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The Lost Lake fire Protection Program is nearly completed. The project involves the installation of two 50,000 gallon fire cisterns. The first cistern is installed at the intersection of Prescott and Off-Prescott on land donated by the Baptist Camp and the other on Weymissit Road on land donated by...
Reviewing the actuarial report of the town's 'other post employment benefits', Town Manager Mark Haddad announced that the town's liability had grown by about $1 million from 2011 to 2014 - from $7,100,000 to $8,135,000. If the town were required to fully fund its post-employment retiree benefits,...
After reviewing Club items appropriated at town meeting, including salaries, wages, expenses and minor capital expenditures, Chairman Petropoulos honed in on the Capital Improvements section of the Country Club financial summary, questioning the expenditure of $43,071 for improvements to the Club...
Reviewing a financial snapshot of the reorganized Country Club for May, June and July, Town Manager Mark Haddad reported a 30 percent decrease in expenses and 7.7 percent increase in revenues. He described the Club's dramatically lower costs and somewhat higher revenues as 'a winning formula.'...
Facing the challenge and complexity of evaluating, researching, and passing judgment on a wide range of suggested changes to the Charter, Review Committee Chairman Mike Manugian presented an informal proposal for evaluating suggested changes at the Committee's Sept 9 meeting.
He referred to this...
Commenting on the report for the final quarter of fiscal year 2015, Town Manager Mark Haddad reported that the town had a very good fiscal year in terms of revenues. He said, "We exceeded our revenues by 1.17% from what we anticipated. We also spent less that what we were appropriated. We spent 97....
In a well-orchestrated and emotional show of support for the Charter and for Mark Haddad's leadership, the heads of town departments presented a united front, praising the effectiveness and fairness of their boss and extolling the benefits of the Groton Charter, all this at the September 2 meeting...
"It pains me to have to do this, but for personal issues I must resign from the Charter Review Committee so I can attend to matters of a personal nature," said Committee Member Mike Bouchard when contacted by the Groton Herald on hearing news of his resignation.
Mike Bouchard, a resident of...
If somehow, you never realized the span of globalization, never understood the push toward worldwide economic, financial and cultural integration, then the sounds of ancient Sanskrit prayers echoing off New England stone walls and woodlands, prayers chanted by Hindu priests in saffron-colored robes...