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The joint Finance Committee and Selectmen public hearing on the Fall Town Meeting warrant met with its first controversy as discussion focused on Article 2. The article seeks to amend the FY2014 budget, passed in spring, by asking for more funds. Although money articles are usually reserved for...
Selectmen ratified appointment of Dawn Dunbar as Executive Assistant to Town Manager, replacing Patrice Garvin effective Oct. 7. Town Manager Mark Haddad said he met with the Personnel Board earlier in the day, and that they supported the appointment. The Personnel Board had raised their objections...
Comprehensive Environmental Inc. (CEI) President Eileen Pannetier presented some of her engineer's initial findings to the Lost Lake Sewer Advisory Committee following testing of private wells, the municipal Whitney Well, and the water quality at the lake. The overall assessment of collected data...
This year's Annual Fall Town Meeting will feature a number of decisions by voters that will have some major impacts to several areas of Groton.
Certainly the most visible will be the request for voter approval of a Concept Plan for 128 Main Street, site of the former Groton Inn. The Concept Plan...
Town Clerk Michael Bouchard, who serves as the Chairman of the Town Bylaw Review Committee presented the Selectmen with the proposed amendments to the Personnel Bylaw that were developed in collaboration with the Personnel Board, bylaw employees and members of the public. Bouchard said that there...
Groton Land Use Department has just released a notification that a horse in Tyngsborough was found to be infected with Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) According to Land Use Assistant Dawn Dunbar, Groton has been elevated to Moderate Risk due to the fact that it is one of the towns surrounding...
Detective Cory Waite [left] of the Groton Police Department presents evidence of a few of the more than 300 marijuana plants discovered in an investigation into illicit marijuana cultivation in a remote area in the northwest section of town.
Detective Waite said the ongoing investigation was...
The newly appointed Personnel Board gave a strong recommendation to the Board of Selectmen that they ensure that all employment vacancies in the town are posted for all to apply for, stressing that it is essential for the town to follow a formal process based on best business practices.
This...
The two commercial properties located at 120 Boston Road, Myette Power Equipment and 116 Boston Road, a tile business owned by Dottie Mack Janes, have been granted an extension of 60 days by the Board of Health to connect to the municipal sewer system that passes in front of their properties....
Early Wednesday morning traffic was rerouted around Main Street, giving medical personnel access to transport Groton Police Sargent Jason Goodwin to Mass General Hospital via Med Flight helicopter after he suffered serious chest injuries when his cruiser crashed while pursuing a vehicle traveling...