Letters
Here is how to defeat the override:
At the March 26 Town Meeting, vote against the Budget Article that requires override money.
If the Budget Article which requires override money is defeated, then the ballot question doesn’t matter anymore because it is Town Meeting that sets the budget. I...
I attended the Saturday budget presentations on how our town’s departments and the school system will live without an override. Summary of the situation I heard during the meeting from the municipal side is that they will reluctantly cope okay. They would obviously prefer to replace all their open...
I’ve been in town for a little while, I'm a younger taxpayer and understand the benefits of having a robust school system and nice town. I certainly expect that taxes will not remain stagnant as costs increase. However, a permanent increase over statutory limits--the proposed blank check of $5.5...
The prohibitive cost of living and high taxes in Massachusetts are major factors in the exodus of millions of people from our state. Taxachusetts is an apt nickname.
We have some state tax relief coming in 2024, initiated by the Governor and passed by the state legislature. The Governor is...
The Annual Town Election will be held on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Nomination papers for Groton’s elected offices are available as of Tuesday, January 23, 2024, in the Town Clerk’s Office. Almost all elected offices have an expiring term. A complete list of openings is available at www.grotonma....
Friends of Prescott would like to thank The Town of Groton’s Trust Funds for making possible the Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration that took place on January 21 at the Prescott Community Center.
This inspired event shared a timeline of the civil rights movement which will be on display at...
As the town faces a budgetary crunch, one message that I would like to hear from our public safety leaders is that whether the override passes or not, our public safety departments will deliver the same quality of service.
I hold our current public safety officials in high esteem. Our town has...
The Proposition 2 1/2 override should be voted down at our town meeting on March 26.
If the three-year $5.5M override passes, the property taxes you pay will be 23.7% higher in 2027 compared to 2024. Plus, another large multi-million-dollar multi-year override is budgeted in 2028.
Here are...
Our town manager Mr. Haddad was recently quoted, “My intent is a $5 million override to level fund services, a multiyear override” and without the override, the cuts would be “ugly”.
The proposed development of the old Deluxe Corp. property would add 336 bedrooms without a compensatory increase...
The January 5 Groton Herald front page article about the MA Department of Fish and Game’s (DFG) Division of Ecological Restoration (DER) design studies of removing dams, including the Squannacook River Dam in West Groton fully explains the intent of the plan.
However, significant pieces of...