May 2025 Archives

Town Meeting Article 10: Community Preservation Act funds appropriated for town projects

May 10, 2025

In 2002, the Town adopted the Community Preservation Act (CPA), which established Acton’s Community Preservation Fund through a 1.5% annual surcharge on real estate property tax bills, with certain exemptions, and made the Town eligible to receive annually additional monies from the Massachusetts Community Preservation Trust Fund. Under…

Town Meeting Article 11: Home rule petition concerning Acton Memorial Library trustees

May 10, 2025

by Franny Osman

Article 11 asked the Town to petition the state legislature to increase the size of the Acton Memorial Library Board of Trustees from nine to 12. The added three trustees would be the Citizens’ Library Trustees, elected at Town Meeting as usual. In her presentation, Select Board Member…

Town Meeting Article 13: Town Meeting OKs the sale of 13 School Street parking lot

May 10, 2025

by Jeff Brown

During the second night of the Town Meeting, voters passed Article 13 authorizing the Select Board to convey the parking lot at 13 School St. to a qualified developer. The property, which was taken for non-payment of taxes in 1990, is being used as public parking for neighborhood…

Town Meeting Articles 30, 31: Amend zoning bylaws concerning accessory dwelling units and “Habitat for All”

May 10, 2025

by Tom Beals

Acton has two sets of detailed bylaws, the General Bylaws of the Town of Acton and the Town of Acton Zoning Bylaw. At the 2025 Town Meeting, Articles 30 and 31 proposed changes to the Zoning Bylaw. Article 32 and 33, covered in a separate Acton Exchange story,…

Town Meeting Articles 32, 33: New Leaf blower and tree clearing bylaws

May 10, 2025

Jeff BrownandMiriam Lezak

The general bylaws of the Town of Acton direct how various aspects of the town are to be governed and administered. Article 32: Town Meeting outlaws 2-cycle gas powered leaf blowers, partially in 2028, completely in 2029 To reduce noise and air pollution, Article 32 prohibits the use…

Town Meeting Articles 37-41: Citizens Petitions

May 10, 2025

by The Acton Exchange Team

Acton’s Town Charter contains a provision for “Petitioner’s Warrant Articles.” These are articles brought forward by ordinary citizens, rather than by the Select Board or a department of Town government. The Charter requires ten signatures to place a petition on the warrant for Annual Town Meeting. Articles 37,…

UPDATED May 7, with summary of Town Meeting results

May 3, 2025

by The Acton Exchange Team

(If you are on the home page of the Acton Exchange, click headline of the article to see details.) May 7 Update: All Town Meeting articles passed as proposed in the warrant, with the following exceptions: Video recordings of Town Meeting are available on ActonTV: Pre-Town Meeting news…

Results and reflections on Town elections

May 3, 2025

by The Acton Exchange Team

Results Thirteen percent of Acton’s 16,243 registered voters (2164 people) cast a ballot in Tuesday’s Town elections, according to the preliminary results published at the Town’s website. In comparison, last November, 80% showed up for the presidential elections. In her uncontested race for Town Moderator, Jo-Ann Berry received…

Select Board Notes: April 28, 2025

May 3, 2025

by Tom Beals

Opening remarks: The first hour-plus of the April 28, 2025 Select Board meeting was a reprise of earlier presentations regarding the proposed replacement of the Department of Public Works (DPW) building, which is Question 1 on the April 29 Town Election Ballot. Outgoing Select Board Chair (continuing to…

Empowering Voices: Concord Conservatory’s Singing With Parkinson’s Chorus

May 3, 2025

by Sara Seng

Imagine a world where your own voice, once a natural expression of self, begins to diminish, to fade. This is a reality for many living with Parkinson’s disease, a condition that can impact vocal abilities and overall well-being. Acton resident Helena Chan faced this challenge. Diagnosed with Parkinson’s…

The Bulletin Board – May 3, 2025

May 3, 2025

by The Acton Exchange Team

The Acton Exchange Bulletin Board is for volunteer opportunities and other announcements not tied to a single specific time and date. Please send your Bulletin Board announcements to editors@actonexchange.org. (Calendar events are submitted separately to calendar@actonexchange.org.) Discovery Museum To Host “Bessie’s Closet,” a Free Pop-up Clothing Shop, May…

AB baseball: Revolution outhits Wayland, 8-2, but loses battle of errors and walks.

May 3, 2025

by James Conboy

April 28, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School: AB pitchers Evan Koh and Levi Straayer combined to hold the Wayland Warriors hitless for the first 4 2/3 innings, but in the end were jinxed by walks and errors, with the result a 7-5 win for the visitors. The Revs erased…

Pitching prowess prevails in AB softball; advantage: Revolution

May 3, 2025

by James Conboy

April 25, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School: The Rev’s jumped right out of the gate in the first inning, scoring their first three batters, but had to rely on pitching by Tia Gillespie (nine strikeouts) and tight defense to hang on for a 3-2 win over Bay State League…

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Town Meeting Article 10: Community Preservation Act funds appropriated for town projects

Town Meeting Article 11: Home rule petition concerning Acton Memorial Library trustees

Town Meeting Article 13: Town Meeting OKs the sale of 13 School Street parking lot

Town Meeting Articles 30, 31: Amend zoning bylaws concerning accessory dwelling units and “Habitat for All”

Town Meeting Articles 32, 33: New Leaf blower and tree clearing bylaws

Town Meeting Articles 37-41: Citizens Petitions

UPDATED May 7, with summary of Town Meeting results

Results and reflections on Town elections

Select Board Notes: April 28, 2025

Empowering Voices: Concord Conservatory’s Singing With Parkinson’s Chorus

The Bulletin Board – May 3, 2025

AB baseball: Revolution outhits Wayland, 8-2, but loses battle of errors and walks.

Pitching prowess prevails in AB softball; advantage: Revolution

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