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Police Chief Donald Palma is asking for $60,000 in the Fall Town Meeting Budget, mostly for materials, to clean up and renovate portions of the Public Safety Building vacated by the Fire Department on moving into the new Center Fire Station. Selectman Anna Eliot stressed that members of the "Police...
The State Primary to choose Republican and Democratic candidates for statewide office, including Governor, will be held Tuesday, Sept. 9. Winning candidates will face each other in the general election Nov. 4.
Polling hours will be 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Polling location for Precinct 1 (West Groton) is...
On Thursday, September 18 at 7:45 PM, the Planning Board - at the request of Selectmen - will hold a public hearing proposing to rezone the town-owned Prescott School Property to TCOD rules [Town Center Overlay District], effectively expanding the power of Selectmen and Planning Board to decide the...
Charter Communications - Groton's first cable provider - will likely be sold to Comcast in a complex transaction paving the way for a merger between Comcast and Time Warner cable, provided the merger is approved by federal and state officials. When completed, this merger would leave approximately...
George Pergantis, owner of the Groton Inn since 1979, died from heart attack on the night of September 2, two days before he was scheduled to finalize sale of the Groton Inn property to developers Chris Ferris and Richard Cooper of 128 Main Street LLC. For Mr. Pergantis, owning and managing the...
In the last three weeks, two lambs and two calves have been taken by coyotes at a farm operating on land behind Gibbet Hill leased by Paula Robinson of Springdell Farm in Littleton, according to George Moore who shares duties of Groton's animal control officer with Tom Delaney, Groton's Director of...
In addition to saving the life of an injured woman in Tyngsborough and assisting at the Boston Marathon bombing investigation, Groton Police Department's K-9 unit was recently instrumental in foiling the robbery of cash, valuables and a BMW from a Littleton Whitcomb Street home.
On August 16...
The Town DPW will lower the dam controlling the level of Lost Lake and Knops Pond no earlier than September 22. The water level will be lowered slowly and will conclude approximately on October 13 (Columbus Day).
The dam is being lowered earlier this year to accommodate the Sargisson Beach...
Groton Cultural Council (GCC) has set an Oct. 15 postmark deadline for organizations, schools and individuals to apply for grants that support cultural activities in the community. GCC will host an info session Thurs., Sept. 25, 7 p.m. in History Room of Groton Public Library (GPL) for groups or...
Groton Parks Commission discussed whether or not to form a Celebrations Committee that would be charged with planning certain events that are held on Park Commission (town-owned) properties.
Discussion of a Celebrations Committee came about as a result of a complaint issued at their July 9 meeting...