News
Lengthy analysis and detailed review of the municipal budgets and operating expenses have resulted in no single model that will address a sustainable budget for the town. According to the findings of the Sustainable Budget Committee, town officials must continue to look for opportunities to reduce...
For the past 10 years, Lost Lake resident Rob Horton has created a wonderful Halloween tradition for the residents of the Lake area, building a “graveyard” on Pine Trail across from the boat ramp. Horton, who has loved Halloween since childhood, creates handmade gravestones, carved from Styrofoam...
It has been several decades since John Conner arrived in Groton with a job offer from Groton School and a passion for teaching language and culture. Although these days he is probably as well-known as a tech entrepreneur as an instructor, it is this passion for helping people experience new...
Cutaway view of first and second floor central walkway connecting interior performance spaces, classrooms, offices and dining facility of proposed Indian Hill Music Center’s complex. This rendering shows wooden glue-laminated beams supporting curvilinear roof and walls intended to evoke the feeling of a light-filled orchard. Image courtesy Indian Hill Music.
Music and architecture are complementary art forms, each heightening the appreciation and presentation of the other. It is, therefore, unsurprising that a music school and performance center such as Indian Hill Music, an organization aspiring to world class status and renown, would strive to design...
Selectmen and Finance Committee voted to provide the following guidelines to Town Manager Mark Haddad for preparation of the fiscal year 2018 budget. The municipal budget will reflect growth at 2.4 percent over last year, and this will also include a budget scenario at 1.2 percent and 0 percent...
Sargisson Beach Committee members Giger & Davis reported on summer beach utilization. Lifeguards recorded peak use July 4 & Labor Day. Once school was out, use was strong and stayed strong through Labor Day. There were no beach closures for water quality issues.
Selectman Degen said...
Indian Hill Music partially lifted the curtain on their plans for a new Music School and Performing Arts Center on Old Ayer Road, revealing an ambitious plan propelled by a vigorous management team with deep financial backing, a team with the creative drive to expand its vision for musical...
Groton taxpayers could receive a nice surprise in a future tax bill if voters support the efforts of three Selectmen to offset the tax rate by returning some unexpended budgeted funds to these taxpayers.
Chairman of the Board of Selectmen Jack Petropoulos, Selectman Barry Pease and Selectman Josh...
Feasibility Oversight Committee Chairman Mihran Keoseian advised Groton Board of Selectmen that his committee voted to pull their article from the Fall Town Meeting Warrant that would have asked voters to approve the use of $300,000 from Free Cash to fund an architectural design for a new Senior...
Locating a renowned music school and world-class performance center to town is newsworthy, and it is also true that Indian Hill Music will bring significant change to the Peabody Street neighborhood and to the whole town. Since Indian Hill Music chose to submit a minor site plan review before...