June 2025

AB United Way becomes AB Community Compass

June 28, 2025

by David D. Martin

At their annual meeting on Wednesday, June 18, the organization previously known as Acton-Boxborough United Way announced a new name for the organization: Acton-Boxborough Community Compass — a name to capture the heart of their work and the direction they’re heading. According to organization leadership, the move away…

Community Supper hall is now a cool place to hang out

June 28, 2025

by The Acton Exchange Team

Recently, people were complaining about the cold and rain. This week, as temperatures tipped into triple digits on Wednesday, the guests and volunteers at Mt. Calvary Community Supper thoroughly enjoyed the new air conditioning. For several years, Community Supper was forced to cancel when temperatures climbed. Last August,…

Boston Area Gleaners feed the hungry and curious

June 28, 2025

by Alissa Nicol

Boston Area Gleaners (BAG) held their sixth annual June Food Day on Saturday, June 21 on a comfortable late afternoon and early evening, before this week’s heat wave hit. BAG has been operating at Stonefield Farm in South Acton since 2021 when the food rescue and hunger relief…

RKG Associates presents final Economic Development Plan

June 28, 2025

by Adrian Hancock

On June 3, the Economic Development Committee hosted RKG Associates’ final presentation of Acton’s Strategic Economic Development Plan. This Plan is now available online on the Economic Development section of the Town web site and the consultants’ presentation is available here. Although the meeting was lightly attended, it…

The Bulletin Board – June 28, 2025

June 28, 2025

by The Acton Exchange Team

Reminder to readers: Our front page can’t hold all the news. To see all of this week’s new articles, go to the All News page. The Acton Exchange Bulletin Board is for volunteer opportunities and other announcements not tied to a single specific time and date. Please send…

Pride Festival draws a crowd

June 28, 2025

by Alissa Nicol

Acton’s Recreation Department hosted its third annual Pride Festival at NARA Park on Saturday, June 21. Hundreds were in attendance on this bright and sunny day. The Pride Festival has been a collaboration for the past two years between the towns of Acton and Westford. As a result,…

Acton Lions Club Fair a roaring success

June 28, 2025

Alison NowickiandThe Acton Exchange Team

Review from a fair attendee: On Saturday, June 21, my family and I decided to check out the Acton Lions Fair. From those who had attended in the past, their only tip was to “bring cash!”. I looked online, but the only information I could find about prices…

Acton Nature Watch: Strawberry Moon (May 26, 2025 – June 25, 2025)

June 28, 2025

by Rob Gogan

May May 23: WOOD DUCK mother leads a clutch of a dozen ducklings down an Acton forest stream several times…GREAT BLUE HERON wades, flies briefly, and continues walking downstream in N. Acton brook [Click links to see Rebecca Harvey’s spectacular videos]. May 24: BLUEBIRD eggs laid one per…

Acton Fireworks are coming right up! And a call for July 4 photos

June 28, 2025

by Miriam Lezak

Acton, arguably, has the best fireworks in the neighborhood (according to this Acton resident). Bring a blanket, bring a picnic (or help support a wide range of food trucks)! If you get some great pictures at this year’s Acton fireworks and other festivities at NARA park, send them,…

League of Women Voters holds annual meeting, celebrates success

June 28, 2025

by Alyssa Robinson

On Monday, June 9, the League of Women Voters – Acton Area (LWV-AA) held its Annual Meeting in a private room at Boxborough’s Craft Food Hall. The Acton Area League serves Acton, Boxborough, Hudson, Littleton, Maynard, and Stow. Nearly 30 members and a few guests attended for the…

Bike share launch attracts crowd in East Acton

June 21, 2025

by James Conboy

On June 13, curious bikers gathered on the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail at East Acton Village Green to learn about The Minuteman Regional Bike Share Program from representatives of the four host towns: Patricia Costa from Acton; Beth Williams and Alyssa Sandoval from Concord; Jennifer Curtin from Lincoln;…

Two Friends Chocolates: Delicious, decorative, and delightful

June 21, 2025

by Jeff Brown

If you love chocolate – and who doesn’t? – a trip to Boxborough might be in your future. Lala Selvaraj and Neethu Viswananth traveled from India to Scotland for graduate work in bioengineering and stayed for five years. While there, they discovered a mutual love for dark chocolate…

Concerts on the lawn return to the library

June 21, 2025

by Miriam Lezak

Acton Memorial Library’s summer music season kicked off on June 12 with a concert by singer-songwriter Rodney Mashia. Mr. Mashia, who was raised in rural Louisiana but now lives in Maine, entertained a small but enthusiastic audience on a gorgeous summer evening. Mr. Mashia played a variety of…

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Select Board Notes: June 16, 2025

June 21, 2025

by Tom Beals

Opening remarks: Acton Memorial Library Trustee Ann Chang, speaking for the Board of Trustees, recognized and thanked the Town Conservation officer, the Acton Garden Club, and the many individual volunteers who planned, arranged funding and plant donations, and completed the installation work for the recently installed Wilde Garden…

The Bulletin Board – June 21, 2025

June 21, 2025

by The Acton Exchange Team

Reminder to readers: Our front page can’t hold all the news. To see all of this week’s new articles, go to the All News page. The Acton Exchange Bulletin Board is for volunteer opportunities and other announcements not tied to a single specific time and date. Please send…

Roadwork begins on Route 62 (Powder Mill Road)

June 21, 2025

by The Acton Exchange Team

Adapted from Acton News Flash. Note: you can subscribe to Acton News Flash and other announcements at the “Notify Me” section of the Town website. The Powder Mill Road Sewer Extension Project will require lane closures and traffic delays starting in mid-June. The entire project is expected to…

Marking the monuments

June 14, 2025

by Rob Gogan

Acton Select Board Members Jim Snyder-Grant and Dean Charter met their counterparts from Littleton to “mark the monuments,” a centuries-old English tradition last observed there on that side of Acton in 1986. (Select Board members marked the monuments at the intersection with Stow and Boxborough in November, 2016;…

Another successful Civics Fair for the junior high school

June 14, 2025

by Diane Baum

R.J. Grey Junior High School held its annual Civics Fair on June 4 and 5, with over 400 seventh graders presenting their research and proposing ways for the public to advocate on local, state, and national issues that matter to them. The Fair was held over two days…

Celebrating the class of 2025: Local graduates step into their next chapter

June 14, 2025

by Jen Lewy

The first weekend of June marked a joyful milestone for hundreds of Acton students and their families in the Acton-Lexington-Concord region, as three area schools honored their Class of 2025 with heartfelt graduation ceremonies. Acton-Boxborough Regional High School On Friday, June 6, Acton-Boxborough (AB) Regional High School held…

AB boys tennis playoffs: Revs down Andover, 4-1, advance

June 14, 2025

by James Conboy

On June 3, in a match at ABRHS that featured a marathon contest in Second Doubles, the AB boys tennis team earned a first-round playoff victory over the Andover Warriors. In that match, the Revs’ Sashwat Ganeshwaran and Vamsi Gollapudi defeated Andover’s Aaryan Deshwal and Ricky Tran. In…