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The School Committee will conduct a search for a permanent superintendent to replace outgoing Joe Mastrocola during the coming year. While they are doing that the district will be headed by an interim superintendent. There are five candidates for the interim job, all with superintendent experience...
Groton's Annual Town Election will be held on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. At stake is a contested seat for the Board of Selectmen; 3 candidates are on the ballot. All other expiring elected terms are also on the ballot. Absentee ballots are available at the Town Clerk's office. A sample ballot can be...
The funds to purchase the Lawrence Homestead Trust land on Farmers Row were approved by a 2/3 majority of voters at the first session of the Annual Spring Town Meeting. The intent is that this site will be the home to a potential 18,500 sq. foot new Center Fire Station. Cost of the 2.79-acre parcel...
Slightly more than 100 voters were present Monday night at the second session of Annual Town Meeting to make a decision on the ratification of the far-reaching, updated Comprehensive Master Plan; and 81 of those voters approved the plan as it was presented. Planning Board member George Barringer...
With a few details remaining, the Groton Center Fire Station Committee told Selectmen that they will have their final recommendation for the fire station site by Friday. Three sites are under consideration. Those in the running include Prescott School, Groton Electric Light Department (GELD)...
At the April 10 School Committee meeting it was announced that a Memorandum of Agreement has been signed by all members of Public Employees Committee (PEC), agreeing to the health care benefits proposal for July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2015. The PEC members represent the district's five unions -...
Groton School Headmaster Richard B. Commons has announced that he will leave Groton School at the end of June 2013 to become President of Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles.
"The honor of serving as Groton's seventh headmaster and leading one of the great secondary schools in the world remains...
Groton Water Department will begin its annual flushing of the water distribution system Thursday, April 12-Wednesday, April 25. All water main flushing occurs during the daytime only. We anticipate the flushing program will take approximately two weeks to complete. You will experience discolored...
Selectmen have reviewed the 2012 Spring Town Meeting Warrant with few of the total 26 articles generating significant debate or many questions. Town Meeting will be held Monday, April 30 starting at 7 p.m. in Groton-Dunstable Middle School South Auditorium.
One major issue is Capital Budget...
This spring Middlesex Conservation District, in partnership with Natural Resources Conservation Service, announces a series of interactive public workshops as a part of a countywide conservation needs assessment. Dubbed the "Local Working Group," the workshops will provide an interactive setting to...