Daily Five: Dollar Tree Open On Long Hill Road

1.  Today is Tuesday, Feb. 7.  The National Weather Service predicts sunny skies and a high temperature of 47 degrees. Tonight will be mostly cloudy, with a low of 28.

2.  Groton's will be held at 7:30 p.m. today in the Town Hall Annex. The hearing is a chance for residents to comment to the town council about Groton's spending, taxes and finances before the budget is submitted. The town manager will submit the budget to Town Council by March 15. A public hearing on the budget he submits is scheduled for 7 p.m. on March 29 in the Groton Senior Center.

3.  Dollar Tree opened a new store on Jan. 29 in the shopping center that houses and on Long Hill Road. The Town Council will recognize Dollar Tree and welcome it to Groton with a proclamation tonight. The proclamation includes this observation: "a healthy economy is dependent upon the strength and diversity of the businesses that call a community home. . .".

4.  Ed Pasch, a maintenance technician for Groton's Department of Public Works, will be recognized by the council tonight for 23 years of service. Pasch retired on Feb. 1. He worked as equipment operator for the roads and streets division, a maintenance worker, and a maintenance technician. 

". . .Those years of service have been marked by dedicated effort during which Ed was willing to assist others, making significant contributions to the efficient delivery and operation of public works systems and programs," the proclamation says.

5.  The council is expected to vote tonight on studying the possibility of acquiring the sail of the USS Groton. The council approved a resolution in 2007 authorizing a committee to study the matter, but the committee was never appointed. The plan now is to have the mayor appoint a committee to look at the cost and logistics of obtaining the USS Groton's sail and propeller, and to suggest a place where it might be displayed.