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To an electorate jaded by years of Country Club cost overruns and seemingly endless taxpayer subsidies, it came like an electric shock when Country Club Manager and golf professional Shawn Campbell announced that he expected to reduce the taxpayer-subsidy of the Groton Country Club to zero by...
By a vote of 3-2, Selectmen renewed Police Chief Donald Palma’s contract for three years with Selectmen Pease, Cunningham and Eliot voting in favor, and Selectmen Degen and Petropoulos opposed. The contract provides for a flat salary increase of $10,500 for each of the three years, moving from a...
On Monday, July 4 at about 8:30 p.m., Groton Fire Department was dispatched to Tavern Road in Lost Lake area for a brush fire. Firefighters first on scene found two separate brush fires burning in a heavily wooded area between Tavern Rd. and Boathouse Rd. [See map below] The fires eventually...
Police Chief Donald Palma Jr. and Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan report that Aaron Delollis, 35, of Ayer, was arraigned in Ayer District Court Wednesday after he allegedly struck a bicyclist while driving under the influence of alcohol and then fled the scene.
On Tuesday, July 12, at...
The impact of the two override defeats in Groton have already caused some changes in the municipal personnel area, specifically the laying off of the part-time web developer in the IT Department, elimination of the proposed DPW custodial position and the reduction of life guards at Sargisson Beach...
Does Groton want to change from an elected Town Clerk to a position that is appointed? Town Manager Mark Haddad asked the Selectmen to allow him to put this change before the Charter Review Committee for their consideration, in addition to another proposed change to the Charter that would allow him...
Unofficial results:
The town/school override vote in Groton lost by a vote of 1254 No and 906 Yes, 58% to 42%, a 16-point margin. Turnout was approximately 27% of registered voters. Amount of override in Groton was $812,013.
In Dunstable, the Yes-No margin was a little closer on the override...
Additional Editors Note July 1, 2016. The School Committee met at 9:00 PM last night, immediately after the results of the override were known. Although no official vote was taken, the consensus of opinion of school committee members was to call a Super Town Meeting for this summer or early autumn...
After two generally combative appearances before the Planning Board, Indian Hill Music’s project manager for its development at 122 Old Ayer Road, Gary Shepard, showed a much more cooperative demeanor at the June 9 meeting of the Planning Board. He opened by saying, “I want to be clear that we’re...
Tuesday night the Board of Selectmen approved the RFP (Request for Proposal) for the lease of Prescott School. Town Manager Mark Haddad advised Selectmen that as written the RFP was drafted for a non-profit entity only, as was previously approved by the Board. He stressed that this will limit the...