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Dear Editor: I want to clarify a sentence that appeared in an article in the Nov. 7 issue of The Groton Herald under the headline “School Cost-Cutting Measures Include Charging Some for Bus Service”. I want to correct the statement Groton Dunstable Superintendent Laura Chesson and Business Manager...
*/ [EDITOR: The following was posted to talkaboutgroton by Gary Green, Finance Committee Chairman on November 2, 2017.]            [Gary Green note: This post is not meant to speak to the debate for or against privatizing District services.]   The town and the school district operating expenses...
[Editor: The following is Marlena Gilbert’s response to Gary Green’s post above. [Marlena Gilbert is Chairman of the Groton-Dunstable Regional School Committee. Her response was posted to talkaboutgroton on November 2 at 6:46 pm.]   Gary,    You make a very good point. As everyone knows I cannot...
Dear Editor:    My 90+ year-old aunt and uncle live on Champney Street here in Groton. Her daughter and I came from Maine and New Hampshire to help pass out candy and greet trick-or-treaters last night.    As you know, because the street is closed off, there are hundreds and hundreds of children....
To the Senior Citizen Center Building Committee & All Citizens of Groton:    First of all, let me say that at 72 years of age, and retired for the past 5 years, I consider myself a card carrying Senior Citizen. Having only lived in town for only 35 years, I don’t think I yet qualify as old time...
Dear Editor,     I read with interest the front-page article covering the recent fall town meeting whose headline read in part “fervent, civil debate precedes vote.” The article written by Mrs. Sartini is, in the main, a very competent report on the meeting’s proceedings.    I write today to...
Dear Editor,    The proponents of Article 1 at the Fall town meeting had one objective. That was to keep our public signage politically neutral, and to do so with public discussion.     It was nice gesture that Mr. Petropolous acknowledged that he was naive for not thinking that his All Are Welcome...
To the Editor,     I recently completed the Prescott School Community Center class “Proper Pruning Techniques for Ornamental Shrubs and Trees,” led by Josh Degen. It was both instructive and lot of fun. I learned a lot about the theory behind the pruning, and then we spent an entire morning...
To The Editor,    In response to the October 20 Editorial “A Place for the Third Act of Life” I take umbrage with the comment: “They (seniors) don’t want to retire from the world into generational enclaves, they don’t want to be passive recipients of programs designed by others.”     Excuse me....
Dear Editor,   The Union Congregational Church in Groton acknowledges and thanks the businesses and individuals who so graciously donated to this year’s Harvest Fair Silent Auction. Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, Bailey’s Bar & Grille, Lois Berge, Blackbird Café , Connie Brown, Paul Brown, Bruno’s...

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