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Groton Council on Aging asked voters for an additional $20,000 to study the possibility of building an access road behind Prescott School and to determine if the historic Main Street school would meet the needs of the Senior Center based on their criteria. Voters at Spring Town Meeting already...
SC Member Stephanie Cronin, Representative Shelia Harrington, Auditor Suzanne Block, Superintendent Rodriguez, SC Member Alison Manugian
State Auditor Suzanne Bump visited Groton for what turned into a town hall meeting with a small but influential audience. Auditor Bump was here at the invitation of Groton Dunstable Superintendent Kristan Rodriguez to talk on the subject of “unfunded state mandates” which place a heavy burden...
The impact of Indian Hill Music’s highly anticipated project presentation to the Planning Board was diminished because plans for the 120,500 square foot School and Performance Center already had been presented at two well-attended public events. Still, there was a good-sized audience at the...
Fall Town Meeting voters narrowly defeated any possibility of returning to taxpayers money approved at Spring Town Meeting, but that was not fully spent on the budgeted items. Ignoring the vote by a majority Board of Selectman to help out residents by returning $400,000 of the more than $1.2M...
Voters at the Oct 17th Fall Town Meeting approved a maximum of $45,000 to pay for the cost of an operational audit of town operations. This was based on work done by the Sustainable Budget Study Committee who recommended a top to bottom audit of the town operations. The town received four bids for...
Hollingsworth & Vose, a global manufacturer of advanced materials for filtration, battery separator, and industrial applications, announced, Oct. 18, that the Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission has awarded its Floyd, VA facility a $500,000 follow-on R&D grant. H&V’s...
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...
The Lost Lake Halloween Graveyard.
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...
John Conner, Groton School teacher and language entrepreneur, ‘jumps for joy’ as his app climbs the Apple Store rankings. Photo by YONATHAN GARCIA
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...