News
by Connie Sartini
The Affordable Housing Trust members presented their Annual Report to the Select Board on Monday night. Following a detailed overview of the status of affordable housing in Groton, Affordable Housing Task Force Chairman Becky Pine asked the Select Board to support annual...
by Connie Sartini
Select Board member Becky Pine requested that the Select Board consider amending the Charge of the Capital Planning Advisory Committee (CPAC) to limit the number of members serving on both the CPAC and the Finance Committee. She is recommending that no more than two members of...
With Representative Margaret Scarsdale joining the majority, House 129-22, voted to seat Democrat Kristin Kassner as the state representative from the 2nd Essex District which covers the North Shore towns of Georgetown, Hamilton, Ipswich, Newbury and Rowley, and one precincts in Topsfield. In...
by Connie Sartini
Select Board member Becky Pine requested that the Select Board consider amending the Charge of the Capital Planning Advisory Committee (CPAC) to limit the number of members serving on both the CPAC and the Finance Committee. She is recommending that no more than two members of...
By Connie Sartini
A member of the Nashoba Valley Artist Guild, Wendy Prest, is the featured artist for the month at the Forge & Vine restaurant.
A pastel artist who has lived on Lost Lake for 15 years, she enjoyed a family cottage there since she was married in 1966. Her interest in art...
Americans are evenly split on whether gambling on sports should be allowed, despite the practice being legal in more than half of the U.S., according to a poll released Wednesday by UMass Lowell’s Center for Public Opinion.
Respondents shared other views, particularly about professional...
by Connie Sartini
The Select Board and Town Clerk held a public hearing on Monday January 30, 2023 to consider opting out of Vote By Mail for the May 23, 2023 Annual Town Election.
Town Clerk Dawn Dunbar presented a diagram from another town that showed the process that vote by mail presents...
by Connie Sartini
The Capital Planning Advisory Committee conducted a Public Hearing/Forum on Monday night to discuss and take input on the future capital needs of the Prescott School. The purpose of the meeting was to be updated on the long-term capital needs for the Prescott Community Center...
by Marlena Gilbert
The Groton-Dunstable Regional School Committee (GDRSC) evaluates the Superintendent annually, the only position that, by law, must be evaluated in public session. The methodology in which a superintendent is evaluated is specific to what is agreed upon between the school...
$150 Million in COVID Relief Funds May be Set Aside to Offset Cost Overruns Due to Post-Pandemic Issues of Supply Chain Problems, Increased Cost of Building
Materials and Labor Shortages
by Robert Stewart
State Senator Edward Kennedy, who formerly represented Groton in the State Senate, has...