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When I was a young boy during the bicentennial of the American Revolution, I was mesmerized when my parents took me to see the site of the Battle of Groton Heights.
Groton — The City of Groton will hold a Freeman’s Meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, March 1 to vote on authorizing bonding for city and utility projects, from improvements to the Tyler House at Eastern Point Beach to upgrades to electric transmission lines. People will vote on repurposing $600,000 in unspent bond money towards municipal projects that include replacing windows at the Tyler House; improvements to the landing, windows and doors at the Municipal Building; an asbestos abatement project in the communications room; renovations to the police locker rooms and repaving at the Company One ...
History Revisited: The evolution of Groton schools This 1906 photograph depicts students in front of the Poquonnock Bridge School, which was originally Groton’s Seventh District School, was built in 1797 and added to in 1890. The school was destroyed by an arson fire in 1912. (photo courtesy of Carol Kimball) Published December 15. 2020 7:55AM Jim Streeter, Special to The Times One of the primary and major responsibilities of a local government is to provide children with adequate educational opportunities. In 1698, the purpose of schooling was to teach children to “read, write and cyph...