TEDxCambridge, the Massachusetts chapter of the internationally known TEDx, is moving its home to the Groton Hill Music Hall and rebranding itself for a more regional approach, beginning with an inaugural TEDx conference next month.
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Groton Select Board calls for Healey administration to declare state of emergency in hospital closures
Joining other towns within the hospital’s area of coverage, the Groton Select Board voted unanimously Monday evening to support a resolution calling for Gov. Maura Healey to declare a state of emergency in the impending closure of Nashoba Valley Medical Center.
Motorcyclist killed in head-on crash with motor vehicle in Groton
GROTON — A motorcyclist from Ayer was killed late Wednesday afternoon when a motor vehicle veered into his lane of travel on Boston Road, striking him head-on.
Nashoba Tech breaks ground on expansion
WESTFORD — With dozens of school, district and state officials on hand, Nashoba Valley Technical High School officially broke ground on a 7,000-square-foot addition on Friday, April 12. The major expansion and modernization project for the regional vocational school is going forward thanks to three state grants totaling $6.75 million. Superintendent Denise Pigeon said the […]
Philanthropist, volunteer Al Stone had ‘immeasurable’ impact
TOWNSEND — Albert Stone, who died at his home on Dec. 12, 2023 at the age of 95, was a “respected visionary and cherished leader,” according to his obituary. To the people whose lives he touched, Al Stone was all that and more. A low-key philanthropist. A man of few words and many interests. A […]
Editorial: Towns face tough decisions in wake of override vetoes
Are we about to relive some 1980s “nostalgia” that those of a certain age would sooner forget? For municipal and school department employees, those halcyon days were anything but. Proposition 2½, which Massachusetts enacted in 1982, limits the amount of revenue a community can raise from property taxes annually to 2.5% above the previous year’s […]
