Letters
To prepare for the introduction of electronic voting at the Groton Town Meeting, draft rules and procedures are available for public comment. Also, two electronic voting demonstrations for voters are planned leading up to the April 29th Town Meeting.
The October 2022 Fall Town Meeting...
In 1963, Charles Eliot, one of the country's leading planners, prepared Groton's first Master Plan. Eliot was familiar with Groton from his long support of Groton's Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture. One of Eliot's observations was that Groton's commercial areas had retained both...
I serve as President and CEO of Bridgewell, a nonprofit social and human services organization based in the North Shore. Bridgewell is new to Groton, so I’m writing to share a bit about the organization and a program we recently opened in the community. Bridgewell provides more than 100 programs...
On behalf of the members of the Groton Garden Club, I would like to thank the townspeople of Groton and the surrounding communities who supported our recent Annual Public Lecture by John Forti. His presentation was on Engaging Youth and Ourselves in the Spheres of Nature and Gardening. We had a...
I want to thank all those that donated towards the shipping of the Ukrainian packages through the Ukrainian Egg decorating. BIG thank you to Becky Pine for organizing it, Nicky and Annabelle Lowney for the lessons and Judy Romatelli for the use of the Periwinkle Glassworks Studio. Over $ 1,800...
As the landscape awakens from its winter sleep, so do turtles! You may see painted turtles basking on logs, in the warm sun, to energize their cold-blooded, reptilian bodies into action.
Where have they been all winter?
During the winter months, the metabolisms of our six aquatic turtle species...
Dear School Committee Members,
I attended your meeting of March 22 at which the revised budget was presented by Superintendent Chesson. At that meeting I approached the microphone and asked two questions within your purview as the town committee responsible for both developing education policy and...
My name is Preston Southwick and I am a senior at Groton Dunstable Regional High School. Today I learned that one of our best teachers - Anna Rosenfeld - is being let go at the end of the year. Ms.Rosenfeld is a large amount of students’ favorite teacher due to her enthusiasm for teachimg and...
Good Morning Lieutenant Governor Driscoll:
On behalf of the Town of Groton, I want to express my sincere appreciation and thank you and Mr. Gallego for taking time out of your busy schedules to meet with me and Michael Sulprizio to discuss Local Aid and its impact on the Town of Groton and the...
After reading the articles, “Budget Woes..” and “Teachers Understand Budget Woes and Teachers Understand Gravity of Budget Shortfalls” in the March 3 issue of The Groton Herald. I questioned why GD School Athletic Programs were not included in the proposed/potential cuts to teachers and staff. ...