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[Editor's Note: Discussion of plan by Beals and Associates engineer Todd Morey follows this story.]
The Planning Board scheduled a scant half hour for what they expected to be an uneventful discussion of Indian Hill Music’s application for a minor site plan review for their new campus at the corner...
Groton residents should continue to anticipate a hefty increase in their tax bill – although not as high as the close to $800 increase projected for the first Proposition 2 1/2 override request which was defeated at the ballot box on May 17. There were 285 voters at Monday night’s session of the...
Dunstable held a special town meeting on Tuesday to vote on revised budgets after the earlier override-dependent budget was rejected at the ballot box. The town’s Advisory Board presented a “no override” budget in case the second override vote scheduled for June 30 fails, and a second “recommended...
The Planning Board scheduled a scant half hour for what they expected to be an uneventful discussion of Indian Hill Music’s application for a minor site plan review for their new campus at the corner of Old Ayer Road and Peabody Street.
But, once abutters were given the opportunity to speak,...
Sustainable Budget Committee Chairman Kevin Forsmo updated Selectmen Monday night on the progress of the newly formed committee that was charged with addressing expense growth and studying growth in wages and benefits.
The first order of business for the Committee was to define “Sustainability”...
Groton Board of Selectmen elected to retain their current Chairman Jack Petropoulos to serve in that capacity for another year, following the traditional re-election of officers after the annual town election.
There were actually three contenders for the chairmanship - Jack Petropoulos and Josh...
The mood was somber at Dunstable Town Hall as a small crowd met to review the latest budget proposal at the Dunstable advisory board’s public hearing. This year Dunstable has struggled to find the revenue to fund growth in town services budget as well as the Groton-Dunstable school district’s...
GROTON -- Fire Chief Steele McCurdy, Groton Police Chief Donald Palma, and State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey announced the most probable cause of Wednesday’s 4-alarm fire at 293 Old Dunstable Road was an outdoor fire pit. No one was home at the time of the fire and no was injured.
Investigators...
Town Manager Mark Hadddad presented 5-year financial projections at last Selectmen’s meeting.
For the town portion of the budget, he projected the town budget, without an override, would shrink year to year by negative .10 percent. If the override is successful, it would grow at a rate of .73...
The school committee concluded three lengthy marathon sessions by voting to submit a budget increase reduced by 43 percent for a total of $2.65M, which includes the $1.6M in carry forward costs, mainly growth in the healthcare costs and contractual salary increases for existing employees. The...