July 2024

The Bulletin Board

July 26, 2024
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Blood Drive, Saturday July 27 (From Project Beacon, founded by an Acton Boxborough Regional High School rising senior) Massachusetts General Hospital is hosting a blood drive at the Acton Recreation Center (50 Audubon Drive) on Saturday, July 27th. Refreshments and free T-shirts will be provided, along with Taylor…
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The Bulletin Board

July 19, 2024
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The Acton Exchange is developing a calendar capacity which we expect to roll out in the coming months. We are looking for a volunteer editor to update the calendar announcements weekly. In the meantime, please email your announcements to the editors at editors@actonexchange.org by Tuesday at noon for…
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This 2006 image depicted a female Aedes aegypti mosquito as she was obtaining a blood-meal from a human host through her fascicle, which had penetrated the host skin, was reddening in color, reflecting the blood's coloration through this tubular structure. In this case, what would normally be an unsuspecting host was actually the CDC's biomedical photographer's own hand, which he'd offered to the hungry mosquito so that she'd alight, and be photographed while feeding.

Little buggers

July 12, 2024
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Quick, what is the world’s deadliest animal? Bears? Sharks? Mountain lions? Nope. Actually it is the teeny tiny mosquito. That’s right, mosquito-borne diseases are responsible for an estimated 1,000,000 deaths each year. This includes malaria, Zika, dengue, and a little closer to home, West Nile virus and eastern…
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Live it up at Disability Pride event at Dunn Pond State Park

July 12, 2024
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Every summer, longtime independent living and transportation advocate Lisa Franklin encourages fellow Acton residents to join the annual Disability Pride event, or ADA Day, hosted by the Mass. State Independent Living Council at Dunn Pond State Park in Gardner. Franklin, a thirty-plus year stroke survivor, recalls a member…
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Opioid settlement will provide nearly $600,000 for Acton

July 12, 2024
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Beginning in the 1990s the opioid crisis impacted people throughout the US. Overuse, misuse/abuse and overdose deaths have led to significant medical, social, psychological, demographic and economic consequences. Communities have dealt with these consequences in a variety of ways. According to the Mayo Clinic, one of the leading…
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Select Board Notes, 8 July 2024: Dogs, Guns, Dollars, and Goals

July 12, 2024
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Resident concerns Mr. Marty Benson thanked then-outgoing Chair Jim Snyder-Grant for his closing remarks as Chair at the May 20, 2024 Select Board Meeting, and reminded the Board of as-yet-unfulfilled records requests. Select Board member minutes Dangerous dog hearing On April 1, 2024 the Acton Exchange reported on…
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Acton seniors tour Haartz Corporation headquarters

July 12, 2024
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Acton seniors toured the Haartz Corporation headquarters on Hayward Road on June 26. Visitors were hosted by the company’s executives, who provided a full tour. The well-received tour was arranged by Chris Chirokas, Acton Council on Aging Program Manager. Chirokas arranged two tours to Haartz in June and…
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A man wearing a suit and tie stands at a podium. He is presenting an award to a young woman dressed in a t-shirt and sneakers.

Lifeguard saves five-year-old, wins honors

July 5, 2024
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Alison Mammola, a nineteen-year-old lifeguard, was honored in Acton Town Hall by local and state officials today for her quick thinking and outstanding bravery in saving a drowning 5-year-old boy on Sunday, June 23, 2024. In the spacious Francis Faulkner Meeting Room, over one hundred people participated in…
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A group of people are standing in a gym. There are colored cones on the floor and a woman in a pink jacket brings a ball over to the clients.

Business Briefs

July 5, 2024
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“Eve and Murray” to open a restaurant Dawn Eve Aguiar and Tamara Murray Deluzio, owners of the farm to home store, Eve and Murray’s, will open a restaurant this fall. The location is 251 Arlington St., in the building formerly occupied by Savory Lane, Orange Door Hospitality and,…
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July 4 fireworks are back with a bang

July 5, 2024
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Acton’s locally renowned fireworks display is back after a four year pandemic hiatus and scheduling issues! With music by the Cars tribute band, Best Friend’s Girl, food trucks, and a fine display of fireworks, Acton’s Independence Day celebrations have returned, better than ever. If you have some great…
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School Committee June Update

July 5, 2024
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School Committee Summer Workshop Focuses on Strategic Budgeting The School Committee held its annual summer workshop on June 24, which featured author, consultant, and speaker Nate Levenson of New Solutions K12. Levenson has helped over 250 school districts deploy creative solutions to decrease spending while maintaining high standards…
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