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Photo by Lisa Murray
Friends of the Tree Warden Chairman Suzanne Goehringer (on left) singing with members of the Groton Ukulele Society: Lynn Kavanagh; Dr. Brad Smith and Sally Smith, during the 2017 Arbor Day Celebration, held Saturday at the Center Fire Station.
This year two Beech trees were planted at the...
During the Old Meetinghouse restoration project, the rooster that topped the tower was removed for restoration by Ed and Peter Packard. Latest steps include repair of some hairline cracks, installation of new copper tail feathers, and cleaning and polishing the copper body and brass wings. Once the...
Four Groton residents are running for election to two seats on the Groton Board of Selectmen this spring. As has been our custom for many years, the Groton Herald has conducted interviews with all of the candidates, and is presenting them in this online edition in their entirety. (In the paper...
April and May are the peak months for spring bird migration. Several local conservation groups are sponsoring bird walks to try to catch a glimpse of this seasonal happening.
Most winter feeder birds are permanent residents. Chances are the great-grandparents of the chickadees in your back yard...
Colby Elliot has a velvet voice capable of many accents and personalities. For 18 years he’s been using that voice and his kaleidoscope of accents doing just that since his teaching career morphed into recording books. New to Groton, Colby uses the pump room in his home’s ground floor level as his...
William S. Brown has been studying the Timber Rattlesnake population in the Adirondacks for nearly 40 years. Nashua River Watershed Association invites the public to a presentation by Brown on the “Natural History of Timber Rattlesnakes in the Adirondacks (and the Northeast)” Wednesday, May 3, 7 to...
On April 23, at 2 PM, the Groton History Center will present, “Fire Fighting Then and Now." Come and learn about the Great Fire of 1941. Roy Johnson, a long time resident of Groton and the go-to guy for 20th century Groton history will be a featured speaker, along with Groton Fire Chief Steele...
“I’ve never found anything more interesting in my 90 years than my work in conservation.” These words in 1970 from William P. Wharton, who would live another six years, speak of the passion that left an important national and international environmental legacy. Much of that work was done in Groton...
Thursday evening after a Planning Board meeting, former State Representative Bob Hargraves was chatting with John Amaral, Omni Properties principal and developer of the Groton Inn. After discussing dramatic progress on the Inn’s construction, Rep. Hargraves asked whether the steel used to construct...