Franny Osman

A group of junior high graduates with time on their hands this summer put it to good use last week. The group was cherishing the opportunity to be together, as one of the crowd is heading to Minuteman Tech in the fall.  Jay Chhabra, Rory Sheehy, Bento Monteiro,…

Acton history students of all ages are lucky to live “on location” for commemorations of the start of the American Revolution. This year, “Revolutionary April” events drew re-enactors in full costume, some on horseback, marchers who accompanied them, and onlookers. On Sunday, April 19, early risers hiked the…

The Acton Woman’s Club holds a monthly lunch and includes a speaker or performance of interest to the members and anyone from the public who wants to attend to learn more about the group. This month, the luncheon was held at Acton TV and was prepared by the…

People who have lived in Acton a long time remember when Kennedy and Company Landscaping and Garden Center raised plants in greenhouses and sold trees and garden plants at their property on Main St. near Route 2 in Acton. Kennedy relocated to Harvard, MA in April 2023, as…

The Moth-style story night last week at Acton Boxborough Community Compass (ABCC) was one of many storytelling events over the past many years organized as fundraisers for the ABCC (formerly Acton-Boxborough United Way), produced by Acton resident David Gerratt’s Fugitive Productions. On Wednesday, November 12, a full house…

The Boxborough FreeBee market offers a venue where people from Boxborough, Acton and surrounding towns can give and receive necessities of life: food, ideas, news, books, and companionship. After FreeBee’s Harvest Fair on Sept. 13, the Acton Exchange interviewed cofounder Heather Fleming about how the market came to…

Lucas Ribeiro Dos Passos, the Ayer resident detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on August 1 while working at his full-time job at Sorrento’s Pizzeria in Acton, was released from detention on Tuesday, Sept. 9, State Senator Jamie Eldridge told the Acton Exchange. Eldridge said he and…

At 2:38 p.m. on Thursday, August 28, Acton Police were called to a one-vehicle crash on Willow St. at Marian Rd. The driver and passenger were standing near the car when emergency responders arrived. The driver, a Hudson man aged 85, could not remember what had happened and…

At lunchtime on Friday, August 1, an employee at Sorrento’s Pizzeria in Acton was taken by four masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. The employee, Lucas Ribeiro Dos Passos, lives in Ayer, within State Representative Danillo Sena’s and State Senator Jamie Eldridge’s districts. The Brazilian native is…

Memorial Day in Acton kicked off with a march from Acton-Boxborough Regional High School (ABRHS) to the Isaac Davis monument. In this 250th celebratory year, where better to be than to be the site of the revolution’s first veteran – Isaac Davis. The Minutemen reenactors led the march…