News
With bids for both demolition only and demolition and replacement of Fitch's Bridge coming in significantly lower than expected, Town Manager Mark Haddad advised Selectmen of some potential options for funding the bridge effort, without tacking it onto the anticipated $7M bond for the construction...
by Connie Sartini
The Finance Committee voted to support a proposal from resident Rule Loving slated for the Jan. 26 Town Meeting to place the funding for the proposed Center Fire Station on a town-wide ballot that would give all voters in town the opportunity to address the largest municipal...
Special Town Meeting slated for Saturday, Jan. 26 starting at 9 a.m. at the Middle School Auditorium features only four articles for voter consideration. The major reason for this meeting is to take action on a request for bond authorization of $6,934,589 for constructing, equipping and furnishing...
Residents of the Lost Lake Drive area will soon have some new neighbors as the Lost Lake Fire Station substation will become home to new occupants this month; Groton's Emergency Management Agency ((EMA) and Groton Police Department detectives will fill the available office space in the building....
The Pergantis Realty Trust finally received Planning Board approval for a special permit to establish a Seafood Grill and Function Hall at 124 Main St. after months of back and forth between the applicant, George Pergantis, and the Board to determine exactly what he has planned for uses in the...
If the old saying comes to mind "in with the new and out with the old," what then do you do with your old sweaters, jeans or bathroom towels? The answer is RECYCLE!
MassToss, the North Central Regional Solid Waste Cooperative has partnered with Bay State Textiles for a solution to textile waste....
Bids from general contractors for the proposed new Center Fire Station were opened Friday, Dec. 21 and several fell well within the number forecast by the architectural firm of Dore & Whittier for the project. Eleven bids were received and ranged from a low of $5.94M to a high of $7.73M.
The...
A tragic, early morning, single-car accident on Island Road on Knops Pond took the life of Vincent McCollough, age 20, originally from Port Wentworth, GA (north of Savannah), who recently moved to Groton. McCollough was reportedly preparing to go to work at a local supermarket when his vehicle got...
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Beacon Hill Roll Call
Volume 38 - Report No. 52
December 28, 2012
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In their effort to determine the scope and degree of potential contamination in the immediate Lost Lake area, and its surrounding watershed, the Lost Lake Sewer Committee invited Dan Wolfe, President of the civil engineering firm, David E. Ross Associates, to provide his assessment of what is...