Happenings
Boston Symphony Orchestra Violinist, Victor Romanul, will be a guest artist in St. Andrew’s Benefit Concert to be held at Groton School Sunday, June 11 at 3 p.m. Romanul will perform Bach’s Sonata no. 3 in C Major and Arthur Foot’s Ballade as well as several pieces with fellow performers John...
William S. Brown has been studying the Timber Rattlesnake population in the Adirondacks for nearly 40 years. His study of the life history and ecology of these snakes is the longest running continuous capture-recapture study of any rattlesnake conducted in the wild. Nashua River Watershed...
Young teens are invited to challenge themselves in nature with four adventurous, action-packed days led by the Nashua River Watershed Association (NRWA). Enjoy days of hiking on trails through conservation properties in Groton, paddling on the Squannacook River, developing summer survival skills,...
Groton Police Department and Council on Aging will host a police picnic for senior residents, Wednesday, June 7 at the Groton Country Club. Lunch will include hotdogs, hamburgers, potato salad, chips and beans and gift bags for everyone! The day begins at 11 a.m. with music by John Murphy followed...
Scientists at National Weather Service (NWS) are seeing changing trends in our precipitation and temperature patterns across New England, with an increasing trend in annual average temperature, annual average precipitation, and the number of heavy rainfall events over the past two decades. What...
Caregiver Support
Groton Council on Aging with support from the Alzheimer’s Association will be holding a three-part series for Caregivers. The topics are Effective Communication, Understanding Dementia Related Behaviors, and Safety and Memory Challenges. This series will be held Mondays, June 5,...
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Ayer, will host the second annual Benefit Concert and Reception at 3 p.m., Sunday, June 11, at St. John’s Chapel, Groton School. Organized by St. Andrew’s parishioner and BSO Principal Oboist, John Ferrillo, the concert is the primary fundraiser for St. Andrew’s...
What do blueberries, and chocolate chips have in common? They can all be found in the different varieties of pancakes that will be cooked up at the Annual Memorial Day Pancake Breakfast held at historic Groton Grange #7, 8- Champney St., Monday, May 29, from 7:30 - 10:30 a.m., before the Memorial...
The Thoreau Way Ensemble will perform a free concert at the First Parish Church of Groton on Friday May 19, 7:30pm to benefit the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Program includes works of Dvorák, Martinu, and Haydn. Light reception to follow with beer and wine. Launched by violinist Nicki...
ONLY 5 weeks to a fantastic chicken barbecue. On Saturday, June 24th the Retired West Groton Firemen will be coming out of retirement (for the day) cooking their famous chicken barbecue from the 1970’s and 1980’s to benefit the Christian Union Church in West Groton.
The menu will consist of the...