Editorials
The Groton Herald is not a financial consultancy, and it does not pretend to be one. We do not produce detailed budget models or prescribe fiscal solutions. That work belongs properly to town officials, boards, and professional staff, who must weigh tradeoffs and make difficult decisions.
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Shorty: Did you know that Groton’s budget pressures may have as much to do with how the town grew as with how much it spends?
For years, large homes on large lots were treated as the fiscally responsible choice — higher taxes in, fewer school costs out — but what if that math no longer works the...
Biologists have been studying the spread of misinformation.
Not online.
Not on cable news.
In fish.
In a recent study of coral reef fish off the coast of French Polynesia, researchers watched how schools of fish share information about danger. One fish spots a predator and darts away. The...
Fourth in a series on whether towns like ours have any legal or moral path to challenge the state’s broken school funding system.
When a system fails, citizens naturally ask: can it be challenged in court? Could towns like Groton and Dunstable sue the Commonwealth for failing to provide...
Real Estate Transactions - Groton, Massachusetts
June 5, 2025 - July 14, 2025
Editor’s Note: Real Estate sales are public records. We occasionally publish them to show local housing trends.
Third in a series on whether towns like ours have any legal or moral path to challenge the state’s broken school funding system.
When state officials talk about “wealthy towns,” they usually mean places like Groton and Dunstable. The phrase suggests fairness: rich towns can pay more; poorer...
After months of failed attempts to bring a troubled property into compliance, the Groton Board of Health voted Monday night to authorize its health agent to pursue legal enforcement for the rental unit at 23 Cypress Road, including possible court action.
Health Agent Kalene Gendron of the...
Lawmakers, educators, and residents to discuss next steps after FY26 budget wins
Groton and Dunstable families are invited to join a Regional School Funding Forum on Monday, November 20, from 6=8 p.m. at the Marion Stoddart Performing Arts Center, Groton-Dunstable Middle School, 344 Main Street...
Even the luckiest nations can lose their way when loyalty drifts from shared ideals to personalities and camps.
Some countries are born lucky.
The United States and Argentina both drew winning hands—wide rivers, deep soil, and more flat, fertile land than they knew what to do with. Nature all...
Show me your budget, and I’ll show you your values.” One public official said it years ago, but it remains just as true today—financial decisions are never value-neutral. They reflect what a community cares about most. That’s why Groton’s budget process is already open, visible, and accountable...
Groton has few opportunities left to shape its future, and the 23-acre Chapter 61 parcel on Common Street is one of them. Much of the land appears to be high and well-drained — exactly the kind of centrally located acreage the town will need for municipal purposes in the decades ahead. Parcels...