Groton News

Groton schools superintendent has accepted a job offer from Peabody, his home town, to become that town's superintendent effective July 1. Boston/com story at http://bo.st/w315uL "Opportunities in life often come unanticipated," begins an e-mail from Groton-Dunstable Regional School District Superintendent Joe Mastracola, in which he explains that ... (more)

GDEF's popular Trivia Nights are back for two more nights this winter, Saturday, March 3, at the Main Street Caf, Groton.

Massachusetts will conduct its presidential primary on Tuesday, March 6. The deadline to register to vote in the election is Wednesday, Feb.

Robert Gamlin's parents, Florence and Edward, were married on June 21, 1916, in Groton and stayed on with his grandmother, Emma Jane Gamlin, at Crystal Spring Farm on Old Dunstable Road.

And if that doesn't seem particularly noteworthy to you, don't say so to the Concord Area Humanists.

For the second year in a row, the Groton-Dunstable Regional School District has submitting a fiscal 2013 budget that includes no new spending over last year.

First, my apologies to the readers for the length of this letter, but there is a lot of ground to cover.

A minor operator was cited for speeding, marked lanes violations and operating to endanger following a Monday afternoon accident on Old Ayer Road in Groton.

Groton and Ayer Police and Fire Departments responded this afternoon to the scene of a two vehicle accident on Old Ayer Road in Groton.

One of the many charms that Groton holds is Lavender, an amazing flower and gift shop and the living, breathing embodiment of the talents and hard work of its owner Lisa Bohne.

"People don't have conversations about mental-health care; it's just not a subject that comes up at your kid's soccer game," said Steve Boczenowski of Groton, who lost his 21-year-old son, Jeffrey, to a drug overdose-suicide in December of 2009.

Forced to pursue other alternatives as the location of a new center fire station, town officials have widened their search to include property that may not include immediate access to Main Street.

Forced to pursue other alternatives as the location of a new Center Fire Station, town officials have widened their search to include property that may not include immediate access to Main Street.

He led the United States through the Great Depression and World War II. The second part of the two-part series on Franklin D. Roosevelt which covers his presidency from World War II until his death.

"Opportunities in life often come unanticipated," begins an e-mail from Groton-Dunstable Regional School District Superintendent Joe Mastracola, in which he explains that his being short-listed to fill the superintendent's slot in his home town of Peabody is just one of those unplanned things that occasionally happen to people.

On Feb. 5, the Groton Historical Society will be presenting a talk and slide show by John Tyler of Groton School.

Town Manager Mark Haddad expressed optimism Monday night regarding the town's municipal budget for fiscal 2013, a draft of which he submitted to selectmen earlier this month.

Jerome Tarter and his family were coming home from church Sunday afternoon when he found himself facing a barricaded street clogged with firetrucks.

Free dinner, live music and good company: Groton Community Dinner, First Parish Church.

Donations of gift cards are being sought by community organizers trying to help the five families displaced by a three alarm fire last Sunday in the Petapawag Place apartment complex on Lowell Road near Main Street.