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In preparation for a civil jury trial, Attorney Robert H. Bowen, representing four aggrieved former veteran Groton Firefighters - Clarence Jefferson, Stephen Tervo, Benjamin Miele and James Horan - filed a civil suit in Middlesex Superior Court, charging the Town Manager, The Board of Selectmen and...
Town Manager Mark Haddad advised the Board that there were currently 26 articles slated for the Fall Town Meeting Warrant. These will be reviewed at a Public Hearing scheduled for Monday Sept.15 with Selectmen and Finance Committee.
Haddad proposed increases to salaries of three employees based on...
"The hiring of a Realtor to market the two town-owned properties, Tarbell and Prescott Schools was of no value whatsoever," stated Town Manager Mark Haddad following the opening of bids for the town properties on Wednesday morning, Sept. 9.
"There were no additional bids for either building,"...
Police Chief Donald Palma is asking for $60,000 in the Fall Town Meeting Budget, mostly for materials, to clean up and renovate portions of the Public Safety Building vacated by the Fire Department on moving into the new Center Fire Station. Selectman Anna Eliot stressed that members of the "Police...
The State Primary to choose Republican and Democratic candidates for statewide office, including Governor, will be held Tuesday, Sept. 9. Winning candidates will face each other in the general election Nov. 4.
Polling hours will be 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Polling location for Precinct 1 (West Groton) is...
On Thursday, September 18 at 7:45 PM, the Planning Board - at the request of Selectmen - will hold a public hearing proposing to rezone the town-owned Prescott School Property to TCOD rules [Town Center Overlay District], effectively expanding the power of Selectmen and Planning Board to decide the...
Charter Communications - Groton's first cable provider - will likely be sold to Comcast in a complex transaction paving the way for a merger between Comcast and Time Warner cable, provided the merger is approved by federal and state officials. When completed, this merger would leave approximately...
George Pergantis, owner of the Groton Inn since 1979, died from heart attack on the night of September 2, two days before he was scheduled to finalize sale of the Groton Inn property to developers Chris Ferris and Richard Cooper of 128 Main Street LLC. For Mr. Pergantis, owning and managing the...
In the last three weeks, two lambs and two calves have been taken by coyotes at a farm operating on land behind Gibbet Hill leased by Paula Robinson of Springdell Farm in Littleton, according to George Moore who shares duties of Groton's animal control officer with Tom Delaney, Groton's Director of...
In addition to saving the life of an injured woman in Tyngsborough and assisting at the Boston Marathon bombing investigation, Groton Police Department's K-9 unit was recently instrumental in foiling the robbery of cash, valuables and a BMW from a Littleton Whitcomb Street home.
On August 16...