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“I am proud to announce the Destination Groton Committee has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism (MOTT) through the FY2026 Massachusetts 250 Grant Program,” said Town Manager Mark Haddad. “This competitive grant supports local programming that...
Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game (DFG) have sent a crew of state wildland firefighters to Fairbanks, Alaska, to assist in battling significant wildfires in the area. The 20-person crew includes 18 firefighters from DCR...
H&V has named longtime finance executive Nick Deldon to the role of Chief Financial Officer, effective May 5, 2025. Deldon brings a wealth of experience in financial leadership, particularly within global and family-owned enterprises. Additionally, he has a strong background in Information...
Officer Dylan Silvestri holds Officer Ruby as the K9 is officially sworn in to the Townsend Police Department by Townsend Town Clerk Harrison Mayotte on Tuesday at Town Hall. Officer Silvestri becomes the Townsend Police Department’s first K9 handler, and Officer Ruby becomes the department’s first K9. The two will undergo tracking training once Officer Ruby is older. For now, the 13-week-old bloodhound puppy is undergoing basic obedience training in preparation for a dual role as a tracking K9 and community service dog. (Photo Courtesy Townsend Police Department)
The Townsend Police Department’s newest officer followed along to the recitation of her oath of office, pressed her paw into ink, and left a paw mark on a copy of the oath to make it official.
On Tuesday night at Town Hall, the Townsend Police Department swore in its first-ever K9 officer, Officer...
Good evening everyone – teachers, parents, friends and my classmates.
Today we are celebrating a long four years we’ve spent together and achieved together in middle school. But I want to talk about something that isn’t usually celebrated – failure.
It’s work that usually makes us feel embarrassed...
G-D Middle School Promotion Cermony, Boys, (L-R) Travis Vlahos, Rye Rivard, Andrew Rider, Brody Duffy, Connor Perry, Logan McCormack, Max Vogel, Wyatt Cassa, Henry Anderson, Tyler Tamsett and Andrew Consolo.
G-D Middle School Promotion Cermony, Girls, (L-R) Kirsten Whitefield, Cate O’Leary, Sophia Collins, Molly Daigle, Adeline Cole, Avery Graber, Caroline Conley and Claire Ellis.
Dean’s List
A total of 2,331 undergraduate students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) were named to the university’s spring 2025 Dean’s List. The criteria for the WPI Dean’s List differ from that of most other universities as WPI does not compute a grade point average (GPA). Instead, WPI...
Dean’s List
Madison Murphy of Groton, a full-time senior who majors in Social Work and Sociology, has been named to Eastern Connecticut State University’s Dean’s List for the spring 2025 semester. To qualify for Dean’s List, full-time students must complete a minimum of 12 credits in letter-...
President’s List
Kyle Bowman, of Groton, was named to the College of Charleston (SC) spring 2025 President’s List. Bowman is majoring in Special Education Multicatgrcl. To qualify for the President’s List (Highly Distinguished), students must earn a GPA of 3.80 or higher and complete a minimum of...