News
by Connie Sartini
The 2023 Spring Town Meeting authorized the Select Board to approve conservation restrictions on various properties, including selling a Conservation Restriction on the Brownloaf Property to the Massachusetts Department of Fisheries and Wildlife. The Brownloaf property consists...
Several Offices and Open Seats Could be Decided by Write-In Candidates as No Candidates Appeared on Ballot or Sought Election
by Robert Stewart
Town Elections in 2022 had an air of excitement not seen in Town Elections in recent memory. In a year when mid-term state elections was the backdrop...
by Joshua Vollmar
The Memorial Day parade is one of Groton’s longest-standing traditions – generation after generation have experienced this meaningful commemoration. As this year’s Memorial Day approaches, and many in the community are working to make the parade a success, the local history of...
by Marlena Gilbert
For years Groton and Dunstable taxpayers have been desperate for some reprieve from the vise of decreasing state financial support for education and rapidly increasing costs that have been squeezing Groton taxpayers for years, making it harder to fund the quality education...
by Connie Sartini
The Groton Select Board voted to memorialize Groton resident Dorothy Davis by voting to dedicate The Groton Channel studio at the Groton Dunstable Regional High School as “The Dorothy Davis Memorial Television Studio.”
Cable Channel Program Director Ashley Doucette, the...
by Connie Sartini
All seven Community Preservation Committee (CPC) requests for the use of Conservation Preservation Committee funds were overwhelmingly approved by voters, as presented at Spring Town Meeting.
The first of these was the request from Affordable Housing Trust for the sum of $...
by Connie Sartini
Voters at Spring Town Meeting overwhelmingly voted to authorize the Select Board to petition the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to enact special legislation to merge Precincts 1 and 3A into one Precinct known as Precinct 1. The vote was 202 in favor and 4...
• The Select Board voted to appoint Tony Serge to the Council on Aging to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Paula Martin. The term will expire on June 30, 2024.
• They also ratified the appointment of Cathleen Berry of Lunenberg as the Interdepartmental Administrative Assistant to...
The Agriculture Committee held a hearing on a proposal that would allow home cooks to sell their home-made foods that carry a low risk of foodborne illness—those that do not need to be temperature-controlled—without a local health department or zoning permit. These so-called “cottage foods”...
From the Office of Groton’s State Senator John J. Cronin
On May 9 the Senate Committee on Ways and Means released its budget recommendations for the 2024 fiscal year, including $1 billion in new investments from the Fair Share Amendment to support our education and transportation systems....