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 ROAD BAN POSTINGS

Effective March 4, 2025 the State Roads in Groton are being posted for NHDOT state restricted weight limits. They estimate that the roads will be posted until April 15, 2025. However, they may shorten or lengthen the posting period based on future road and/or weather conditions.

 

The Town Roads will be posted effective March 10, 2025.

 

Thank you for your cooperation!

 

 

TRANSFER STATION POSTING

Effective March 3, 2025, the Transfer Station will not be accepting construction debris or mattresses and furniture for the length of the road weight limit postings.

Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Thank you for your understanding.

 

PASQUANEY SCHOOL DISTRICT/SAU 108 POSTINGS

*Pasquaney School District/SAU 108 Annual Meeting will take place Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 6:00pm at BHVS.

*Pasquaney School District/SAU 108 is looking for a Main Office Administrative Assistant/Receptionist. Click here for more information.

*Pasquaney Preschool is now seeking applicants for the 2025-2026 school year. Click here for more information.

 

PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE- MAP 2 LOT 75 IS SCHEDULED FOR SITE REVIEW

According to NH Revised Statutes Annotated and the Town of Groton site regulations and Zoning it is required that Notice of a lot scheduled for Site Review be provided.

You are hereby notified that an application for Site Review will be submitted to the Planning Board (“Board”) and a Public Hearing scheduled during the Board’s meeting on March 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM at the Groton Town House located at 754 N. Groton Rd Groton NH. The applicant, Nicholas Wilson proposes to build a slaughter & meat processing home business on his lot at 19 MacDonald Lane, Map #2 Lot #75.

You are encouraged to attend the Hearing or email the Board at planningboard@grotonnh.org if you have comments.

Upon a finding by the Board, that the application meets the submission requirements of the Groton site review regulations, the Board will vote to accept the application as complete, and a public hearing on the merits of the proposal will follow immediately.

Should a decision on the merits of the proposal not be reached following the public hearing, this application will stay on the Planning Board agenda until such time as it is either approved or disapproved.

Should this application be disapproved, the applicant will receive written notice from the Planning Board within 5 business days stating the reasons for disapproval, and advising the applicant of what corrective measures would be needed.

Groton Planning Board

Hearing Noticed on:

Town web site & bulletin boards

Abutter Notice mailed

 

PUBLIC HEARING ON RSA 74:10

The Select Board has scheduled a public hearing for Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 7:00pm, regarding RSA 74:10, for the public to provide comments on one’s liability to be taxed. This meeting will be held at the Town House at 754 North Groton Road.

Ø The PA-28, 2025 Inventory of Taxable Property form, will be handed out at elections on March 11, 2025, to those who come in to vote. It will be mailed out to those who do not come in to vote.

Ø These are due back to the Town of Groton Select Board Office on or before April 15, 2025. They will be accepted in person or you can send them in. If you choose to mail it in, they must be postmarked with the date of April 15, 2025, or earlier, to avoid any penalties.

Ø Any person or corporation who fails to file an Inventory of Taxable Property form by April 15, 2025 under RSA 74:7-a, shall be assessed a penalty equal to 1% of the property tax and not less than $10 or more than $50.

 

PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING UPDATE 

The pre-construction meeting with the Town, USDA, the Architect and Kuplin Land Services finally took place on October 1, 2024. We received the go ahead for the work to start. Kuplin Land Services had been out there doing site work and the foundation had been poured. The building was delivered on 1/13/25. Construction began the same day. Feel free to drive by to see. Thank you for your patience and understanding during this process!

 

TOWN OF GROTON  

Winter Reminders                    

Now that winter is upon us, the Select Board and the Highway Department want to remind you of the following items:

·  Residents are allowed to take three 5-gallon buckets (15 shovels full) of sand for their residence in Groton only. The use of town sand for commercial sanding or in mechanical sanders is not allowed.

· Please make sure you park your car at least 4 feet off the road side to allow for plowing. All residents are required to follow the Town Parking Ordinance which states under Parking Restrictions, section D: Snow Removal:  No vehicle shall be parked on any street maintained by the New Hampshire Department of Transportation or the Town of Groton in such a manner so as to impede snow removal. No person shall stop or cause to be stopped, or park any vehicle, so as to impede or interfere with the proper snow clearing operations of the NH DOT or Town, when snow removal operations are in effect. As you are aware, snow removal operations are currently in effect. All vehicles found in violation of this ordinance may be removed (towed) and costs of such removal and subsequent storage of removed vehicles shall be at the expense of the owner of the vehicle.

· If you plow, snow blow or shovel snow from your property into the road, you are required to clean it up and will be held liable for any injuries or damages caused by those conditions if you do not clean it up. As stated in the Winter Maintenance of Roads and Sidewalks that New Hampshire Municipal Association (NHMA) put out, an abutter might, for instance, blow snow onto the sidewalk or into the road, or create runoff from melting snow on a roof that flows onto the sidewalk or road and freezes. In that case, the abutter may be held liable for any injuries or damages caused by those conditions. Ritzman v. Kashulines, 126 N.H. 286 (1985). Moreover, the municipality can require the abutter to correct conditions they have caused to the public sidewalk or road, or to pay the municipality’s costs in doing so. Directing water onto a sidewalk or road may cause ice to form and make the sidewalk or road dangerous for public use; this is considered a “violation" under the law, and the abutter may be fined by a court. RSA 236:19. Municipalities may notify the abutter of the problem and request them to correct it. RSA 236:35. If the abutter does not comply, the municipality can correct the situation itself and a court may order the abutter to repay the municipality the costs of responding to the situation. RSA 236:29; RSA 236:32; RSA 236:39.

 

NH DOT DRIVING TOWARD ZERO 

With roadway fatalities up this year, the NH DOT has a program called "Driving Toward Zero (DTZ)". This was developed in part for those who have pledged to be a safer driver with their program. Their goal was to introduce DTZ and some basic concepts of Highway Safety. They intend to take some deeper dives into Highway Safety activity in the future.

Click here to view the first edition of the quarterly newsletter or DTZ.

Click here for the updated pledge card.

 

SAU 108 UPDATE

Please click here to view an SAU 108 News Brief from the Groton Select Board.

 

The Pasquaney School District SAU #108 School Board will be meeting on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 6:00pm (5:15 non-public) at the Bridgewater-Hebron Village School Library.

Click here to view that meeting agenda.

 

The Steering Committee created a website to allow for greater communication with the public. This will be a repository for future information and data.

Please click here to view this website.

 

 

911 CARES SIGNUP

NH 911 CARES (previously Supplemental Ali) is now available online. Accessing your account information is easier than ever as you can access it anytime, anywhere using the NH 911 CARES website. The CARES (Citizen Assistance Registry for Emergency Services) website is a service that provides additional information to an emergency 911 dispatcher at the time of a 911 call. In use for more than 10 years, CARES information has been used in countless 911 calls, assisting dispatchers by providing important information that a caller may not be able to provide them verbally. This information is medical in nature, and thus protected by the NH 911 Division and only used for emergency services at the time of a 911 call. NH 911 is dedicated to providing the best emergency care in the shortest amount of time, and the CARES program is one aspect of that mission.

To register yourself or someone else, please log onto https://cares.desc.nh.gov and set up a New Account.

If you have any questions or need assistance with registration, please contact us at 603-271-6911 or NH911CARES@desc.nh.gov.

 Click here for the 911 cares handout

Click here for the 911 cares FAQ sheet

 

 

Funding Available for Good Land Stewards
Are you a forest, crop, or pasture landowner or land manager who is doing a good job stewarding your land? If so, you might be interested in USDA NRCS’s Conservation Stewardship Program. This program rewards good land stewardship, and helps further enhance that stewardship, through installation of conservation practices. If your land meets the criteria, you may qualify for annual payments of $1500 or higher, plus payments for completing conservation practices.

Interested in managing your forest to improve wildlife habitat or forest health? USDA NRCS also offers funding for Forest Management plans and incentives for implementing wildlife habitat and forest health practices.
For information, please contact the USDA NRCS office in Orford, NH at 603-353-4651 x 3 or eric.dugas@usda.gov.

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/NewHampshire.

 

CRIMINAL ACTIVITY WARNING FROM CHIEF BAGAN

There has been a report of items from a garage in Town being pilfered.  Please be diligent and keep your homes and vehicles locked when unattended where ever you are, it doesn’t take long for an opportunistic bad guy to take advantage.  If you see anything out of the ordinary, a person or vehicle that seems out of place please call the local Police Department. 

 

HEBRON FIRE RECRUITMENT

Hebron Fire provides services to the Town of Groton and they are looking for firefighters. Click here to view the recruitment poster. If you are interested in becoming a firefighter they could use your help!!

 

Address                                           
754 North Groton Road
Groton, NH 03241                                                                 

Email Select Board's Office: selectmen@grotonnh.org Town Clerk/Tax Collector: townclerk@grotonnh.org

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Links

Grafton County Senior Citizens Council

Newfound Area Nursing Association

Newfound School District

Pemi-Baker Community Health

Tapply Thompson Community Center

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