Letters
Dear Groton Voters,
My name is Marlena Gilbert. As a candidate for the Groton-Dunstable School Committee in the May 2016 Groton Town election, I offer you some insight on what our school committee could improve upon and some proposed methods to accomplish those improvements.
I believe...
Dear Editor:
My name is Olin Lathrop, and I’m running for Light Commissioner.
You may be thinking “But the lights are on, the rates low, and the service great, so why should I give this more thought than just voting for the incumbent?” Good question. That’s exactly what I’d do too if I wasn’t...
Dear Editor:
While I was disappointed in myself for not standing up at town meeting last night in support of the Groton portion of the school budget, the vote spoke for itself. The real test on this question will be at the ballot box on May 17th.
I have struggled with this question as a tax...
To The People of Groton,
Congratulations to the Municipal Building Committee for Prescott School that under the leadership of Chair Greg Sheldon, presented its report to the Board of Selectmen Wednesday evening, April 20.
After fifteen months of thorough work and study, the committee...
Dear Editor:
There are three candidates running for two open seats on the Board of Selectman this year: Joshua Degen, Barry Pease and Russ Burke. After doing some research, all three candidates appear to be qualified for the position. However, for me, the issue of who to support and vote for for...
To the Editor;
Every few years we deal with school funding crisis flare-ups. I have no intention of going point-by-point into all of the arguments about why we need or don’t need an override. However, I would like to respond to a few of the issues that I am seeing- and not seeing.
First, since...
To the Editor:
Much has been said about whether we should vote for the massive tax override proposed by the schools for this upcoming year. A lot of work has gone into to one important data point discussed in the data analysis below.
This document is an analysis of how Groton’s home values, tax...
Dear Editor,
As I understand (imperfectly) the Groton-Dunstable Regional School District and its various problems, it seems to me that the current regional school district arrangement, combined with “Education Reform,” could not have been better designed to put the Region’s towns – Groton and...
Dear Groton Voters,
My name is Marlena Gilbert. As a candidate for the Groton-Dunstable School Committee in the May 2016 Groton Town election, I offer you some insight on what our school committee could improve upon and some proposed methods to accomplish those improvements.
I believe that our...
To The Editor:
In the April 8, 2016 edition of the Groton Herald, Janet Landry Shea makes a good point that a municipal Finance Committee serves as “the watchdog of the taxpayers”. This leads me to make a strong recommendation that the Groton Dunstable Regional School District (GDRSD) establish...