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Attorney Bob Collins presented the latest plan for the renovation of the old Fire Station on Station Avenue to Planning Board members, and all were pleased with the design. They praised the changes made by the applicants, Dan and Lori McElroy, and their team, along with recommendations from the...
Selectmen put tight constraints on the legal costs in the recently filed lawsuit initiated by the Planning Board and Board of Health against the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding the ZBA's issuance of a special permit for demolition and reconstruction of a vacant property on Lost Lake Drive....
In a split 3 to 2 decision, Selectmen rejected the Personnel Board's policy recommendation to exclude the Town Manager from the exit interview process, despite such policy generally being considered a 'best practice' in municipal government and private business.
Since approving a commonly agreed-...
Meeting to appoint members of the Charter Review Committee by the December 1 deadline requested by Selectmen, the Finance committee was stopped up short when resident Scott Harker questioned the rush to appoint Review Committee members. The Charter, Harker said, specifies that the Review Committee...
Groton Board of Health voted to contribute $8,000 from their budget for FY16 for use in supporting mental health in Groton. This will be coupled with another $2,000 from the Groton-Dunstable School Superintendent, and hopefully additional funds from the town of Dunstable.
Groton resident Steve...
Hollingsworth & Vose, housed in a paper mill built in West Groton in 1843, is planning to upgrade an older power plant that will also be used to produce electricity for the facility.
Attorney Bob Collins said part of the old building will be removed and a new section will replace it to...
Monday night Groton Board of Health and Planning Board agreed jointly to appeal a decision by the Zoning Board of Appeals in granting the re-establishment of a residential use in accordance with a special permit to allow the proposed construction on a non-conforming lot at 110 Lost Lake Drive....
Efforts to restrict Selectman Jack Petropoulos from coming back to the Board of Selectmen or to talk to the public following a vote of the Board with which he did not agree is, at this stage, a proposal to add to the Board's Goals and Objectives as a policy, and has not been voted upon by the full...
With a small minority of the town's appointed board and committee members balking at taking the required Open Meeting Law Video Training, Selectmen looked for some alternatives that would meet the need for knowledge of the law, yet lessen the requirement that the members view the video presentation...
According to Section 7-6 of the Groton Charter, a Special Charter Review Committee will be established to reexamine the Charter at least every ten years. The purpose of the Review Committee is to make recommendations for changes to the Charter that are "desirable or necessary". These...