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With the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ranked by the CDC as #2 in the country for mosquito borne Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) which according to Board of Health member Jason Weber is "bad news if you get it... exceedingly bad" and the West Nile Virus, while not quite as bad as EEE still can...
The Town of Groton received 40 applications to fill the position left vacant by Land Use Assistant Dawn Dunbar, who moved over to fill the position of Executive Assistant to the Town Manager. A Search Committee was formed that included Land Use Director Michelle Collette, Board of Health Dr. Susan...
Principals of the Florence Roche Elementary School and the Swallow Union School in Dunstable presented their respective School Improvement Plans to the School Committee on October 9. School Improvement Plans are presented annually by the building Principal and the School Council members for that...
A long-simmering disagreement over an educational trip to Europe proposed by high school music director Timothy Savoy, a trip for students enrolled in various music programs, finally received School Committee approval by a vote of 6 members in favor with member Leslie Lathrop opposed. Lathrop...
Facing majority opposition from Selectmen and almost sure defeat at Town Meeting, the Planning Board voted unanimously to postpone article 17 on the Oct. 21 Fall Town Meeting warrant, and to bring it forward at Spring Town Meeting with possible modifications as part of an overall amendment to the...
Following a survey conducted last week by Ross Engineering at the request of the Town Manager Mark Haddad to determine the lot line of the driveway between the historic Squannacook Hall and the abutting Christian Union Church in West Groton, it is definitive that the town owns the full width of the...
The Historic District Commission [HDC] will be asking voters at Fall Town Meeting Oct. 21 to approve an article that will "codify" the specific authority granted to the HDC under Mass. General Laws by amending Chapter 153 of the Code of the Town of Groton to align with the state law.
HDC Chairman...
When the town voted to create a Town Center Overlay District (TCOD) at 134 Main Street, it essentially set in motion a jurisdictional overlap regarding architectural design between the Historic District Commission (HDC) who has authority granted under state laws to grant Certificates of...
Selectmen reviewed a list of articles proposing additional spending of $236,000, thus possibly increasing the town's operating budget approved last spring, depending on the outcome of Fall Town Meeting on October 21. Much of the proposed spending is for increases in employee working hours resulting...
Members from Christian Union Church, which abuts the town-owned Squannacook Hall in West Groton, had lots of questions for the Planning Board at their public hearing Thursday evening - specifically about the Request For Proposal from well-known local builders Halsey Platt and Chris Brown who would...