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Monday night Groton Board of Health and Planning Board agreed jointly to appeal a decision by the Zoning Board of Appeals in granting the re-establishment of a residential use in accordance with a special permit to allow the proposed construction on a non-conforming lot at 110 Lost Lake Drive....
Efforts to restrict Selectman Jack Petropoulos from coming back to the Board of Selectmen or to talk to the public following a vote of the Board with which he did not agree is, at this stage, a proposal to add to the Board's Goals and Objectives as a policy, and has not been voted upon by the full...
With a small minority of the town's appointed board and committee members balking at taking the required Open Meeting Law Video Training, Selectmen looked for some alternatives that would meet the need for knowledge of the law, yet lessen the requirement that the members view the video presentation...
According to Section 7-6 of the Groton Charter, a Special Charter Review Committee will be established to reexamine the Charter at least every ten years. The purpose of the Review Committee is to make recommendations for changes to the Charter that are "desirable or necessary". These...
PRESS RELEASE - 10/31/2014
The purpose of this Press Release is to follow up on a recent story in the press with accurate information with regard to the resignation of Jim Tennant as the Golf Pro at the Groton Country Club.
It is the town's responsibility relative to the Groton Country Club to...
PILOT - Payment in Lieu of Taxes -is on Selectmen's radar as a source of additional revenue for the town. Taking the initiative, Town Manager Mark Haddad told the Board Monday night that he had drafted a letter going to every non-profit, business, church, and private school, asking them to...
Town Manager Mark Haddad advised the Board of Selectmen that a group of private citizens was applying for Community Preservation Committee funds for the town-owned Prescott School, even though they were not a "formal" group.
He suggested that there were some possible next steps for the historic...
In a move designed to restrict an individual member of the Board of Selectmen from coming back to the Board or the voters requesting a reconsideration of a majority Board decision, the proposed policy will be reviewed by Town Counsel as to the legality of placing such restrictions on an individual...
Groton Town Counsel, Brian Masur of Kopelman and Paige, Town Manager Mark Haddad and Attorney John Clifford - hired as a stand-in for the Fire Chief - called a closed-door hearing at Legion Hall Tuesday morning with three of the four accused firefighters together with their Attorney Robert Bowen to...
Groton's public utilities, including the Electric Light Dept., the Water Dept. and the Sewer Dept. strongly and unanimously opposed Article #21, proposed by a majority of the Planning Board to change zoning, that, if passed would place constraints on Groton utilities requiring them to seek a permit...