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West Groton Water Supply District PWSID# 2115001 has recently violated a Drinking Water Standard. Although this incident was not an emergency, customers have a right to know what happened, and what was done to correct this situation.
Drinking water is routinely monitored for contaminants. On Nov...
Independent Groton voters split their ballot by voting to reelect Barack Obama for President and Scott Brown for U. S. Senator. Statewide, it was a Democratic sweep as voters in Massachusetts cast their ballots to reelect Barack Obama for President and to return the U. S. Senate seat once held by...
Ixtapa Mexican Restaurant & Grill, a new, family-oriented establishment, slated to open in Groton right after the first of the new year, received a key approval from Selectmen for new Common Victular and All Alcohol liquor license. Town Manager Mark Haddad advised Selectmen that the Board of...
Students at all grade levels in Groton Dunstable Regional School District continue to score significantly above the state average on MCAS Tests administered in 2012. According to information presented to the School Committee at their Oct. 10 meeting, approximately 80 percent of all students at the...
Representatives from the architectural firm of Dore & Whittier and an engineer from Gale Associates met with the Planning Board to lay out the latest data during the Site Plan Review for the proposed new Center Fire Station to be located at one end of a scenic hayfield on Farmers Row.
Planning...
After massive winds and torrential rains wrought by hurricane Sandy, Groton Electric Light Department Manager Kevin Kelly said that at the peak of the storm there were 600 residences without power, and as of publication, only two unoccupied camps remain without electricity.
Two of the largest...
On Saturday and Sunday more than 200 Groton residents banded together to help raise the structural bents for local proprietor Peter Benedict's post and beam barn on Main St. The barn will be workshop to Benedict's custom furniture making business, where he will be making 18th Century American-style...
Nashoba Valley Technical High School received more good news when MCAS scores were released in September. Under the Massachusetts Department of Education's new accountability system, school districts are divided into five levels based on their performance on the MCAS test, with Level 1 schools...
Town Manager Mark Haddad told Selectmen Monday night, "The bottom line is that voters were overwhelmingly opposed (to the $12.9M Lost Lake Sewer proposal) at Town Meeting. I think finances were a big part of it. I am asking Selectmen to have two members meet with me and the Dept. of Environmental...
The Middle School Performing Art Center was packed with 591 voters to hear the justification for a proposed $12.9M Lost Lake Sewer System that would have most residents paying an additional $50 per year in real estate taxes but for Lost Lake homeowners, costs would be much higher and in the end the...