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Gov. Maura Healey released a proposed $55.5 billion fiscal 2024 state budget. Here’s what they are saying about it.
“Our budget is what Massachusetts needs to meet this moment and build a strong economy, livable communities, and a sustainable future. Combined with our tax relief proposal, we...
by Connie Sartini
On behalf of the Groton Select Board, the Board voted to authorize Town Manager Mark Haddad to send a letter to the Community Preservation Committee advising them that at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Select Board on Monday, February 6, 2023, the Board met with the...
Joan Reardon, owner of the Natural Market, a Main Street institution for 40 years, retires.
Senate 40-0, approved a $368 million fiscal 2023 supplemental budget. The House has already approved its own version of a $363 million package. A House-Senate conference committee will work out a compromise package.
Provisions include $7 million for coordinated wraparound services for...
by Emma Zhou
[Ed. Note: Emma Zhou is an intern at the Groton Herald for two weeks which coincide with the first weeks of the month-long Groton Reads and Gardens. Emma’s assignment was to research the Public Library program and write questions that she wanted answered about the program, and the pose...
• Private Wells and Use of Groundwater at Devens Temporarily Suspended; Devens Enterprise Commission Believes PFAS Chemicals Contaminate Parts of Aquifer Under Devens
by Robert Stewart
The Devens Enterprise Commission (DEC) that acts as the Board of Health for the Devens Regional Enterprise Zone...
A brook trout, our only native trout species. Warming waters in summer threaten cold-water fish like trout. Redesigning dams could improve their chances of survival.
by Mary J Metzger
“There are 97 streams in the Nashua River Watershed that support naturally reproducing populations of wild trout,” said Adam Kautza, PhD, when he spoke February 7 at a Zoom program, “Wild Trout Fisheries and Management in Massachusetts”, presented by the Nashua River...
by Connie Sartini
Following a lengthy meeting on Saturday, March 4 with department heads that would be impacted by proposed reductions in the municipal operating budget, Town Manager Mark Haddad revised the FY2024 Proposed Operating Budget based on the joint meeting between the Select Board and...
by Connie Sartini
Town Manager Mark Haddad advised the Select Board that the Middlesex County Retirement Board is requesting that the Select Board vote to accept Chapter 269 of the Acts of 2022, a local option which allows a one-time increase to the Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) granted to...
by Connie Sartini
Town Clerk Dawn Dunbar stressed to voters that they need to fill out and return their 2023 Census Forms which were mailed out to all households at the end of January. “To date, we have not heard from approximately 1700 households,” she said.
Residents who fail to return...