Groton Does the community think tiny liquor bottles are creating a litter problem?
That’s one of the questions the Groton Conservation Commission is posing in a new poll of residents and business owners to find out if they would support a potential statewide ban on small liquor bottles, or nips, Chairman Larry Dunn said.
“The Town of Groton is interested in getting your input on a potential bill proposal to ban tiny liquor bottles, also known as Nips, in the State of Connecticut,” the survey introduction states. The nonprofit organization Environment and Human Health Inc. is working on a draft bill that it hopes to have sponsored and introduced in the upcoming legislative session, it says. In the event the bill is introduced, your input will be helpful in considering whether the Town of Groton should support the bill.”
Tony Hooper, co-founder of folk-rockers the Strawbs who left the band on brink of stardom – obituary
Weary of touring and musical differences, he left the band he had helped to form as a Twickenham schoolboy to embrace simple pleasures
19 December 2020 • 6:08am
The Strawbs in 1971 (left to right): Dave Cousins, Tony Hooper, Rick Wakeman, John Ford and Richard Hudson
Credit: Michael Putland/Getty Images
Tony Hooper, who has died aged 81, was a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and founder member of the folk-rock band the Strawbs, but quit when they were on the brink of the big time to pursue a more conventional career in engineering and publishing.