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Betsy Moukawsher announces Town Clerk Candidacy

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Betsy Moukawsher, currently our town chair, has announced her candidacy to succeed Barbara Tarbox as Town Clerk. Betsy’s Press Release: Betsy Moukawsher a Candidate for Clerk RTM Member and Democratic Chair Promises Continuity Promising to carry on the job’s tradition of integrity and professionalism, Groton resident Betsy Moukawsher announced today that she will run for […]

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A loss for Groton

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Now that Barbara Tarbox, Groton’s estimable Town Clerk, has made her intentions to retire official (I’ve known for a while of her intentions), I feel I can pay tribute to her on the pages of this humble blog It is difficult to imagine how poorly the town would operate without a good town clerk. Besides […]

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Yet another fundraiser with yet more pictures

Sunday, April 19, 2009

This is our weekend for party functions. Yesterday we honored Nancy Driscoll and Nancy DeMarinis in Groton. As I said on yesterday’s post, there were actually four Nancys of note there (adding in Nancy DiNardo and Nancy Wyman). I couldn’t get a picture of all four together, for logistical reasons, but I’ll make up a […]

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Dem Fundraiser today

Saturday, April 18, 2009

A successful fundraising event in Groton today. We honored former state representative Nancy DeMarinis and union activist and all around great Democrat Nancy Driscoll, shown here receiving certificates of appreciation from State Representative Elissa Wright and State Senator Andy Maynard. Left to right: Nancy Demarinis, Nancy Driscoll, Elissa Wright, and Andy Maynard. It would have […]

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Noted in Passing

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

According to the print edition of today’s Day (page B4), property owned by Susette Kelo, located at 6 Chappell Street, is about to be sold at a marshal’s sale due to non-payment of taxes. Can’t someone find a way to help her extort a few bucks from New London because of this?

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Nationally known

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Atul Shah, who wrote a guest post for this blog recently, has made our chapter of Drinking Liberally nationally famous. Listen here The show was in New York, which explains the seemingly gratuitous statement about New York.

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Local Boy Wanders through Europe

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Audrey Heard sent this link to me a few minutes ago. It has very little to do with politics. It’s written by her grandson, Sam Greenfield, brother of Jay Greenfield, who was an avid volunteer campaign worker in Groton a few years back. Sam is a junior at NYU, but this year he’s studying in […]

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City Headquarters Opening

Sunday, March 29, 2009

A few pictures from the Grand Opening of the City Democrats Headquarters Opening. First, by way of a reminder that next month the Town Democrats will be hosting a fundraiser to honor the two Nancys, DeMarinis and Driscoll, here they are with Ted Moukawsher: While this picture doesn’t reflect it, the turnout was actually pretty […]

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Groton City Headquarters Opening

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Better late than never. I mean to put this up yesterday. The Groton Democratic City Committee (as distinct from the Town Committee, for those of you not familiar with the labyrinthine nature of Groton government) will celebrate the opening of their election headquarters (City elections are in May) on Sunday, March 29th from 4 – […]

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Disconsolate

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

The Norwich YMCA is closing. It’s a great loss to the Norwich community. But I come not to grieve for the town, I come to grieve for me. For the past 20 years or so, unless I’ve been in court, I have made my way at lunchtime to the Y’s excellent swimming pool to log […]

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