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The owners of the old Groton Center Fire Station building on Station Avenue have requested Planning Board approval for a modification to their Site Plan permit in order to construct an addition onto the back of the building to house bathrooms and a kitchen. The Board continued the Public Hearing...
After Lawrence Academy asked the town to discontinue Powder House Road as a public way, later research by Lawrence’s Attorney Robert Collins shows that ownership of the roadway is unclear, a complex legal question dealing with a Land Court decision reaching back to at least 1848, among several...
In an effort to further safety, pedestrian access, and Main Street business, Selectman Chairman Petropoulos asked Town Manager Mark Haddad to have a sign erected at the entrance to Prescott School, encouraging use of the parking lot behind the school for general municipal parking.
Town Manager Haddad announced that the Groton Channel is testing live video streaming of all town government meetings. While testing the new service, he reported watching a live broadcast from his home of a Selectmen’s meeting that he was unable to attend. These streaming capabilities are still...
Having promised and predicted that construction of the Groton Inn would begin in September, John Amaral, a project principal for the New Groton Inn, called the Groton Herald Tuesday to confirm his promise, saying, “We’re on track to begin site work for the Inn by the middle of September.”
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The Charter Review Committee voted unanimously to dismiss a proposal - originally floated by Town Manager Mark Hadddad – to change Groton’s Town Clerk from an elected to an appointed position.
Town Clerks have a wide range of responsibilities, including the politically sensitive job of...
On July 31 at 11:57 p.m., the Massachusetts Senate confirmed the passage of a bill (H.4491) requiring that insurance companies cover antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease. The Senate overrode Governor Baker’s veto by a vote of 37-1, on the heels of the House voting to override by 153-3 July 30. The...
On July 27 the Groton Dunstable School Committee held what turned out to be the most dramatic meeting in a series of meetings filled with drama. The actual content presented at the meeting contained important information about how the school administration plans to move forward this fiscal year....
The Groton Herald drone fleet captures the Powderhouse road project in progress.
Goodbye Powder House Road? At the August 29 Selectmen’s meeting, there will be a Public Hearing at 6:15 pm to discuss Lawrence Academy’s proposal to discontinue Powder House Road as a public way, thus ceding the land to the school, land which lies at the heart of their campus.
In order for the...
Responding to the unforeseen resignation of Superintendent Kristan Rodriguez, The Groton-Dunstable Regional School Committee decided to fill the position with an interim Superintendent to complete the 2016-17 school year after Rodriguez departs on December 31. Reliable sources advised the Groton...