Groton Representative Town Meeting member Michael Whitehouse, left, and former Town Manager Mark Oefinger, right, add their signatures to a 33-foot, 1,000-pound steel beam about to be raised for a topping-off ceremony for the new Groton middle school on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, at the site on Fort Hill. The new school, which will open for the 2020-21 academic year, will consolidate the district's two middle schools into one building. Guests at the ceremony added their signatures to the beam before it was raised into position by steelworkers with Eastern Steel Erectors and Schenectady Steel. Superintended Michael Graner delivered remarks to those gathered. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Steelworkers guide a 33-foot, 1,000-pound beam into place as local officials gather for a topping-off ceremony for the new Groton middle school Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, at the site on Fort Hill. The new school, which will open for the 2020-21 academic year, will consolidate the district's two middle schools into one building. Guests at the ceremony added their signatures to the beam before it was raised into position by workers with Eastern Steel Erectors and Schenectady Steel. Superintended Michael Graner delivered remarks to those gathered before it was raised. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Local officials watch as a 33-foot, 1,000-pound beam is raised into place for a topping-off ceremony for the new Groton middle school Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, at the site on Fort Hill. The new school, which will open for the 2020-21 academic year, will consolidate the district's two middle schools into one building. Guests at the ceremony added their signatures to the beam before it was raised into position by workers with Eastern Steel Erectors and Schenectady Steel. Superintended Michael Graner delivered remarks to those gathered before it was raised. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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