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Selectmen ratified town Manager Mark Haddad's appointment of Melissa Doig of Ashby to fill the vacant position of town Human Resources Director. Introducing Ms. Doig, Town Manager Haddad said she had worked for the town of Ayer for 16 years and had withstood a detailed background investigation by...
In a surprising turn of events, Town Manager Haddad said that he does not want Groton-Dunstable Regional School District to vacate their offices located in the old Prescott School building in August and asked them to reconsider and share expenses with the town. "I want to find a way to work this...
Groton Realtor John Carver told Selectmen at their meeting Monday night that the current offer of $100,000 that they have on the table for the old Groton Fire Station" is inadequate" and he felt that the property had not been properly marketed, citing the fact that only Groton residents were...
Groton Police and EMTs responded to an emergency medical call Sunday, April 6, where a 78-year-old resident suffered cardiac arrest and fell 10 feet from a ladder. He wife broke his fall and began CPR.
Groton Police were the first to arrive on the scene and immediately began defibrillation....
Chart shows how each town has voted in budget over-ride elections since 1990. Dunstable has approved 6 of 12 and Groton has approved 4 of 6.
Richard Hewitt, Chairman of the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) advised Selectmen that they received seven requests for limited CPC funds for this Spring Town Meeting, and that six of them were approved by the committee, two of which were reduced by the committee. He said that the first...
An ad hoc committee of town officials and residents unanimously recommended the town accept a bid of $100,000 for the Center Fire Station, a bid submitted by Dan McElroy. The bid proposal would convert the second floor of the historic building to a residence, while using the first floor to house a...
Despite Town Accountant Patricia Dufresne and Town Manager Mark Haddad providing monthly reports detailing spending based on budget line items voted at Town Meeting, Selectman Jack Petropoulos insisted that he also wants to have a quarterly report that summarizes budget spending. Haddad and...
Results of the Tuesday, April 1 vote to exclude the debt from provisions of Proposition 2½ to pay for the bond issued to construct the new Center Fire Station on Farmers Row totaled 1439 "yes" votes to 579 "no" votes, with 18 blanks.
Voter turnout was 26.7 percent or 2036 of the 7615 registered...
The Local Option Tax, where cities and towns across Massachusetts can impose a 3/4 of 1 percent sales tax on meals and lodging is again under consideration by Selectmen as a means of raising revenues for the town. This tax is on top of the 6.25 percent state meals tax.
Selectmen looked at this...