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Groton used to include what is now the town of Ledyard, which separated from Groton in 1836. The original center of Groton is still known as Center Groton at the present-day intersection of Route 184 and Route 117, now in the north-central part of town, due to the departure of Ledyard to the north. Groton Center was the location of the town's ...
The village of Groton incorporated as a borough in 1903, and the residents of the borough of Groton reincorporated as the city of Groton in 1964. It is the only remaining city in the state of Connecticut that is not governmentally consolidated with its parent town. [1] The city is part of the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The ...
Under Connecticut's Home Rule Act, any town is permitted to adopt its own local charter and choose its own structure of government. The three basic structures of municipal government used in the state, with variations from place to place, are the selectman –town meeting, mayor – council , and manager –council.
Dec. 1—GROTON — The Town of Groton has joined a movement of communities and states that no longer observe Columbus Day, as it will now observe the holiday on the second Monday in October as ...
Towns traditionally have a town meeting form of government; under the Home Rule Act, ... Southeastern Connecticut: Groton: Town: 1705 31.3 38,411 40,115 38,411
Feb. 26—GROTON — People packed a contentious meeting Thursday on a proposed data center agreement for land south of Interstate 95, a proposal that drew opposition over potential impacts to the ...
Poquonock Bridge is a census-designated place (CDP) and village in the town of Groton in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,686 at the 2020 census. [2] The village is located just east of the head of the Poquonnock River near the intersection of U.S. Route 1 and Connecticut Route 117.
Nov. 8—GROTON — Four Democrats and one Republican won four-year seats and a Democrat won a two-year seat on the Board of Education in Tuesday's election, according to unofficial results from ...