Groveland Select Board Releases 43-Year Quarry Bond, Tables Pride Flag Vote

GROVELAND -- June 22, 2026, Groveland Select Board releases a $83,382 quarry bond and tables a pride flag vote pending a new flag policy. The board voted 4-0 at its June 22 meeting to authorize release of $83,382.68 in cash bonds held since 1981 for the Sewell Street Quarry, determining that all conditions of the town's earth removal permit had been met; property owner William Daly of 7 Hemlock Lane will take the authorization to the bank holding the funds to establish his successor-in-interest claim. The board also tabled a Groveland Democratic Town Committee request to fly a pride flag at Town Hall, with Select Board Member Steve Baker citing the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Shurtleff v. City of Boston, which requires equal treatment of all flag requests once any third-party flag is approved, and directing Town Administrator Rebecca to draft a flag policy for the July 6 meeting. In a separate 4-0 vote, the board directed a letter to the Water and Sewer Commission asking whether the planned site for the town's roughly $29 million water treatment facility, located in proximity to the Merrimack River floodplain, remains open for reconsideration, after Select Board Member Kathy said she could not answer constituent questions about why the Pines Recreation Area site was chosen over alternatives.