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Town Manager's Report on Assessors Issues
Town Manager’s report of events leading to issues raised by elected Assessors has been completed, and a draft sent to the Board of Assessors, another member of the assessor’s office, and the BoS for comment. The completed report, written at the direction of...
Members of the Four Corners Neighborhood Association advised the Board of Selectmen that they had not received any communication from town officials regarding the recent receipt of the Mass. Works grant for a proposed installation of municipal sewage in the Four Corners area, and wanted some...
At the request of Groton Water Commissioners, Groton Electric Light Department [GELD] is considering loaning the Water Department $100,000 to upgrade high capacity pumps used to deliver water throughout the water distribution network. The pumps currently in service are single-speed models...
Due to a house fire early Sunday morning on Boston Road and consequent heavy fire-hydrant use, high volume water flows in water mains kicked up iron and manganese lying in the pipes, putting these minerals into suspension and discoloring water flowing from the taps of many water customers,...
Groton firefighters were called out at 4:21 a.m. Sunday, Nov 27 to a house fire at 464 Boston Road and upon arrival they observed the two-unit structure had smoke and fire pouring out of the roof of one of the units.
According to Fire Chief Steele McCurdy, the firefighters entered the burning...
In its report to the Board of Selectmen, the Conservation Commission highlighted its activities for 2016 including 87 public hearings, 14 Notices of Intent, 33 requests for Determination of Applicability; issued numerous Certificates of Compliance, Extension Permits, Enforcement Orders and...
Town Manager Haddad’s request to change start time for Groton Board of Selectmen’s meeting from its traditional start time of 7 p.m. back to 6 p.m. “for the winter” has been denied by the Board. A Majority of Selectmen agreed that a 7 p.m. start time allows many more working residents to attend...
A detailed study of traffic to be generated by the proposed Indian Hill Music Center in the town and abutting neighborhoods was presented at the Planning Board meeting, November 17.
The study suggested that traffic impact will be manageable as long as the town and Indian Hill Music work together...
Monday night Selectmen directed Town Manager Mark Haddad to provide a concise report regarding the events that led to the issues raised by the elected Assessors about the method used to prepare reassessment information to be presented to the Department of Revenue (DOR) for certification of the town...
Selectmen voted to appoint An-Hee Foley, John Kane and Kevin Brogan to serve as citizens-at-large on the Municipal Audit Committee. They will join Selectmen Petropoulos and Degen, Finance Committee member Bud Robertson and GDRS Committee member Manugian to interview the companies that responded to...