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by Connie Sartini & Russ Harris
Groton is staring down an $822,000 budget deficit for fiscal year 2027, with escalating health insurance and pension costs threatening to consume nearly two-thirds of the town's available balancing funds before accounting for the impact of the six union contracts...
by Connie Sartini
Groton will mark its 250th anniversary in 2026 with an ambitious series of events designed to honor the town's Revolutionary War heritage while creating lasting legacies for future generations.
Don Black, chairman of the Celebration Commemoration Committee, presented the...
by Connie Sartini & Russ Harris
Groton is pursuing $4.1 million in Community Preservation Act funding for a major renovation of the town's playing fields at Cow Pond Brook that would represent one of the largest CPC expenditures in town history.
Town Manager Mark Haddad outlined the...
Shorty: Guess what a Nobel Prize honoree said about Groton’s trees last week? Dr. William M00maw told Pepperell officials that our local forests are so dense and carbon-rich that Maine — yes, whole swaths of Maine — has only a third of our biomass per acre. “Forests are essential to Earth’s...
A decades-long environmental problem at Whitney Pond has reached a critical point, with massive siltation and invasive species creating challenges that appear beyond the reach of current municipal resources, according to discussions at the November 21 Great Lakes Association meeting.
The delta...
A decades-long environmental problem at Whitney Pond has reached a critical point, with massive siltation and invasive species creating challenges that appear beyond the reach of current municipal resources, according to discussions at the November 21 Great Lakes Association meeting.
The delta...
A major piece of legislation aimed at protecting healthcare workers passed the Massachusetts House last week with unanimous support—153 to 0. The bill, known as H.4767, would require hospitals, clinics, and health-care employers across the state to adopt stronger violence-prevention plans, improve...
The Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission has revoked the law-enforcement certification of former Groton Police Officer Omar Connor, barring him from serving as a police officer anywhere in Massachusetts.
The ruling, issued November 20, 2025, also directs that his...
The Town of Groton entrusted Omar Connor with being a role model to the youth in the communities of Groton and Dunstable. He violated that trust by using his position to take advantage of those whom he had influence over. We are thankful to the two young women, who were directly affected by his ...
Parks representative Rob Foley informed the Community Preservation Committee at its November 25 meeting that a significant misunderstanding about the state grant’s reimbursement rules has complicated Groton’s largest proposed recreation project—one that, if adopted, would sharply limit CPC funding...