Editorials
Spirit Rock: "I think it was very disrespectful that a group of students blatantly made the decision to paint over the artwork on the rock that was written to promote the Parkland Rally."
The "spirit rock," located near the entrance to the high school campus, is there solely to promote events at the high school and the school's administration has made that purpose very clear. Prior to April 3 the rock had a message painted on it announcing the date of the Parkland Rally that took...
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Shortage
Constrains Economy & Makes Life Hard For Many
“Our affordable housing shortage has placed the commonwealth’s financial health at risk,” said Sen. Joseph Boncore (D-Winthrop), chair of the Committee on Housing. “The housing bond bill is the first step...
From a commanding vista of hayfields, James Brook and a stand of ancient tamaraks, Prescott House has stood watch at the southern approach to Groton Center for 227 years. The man who built the home, Dr. Oliver Prescott, Jr. was a judge, legislator, doctor and military man. This man of Groton played...
Town Manager Haddad’s proposal to regionalize Groton’s Emergency Medical Service by expanding into Dunstable was a bad idea, an idea that would degrade service for Groton residents and increase long-term costs.
Perhaps, realizing that the proposal needs a lot more thought, Selectmen voted to...
Ignoring clear operational guidance from Selectmen and the Fincom, Town Manager Haddad created his own ‘vision’ for a town budget. The Fincom told him to produce a budget with no more than three percent growth, while Selectmen told him to produce a budget that maintains current service levels...
For a deeper understanding of our town, readers should occasionally flip the Groton Herald over and read the back page first. Here you will find the 'deep' news, news beyond our usual understanding of 'news,' items that reveal our motivation for striving for a better town. Here you will find the...
The following editorial was made by kniting together excerpts from comments by Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona given on the floor the United State Senate. Senator Flake’s speech addresses our President’s attacks on the American press. Some of these same observations in this editorial could apply to...
There is no such thing as a ‘cookie-cutter’ Charter. Every Massachusetts town adopting a charter form of government writes their own Charter, their own governing document. There are often similarities between towns’ charters, but there are also many differences. The Massachusetts legislature...
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The Reflection Connection section of the Groton Herald [below] is reserved for items with no obvious home in a traditional story or section of the newspaper. Items printed here are an eclectic mix of opinion, ideas, observations, insights, transcripts, quotes from government documents, and...
Indian Hill Music Center’s insistence on a huge discount off the town’s standard building permit fee structure is very hard to understand given that IMH could afford to build a state-of-the-art music center for $50 million - $70 million.
This is lost money that has a direct affect on Groton...