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Shorty: Did you catch the detail about the chainsaws on a motorboat? Not on the river banks, not after a storm — but mid-river, as if this were just another chore, like mowing the lawn. And then the trees are neatly tied off and left there, waiting for the next flood to decide their fate. So here’s...
Shorty: Did you catch the moment when the town manager called the governor “no friend to the Town of Groton”? It wasn’t shouted. It wasn’t theatrical. It came in the middle of a dense budget presentation, followed almost immediately by an apology for being flippant. Which is what made it stand out...
Anticipating questions from residents following recent state actions on civil immigration enforcement, the Groton Police Department this week issued a statement clarifying its role under Massachusetts law.
The department said its priority is ensuring the safety of all residents and emphasized...
MUNICIPAL FINANCE Groton maintains AAA bond rating following successful Wall Street meeting. Town to issue bonds February 11th for Florence Roche Elementary School completion, PFAS remediation project, and other municipal projects.
OBITUARY Former Select Board member and state representative...
Shorty: Did you notice how rare recorded disagreement actually is? One hundred twenty-two Democrats voted with the speaker every single time, and most of them declined to say why. The explanations that did surface all pointed offstage — to committees, negotiations, and fixes that happened before...
Shorty: Did you catch how often choice comes up? Not treatments or techniques, but choosing — how you eat, how you move, what you listen to, even which “knobs” you decide to turn. Jean Nordin talks about health less like a service and more like a series of small, daily acts of attention. Which...
Shorty: Did you notice that the most valuable thing in this project might not be the houses? How about 26 tax bills, no public roads, and a legal argument that keeps plows, paving, and reconstruction off the town’s books — permanently. The board kept saying precedent, but the subtext felt more like...
When the Groton Herald began publishing 47 years ago, it was built on a simple idea: that a small town deserves careful, independent reporting that pays attention and remembers context.
That belief hasn’t changed. The economics around it have.
Like most local newspapers, we have seen steady...
Shorty: Ninety preschoolers, ages three to five — and a price tag north of $700,000 once everything is counted. The committee lingered on houses and pickleball courts, but no one quite said it out loud: that’s a very expensive swing set per child. Maybe that’s the wrong way to think about it. Or...
Shorty: Did you notice what’s really being protected here? Some of the town’s best summer corn — Silver Queen, Butter and Sugar — comes from this stretch of land, and it turns out tractors and trespassing cars don’t mix. Trade a dirt road for a soggy riverbank, keep the cars out, and suddenly both...