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by Barbara Scofidio
Judy Romatelli is adept at juggling. Four balls, to be exact.
Many know her as a retailer, the owner of Periwinkle Art & Glassworks, an artisan store featuring the work of 100 hyperlocal artists located inside Prescott Community Center. The store has a companion...
On Monday afternoon, November 28, The Groton Herald received a letter from Groton Electric Light Department Manager Kevin Kelly sharing important new information describing how rolling blackouts – if they should occur – would be managed by GELD.
Originally, Mr. Kelly thought that GELD would...
The Pepperell Fire Department, Groton Fire Department and mutual aid partners from Dunstable, Townsend, Hollis, and Nashua responded to a two-alarm fire in a home on Mill Street in Pepperell that injured two residents and killed several pets.
On Sunday, Nov. 20, at 8:11 p.m., the Pepperell...
Groton’s Raffaella Gutermann opened her bakery in Mill Run Plaza five years ago. She says, “This is not just a bakery. It’s more than a business. It’s a place where people come and have an experience when they eat my food. When you eat my cannolis, I want you to feel like you’re in Sicily, and when you eat my croissants, to be like, “Oh my goodness, I feel like I’m in France.” Photo by Steve Lieman
by Barbara Scofidio
Enter Dolce Amar Sweets to Love and you are transported to a truly special place, one where the scent of strong coffee mingles with the spices in the air from the day’s savories. Where fanciful cakes, colorful mousses and fruit tarts, and gold-dusted macarons line the pastry...
Cronin Is Also Working With Groton’s Select Board and Town Manager to Mitigate Impact on Taxpayers for Cost Increases in Florence Roche School Construction
by Robert Stewart
Groton’s new State Senator John Cronin is continuing his energized efforts to assist communities in the North Central...
• Recount of Vote in First Middlesex State Representative Race Yet to be Scheduled;
• Recent Third Party Candidate Catherine Lundeen May Have Pushed First Middlesex Race Into Recount
by Robert Stewart
The drama surrounding the race for State Representative in the First Middlesex District...
House Contest in First Middlesex District Remains Undecided; Some Mail-In Ballots District-Wide Still to be Processed and Counted
by Robert Stewart
More than a week after polls closed on the mid-term state election, the contest for State Representative in the First Middlesex District between...
by Connie Sartini
Town Manager Mark Haddad brought a proposal to the Community Preservation Committee, at their September 26 meeting, seeking to consolidate funds for affordable housing into a single bucket under the Affordable Housing Trust. He essentially suggested that this change would be...
With 95 percent of the votes counted, voters, by a narrow 52 percent to 48 percent margin (Yes – 1,229,630 votes. No - 1,134,238 votes) approved Question 1 - a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow a graduated income tax in Massachusetts and impose an additional 4 percent income tax...
by Connie Sartini
A month after Town Manager Mark Haddad addressed the Community Preservation Committee proposing that the CPC considered granting all the CPC funds earmarked for housing to the Affordable Housing Trust, the CPC met to continue the discussion.
Community Preservation Committee...