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The Select Board voted on March 9 to approve the transfer of the Off-Premise All Alcoholic Package Store license for Groton Market.
The license was transferred from current holder John Madigan, president of Groton Market, to Shree AM and Um Inc., doing business as Groton Market, under the...
A months-long dispute over boundary markers at the Village at Shepley Hill development came to a head Tuesday night when the Conservation Commission voted unanimously to notify the Planning Board that it will not accept the Village at Shepley Hill conservation restriction unless granite bounds are...
A regulatory process more than a decade in the making reached a significant milestone Tuesday when the Groton Conservation Commission unanimously issued an order of conditions for the closure and capping of the Hollingsworth & Vose landfill at 219 Townsend Road.
The commission closed the...
Groton residents who dread the ritual of changing their clocks every spring and fall may someday be spared the trouble.
Senate President Karen Spilka recently announced support for legislation that would make Atlantic Standard Time the year round time in Massachusetts, eliminating the twice...
The Groton Herald is issuing a clarification regarding its recent story on the UMass Memorial emergency facility currently under construction in Groton.
The front page story in the March 13 edition carried the headline ‘Emergency Facility Moves Rapidly Toward Completion But Failure to...
Shorty has a small question about the West Groton dam. It sits half in Groton and half in Shirley. But if the dam gets repaired, take a guess who will end up paying the bill? Shorty will give you two guesses. And the first one ain’t Shirley.
The deteriorating West Groton Dam sits half in Groton...
Shorty is trying to keep up with the West Groton dam financing plan. The idea now is that CPA funds could help pay the debt if the dam is considered a recreational asset. Shorty does not doubt that people enjoy the pond. He likes it too. He is just wondering: if this goes through, will the CPA...
Shorty has been following the Community Preservation projects headed to Town Meeting: seven projects totaling about $4.8 million. The biggest one would borrow $4.28 million for improvements at Cow Pond Brook. Shorty understands the town is under enormous pressure when it comes to spending on...
Footwork & Frolick Society dancers bring 18th- and 19th-century social dancing to life at Groton’s Boutwell House, home of the Groton Historical Society. Photo by Steve Lieman
by Barbara Scofidio
Kara Fossey’s love of history began in her grandparents’ attic. The executive director of the Groton Historical Society recalls climbing to the third floor of their house and rifling through boxes and bookshelves.
“They had old toys from the 1920s and family photographs...
When Fire Chief Art Cheeks presented his FY27 budget at the February 28 joint session of the Select Board and Finance Committee, the numbers reflected the town’s fiscal reality.
Earlier in the budget process Cheeks had been asked to model the cost of six additional firefighters. Then two. By...