology and Veterinary Assisting. Both programs have been approved by the state Department of Elementary...
Beacon Hill Roll Call
Volume 40 - Report No. 39
September 28-October 2, 2015
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THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives' and senators' votes on roll calls from the week of
September 28-October 2.
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