Mary Morrisson Elementary School won an "exemplary achievement gap closing" award but has closed; its students and some staff are now at Thames River, so
The locations for the Democratic primary election, which will be held from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sept. 14, are the same as in the Nov. 2020 presidential election.
Groton The town is in negotiations with a potential developer for the former Pleasant Valley Elementary School property.
A public unveiling of the name of the developer and the redevelopment proposal itself for the site at 380 Pleasant Valley Road South, near Route 12, is expected within the next several weeks, Groton Economic and Community Development Manager Paige Bronk said in a phone interview.
The approximately 17-acre parcel, with four existing buildings on site, is zoned for multifamily residential, Groton Director of Planning and Development Services Jon Reiner said at Tuesday s Town Council Committee of the Whole meeting. Both water and sewer infrastructure are available to the property.
Waterford Resident Hilary Baude said donating a kidney was the easiest decision she ever made.
Baude, a kindergarten teacher at Mary Morrisson Elementary School in Groton, was watching the news on New Year’s Eve when she saw a segment about CBS Executive Marc Weiner’s search for a kidney donation.
As she watched, she said she connected with Weiner’s story. Baude and her family had experienced their own struggles when their oldest daughter, now 8, was born prematurely at 2 pounds, 3 ounces. Her daughter spent time in a neonatal intensive care unit and had open heart surgery at five months old. Later, the family experienced another struggle when her husband was diagnosed with cancer.