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Town Manager Mark Haddad asked the Board of Selectmen Monday night to open the Annual Spring Town Meeting Warrant again, this time to add a fourth article to the three already being proposed for a $3M municipal sewer construction project for the commercial area at the Four Corners intersection of...
Robert Bowen, attorney for 'The Firefighter-Four', veteran members of Groton's on-call Fire Department, men who are suing the town in Federal Court for civil rights violations, denial of due process, denial of property and wrongful termination, have agreed to attempt to mediate their dispute with...
In a blow to the Selectmen-sponsored proposal to treat Baddacook Pond with the herbicide Fluridone, [trade name Sonar], the Wetlands Section of the MassDEP [Dept. of Environmental Protection] notified the board that DEP regulations do not allow the herbicide to be applied within 400 feet of a...
Acting on Chairman Degen's proposal, Selectmen discussed hiring a mediator to facilitate their work together, a mediator to show them how to work cooperatively, to teach them how to avoid interpersonal conflicts, conflicts that have riven the Board for many months, ultimately turning some board...
Groton Board of Selectman Chairman Josh Degen opened Monday night's Board meeting by reading an email that Town Manager Mark Haddad sent to the other four members of the Board requesting a formal investigation of Chairman Degen.
A LETTER TO THE EDITOR, TOO
In addition to this email, Mr. Haddad...
Before Selectmen could again vote to pay videographer David Melpignano the sum of $3000 for an 'informational video' explaining the $3 Million proposal to bring municipal sewer to the Four Corners area, the Board had to first take a vote on the exemption of the financial interest of Melpignano as...
Despite turmoil and unrest on the Board of Selectmen, conventional wisdom has it that the town's fiscal affairs are being well managed by the Town Manager. An analysis of town spending trends and patterns prepared by economist Kevin Lindemer and Selectman Jack Petropoulos, however, shows spending...
By unanimous vote, Selectmen agreed to approve Selectman Jack Petropoulos' continued communication with Town Counsel to discuss the appeal by Peter Cunningham to the Supervisor of Records in the Secretary of State's office regarding Cunningham's Public Information Request (PIR) and the charges...
Seeking a 'new direction for the town', wanting a 'united town' instead of a divided one, a government with a 'higher level of professionalism', a government known for its accomplishments not its scandals, a government without fear of retaliation, resident Robert T. Flynn of Nashua Road filed a...
[Editor's note - Chairman of the Board of Selectmen Josh Degen opened his comments to fellow board members at Monday's meeting by reading a letter addressed to the Board regarding accusations leveled at him by Selectman Anna Eliot when he raised the issue of a video she authorized without a vote of...