Bob Van Meter

It is not often that the keynote speaker at Acton’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast delivers a message that connects for his audience and so immediately to the issues facing Massachusetts and the country. On Monday January 19th, William Dickerson II known as Brother Will, co-executive director…

On Monday, January 19, more than one hundred thirty people gathered on a bright snowy morning at Congregation Beth Elohim (CBE) in Acton for the 24th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast to honor the memory of Dr. King. Twenty or thirty more audience members watched on…

Saturday morning, October 18, Rep. Lori Trahan, who represents Acton and surrounding towns in the U.S. House of Representatives, held a town hall meeting at Montachusett Regional Vocational and Technical High School in Fitchburg. The town hall, which was announced in an email to constituents on October 14,…

On the evening of July 17 at 6 p.m., more than sixty local residents gathered in front of Acton Town Hall on Main Street for a “Good Trouble Lives On” action, part of a nationwide protest of the current administration in honor of the late John Lewis, who…

On Monday evening September 30,, more than eighty people gathered at Acton Town Hall for a forum entitled, “Pathways to Equality”, organized by State Senator Jamie Eldridge and the Acton Democratic Town Committee. Several other local organizations co-sponsored the event including the Acton Boxborough United Way, Congregation Beth…

On a cloudy, cool Saturday, May 18, Acton artist Meredith Bergmann’s bronze monument to the women of Lexington, Massachusetts was dedicated with a community celebration. The Lexington Women’s Monument, entitled, “Something is Being Done” was the project of LexSeeHer, a group of women dedicated to making women’s stories…