Groton News

Xavier and Teresa Harrison and their son, seventh-grader Zack, all of Groton, chat with Nashoba Tech Chef-Instructor Carley Engle during the school's recent Open House and Career Night WESTFORD - Nashoba Valley Technical High School's recent Open House and Career Night included a little something for everyone: tours of the school and its 18 ... (more)

Town officials may have begun to see daylight in a long-running issue with local landowner Lawrence Johnson, who has been working to comply with orders to clean up his debris-strewn property.

Meeting with representatives of the town's two major private schools Tuesday, the Historic Districts Commission discussed plans for major changes to the architectural landscape at both institutions.

Over the past several months, Groton's Cable Advisory Committee has been negotiating the renewal of Charter Communications' cable television license with the Town of Groton.

I am an 11 year old greyhound in foster care here in Groton. I've been here a few weeks now & the Town seems like the kind of place that I could settle into pretty easily.

Westford Academy seniors Meghan Hurley, Megan Walter and Sage Riddick recently held a fundraiser, Art For a Better Start, with help from their teacher Jennifer Girardi, as a senior project.

About 40 adults and a few kids and dogs attended Groton's Arbor Day festivities on Sawyer Common Sunday May 19, organized by the Friends of the Trees and the Groton Garden Club.

Air horns, confetti and bouncing beach balls marked the jubilant conclusion of Fitchburg State University's 117th commencement ceremony after 425 of about 600 graduates walked across the dais in the school quad Saturday.

Most of Groton was asleep last Saturday morning, when Anne Dries of Buddha Nest Yoga kicked off the Art and Climate Transition Festival's day-long run with sunrise yoga at the top of Gibbet Hill.

A pediatrician and a nurse would weigh and measure infants in a corner on the second floor, where the Groton Woman's Club operated a well-baby clinic.

Community A Church / Religion A Christian Union Church A Ham and Beans Highlight the Last Public Supper of the Season at Christian Union Church The last public supper of the season at Christian Union Church will feature homemade baked beans, baked ham, potato salad, cole slaw, dessert and beverage on Saturday, May 18th.

Unlike Kathryn McGuire of Groton, the distracted driver featured in the "Just a Few Seconds" video shown to hundreds of Lowell High Students at the Lowell High assembly Tuesday received rubber bracelets bearing the Web address, endDD.org, and the End Distracted Driving symbol depicting a driver's two hands on the wheel, eyes straight ahead.

Community A Church / Religion A Christian Union Church A Ham and Beans Highlight the Last Public Supper of the Season at Christian Union Church The last public supper of the season at Christian Union Church will feature homemade baked beans, baked ham, potato salad, cole slaw, dessert and beverage on Saturday, May 18th.

The Lawrence Academy Music Program presents the second annual concert in its series, Calling All Composers!, on Monday, starting at 6:45 p.m. Intended to provide LA students and the Groton community direct access to the highest level of piano performance and composition, the series welcomes pianist Jun Toguchi, who will perform the works of two of ... (more)

Women's Club Luncheon & Gay 90s Celebration with Pianist Lis Leal, Wednesday, May 15, at noon, at the Groton Senior Center It is time to honor all those Groton residents who are 90 or older.

He's now 35 years old but when Will Wellman was 16, he suffered a traumatic brain injury in a tragic car accident.

The nine-day itinerary includes round-trip transportation from Groton to Logan International Airport, daily sightseeing on a deluxe motor coach, seven nights at a four-star hotel on Lake Como, breakfast and dinner each evening, boat cruises on Lake Como and Lake Maggiore, funicular railway in Bergamo and many other services.

Country Day School presents "King Midas and the Palace of Gold": King Midas is the powerful ruler who can think only of gold.

Who can forget the celebrated moment in 1989 when then-President Ronald Reagan seized on the movement in Germany to unify its two halves separated by the Berlin Wall? On our recent tour of Berlin, to visit the home of my paternal grandmother, I was reminded of this sinister division that separated father from daughter, mother from son, and drove a ... (more)

Community A Climate Action Collaborative A ACTing Local On a Global Problem: Groton Hosts the Art and Climate Transition Festival May 11 A local collaborative is applying art in many mediums to address a global issue next week, when the Climate Action Collaborative presents the Art and Climate Transition Festival on Friday and Saturday, May 10 and ... (more)