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Select Board adopts FY28 override guidance

Groton's Select Board unanimously adopted fiscal year 2028 budget guidance directing the town manager to prepare a balanced budget plus three tiered Proposition 2½ override options.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 26

Government · Select Board

Select Board waives fees for $3M housing project

Groton Select Board waived local permitting fees for the Groton Housing Authority's roughly $3 million Petapawag Place renovation.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 19

Government · Select Board

Board Authorizes Counsel Despite Disclosed Conflict

Groton Select Board voted 4-0 to authorize outside counsel to continue working on a Park Commission contract despite a disclosed conflict of interest.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 13

Government · Select Board

Board OKs release of Farmers Row land rights

Groton fire staffing study urges four more firefighters as calls climb 35 percent.

Townbrief reporting · Sep 28

Government · Select Board

Groton manager cancels Flock camera contract, effective immediately

Groton's town manager cancels Flock Safety camera contract, punts policy decision to 2027 town meeting.

Townbrief reporting · Aug 31

Government · Select Board

Select Board previews 19-article fall town meeting warrant

Groton previews a 19-article fall warrant led by a citizen petition to kill its license plate reader cameras.

Townbrief reporting · Aug 17

Government · Select Board

Groton Select Board Raises Stormwater Fee 15 Percent, Defers Representative Town Meeting Decision

Groton Select Board raises stormwater fee to $69 and sidesteps a push to study representative town meeting.

Townbrief reporting · Jul 27

Government · Select Board

Groton Select Board Acknowledges Open Meeting Law Violations, Approves Corrective Letters

Groton Select Board admits open meeting law violations over appointment notices, votes to respond.

Townbrief reporting · Jul 16

Government · Select Board

Groton Select Board Sets October 3 Town Meeting, Appoints Two Committee Members

Groton Select Board compresses fall town meeting calendar to October 3 to avoid early-voting conflict. The board voted unanimously to call the 2026 fall town meeting for Saturday, October 3, beginning at 9 a.m., with the warrant closing August 13 — roughly two weeks earlier than a standard schedule.

Townbrief reporting · Jul 13

Government · Select Board

Groton Select Board Ratifies Three Appointments, Fills Sewer Seat From Audience

Groton Select Board fills four vacancies in one meeting, including a sewer commissioner recruited from the audience.

Townbrief reporting · Jun 29