Letters
[Ed. Note: See story on rescue of a hiker in the NEWS section of this week's Groton Herald.]
To the Editor,
I want to thank Groton’s finest – the Groton police and EMS services who rescued me in Rocky Hill Woods Monday night. I also want to thank the Ayer police and Westford canine services, as...
To The Editor,
I hope you can help me somehow. I’ve been living at Winthrop Place Apartments for almost 10 years. My concern is I’m a non-smoker and when I moved in there was one smoker in the building, now there are five or six. The hall window is kept open year round because smoke smell...
To The Editor,
If I thought for a moment that the proposed wall along our border with Mexico would make a significant difference in our national security, reduce drug flow and crime, boost our economy, or any of the other things its proponents claim it would do, I would be in favor of it. But I...
To The Editor,
As happens several times each year, Broad Meadow Road has been closed to through traffic recently due to flooding/icing. At the present time, a road closing leaves residents of the one-way stretch below Main Street and anyone making use of the library, playground or Rail Trail,...
Dear Editor:
Bob and I would like to express our appreciation to all the wonderful people of Groton who have expressed so much care and compassion for us over these last few months. The cards, the phone calls and most of all the excellent meals that have come our way are so very much appreciated...
Dear Editor:
Many in the Groton community were saddened by the passing of K9 Lola, a six-year member of the Groton Police Department. After weeks of treatment, and despite every effort by her doctors, Lola’s cancer had spread to other organs in her body and she lost her battle with cancer on...
[Ed. Note: The following letter from the Groton Fire Call Department was sent to the Select Board on September 24 and was then forwarded to the Fire Task Force Committee. The lettter addresses the current Fire Department staffing discussion and Call Firefighter support for the leadership of Groton...
Dear Editor:
We recently read your brief editorial-where no stand was taken- rather, you simply printed Mr Woodlock’s well written response to those that objected to the “ Merry Christmas “ being obliterated from the Rock by the “Administration.”
It is a challenge to please everyone in our...
Dear Editor:
The partial government shut-down may be affecting people in our own small, compassionate community of Groton and we don't know about it.
Maybe fewer donations are being made to Loaves and Fishes, perhaps people are spending less money on local businesses due to not getting a...
Dear Editor & Friends of Groton Park,
“Excuse me sir, your dog is much too aggressive for this dog park. A Groton School student was bitten, so that end of the park is now closed to us. The master of another biter fled, so rabies could not be determined. Please don’t ruin it for all of us...