Developing that passion for reading is crucial, according to Jim Trelease, author of the best-seller, The Read-Aloud Handbook.. Every time we read to a child, we're sending a 'pleasure' message to the child's brain, he writes in the Handbook.. You could even call it a commercial, conditioning the child to associate books and print with pleasure.. This reading commercial is critical when competition for a child's attention is so fierce.
Massachusetts has an unique unposted limit law. If a limit is not posted outside of a thickly settled area, you are not speeding unless you exceed 50 (divided highway) or 40 (undivided) for a quarter mile. In a thickly settled area other than a school zone, exceeding 30 for an eighth of a mile is speeding.
On 10/3/1970, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 3.8 miles away from the place center killed one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages. Groton-area historical earthquake activity is near Massachusetts state average.It is 89% smaller than the overall U.S. average.5.6%. According to our research of Massachusetts and other state lists there were 2 registered sex offenders living in Groton, Massachusetts as of October 12, 2015. The ratio of number of residents in Groton to the number of sex offenders is 5,391 to 1.