Jeff Brown

Exchange Hall sold to Belmont Church

September 21, 2024
Historic Exchange Hall at 2 School St., South Acton was sold on August 6 to the Anointed Worship Center, a Christian church currently located on Trapelo Road in Belmont. The sale price was $1,070,000. Glenn Berger, former owner of the building and owner of Acton Woodworks, a remodeling…

Business Briefs, September 13, 2024

September 14, 2024
Acton Convenience changed hands. Ricardo Trindade sold his business on 465 Great Road in July to a company that operates out of Lowell. He still owns a store at 75 Great Road and he has named that location Great Road Convenience and a storefront sign is on order.…

WECO continues to deliver

August 30, 2024
For most, the recent pandemic was an unpleasant memory of masks, disinfectants, and 6-foot distances. But some good things came from Covid. And one is WECO: the food preparation and delivery service, born in March of 2020, as we plunged into the unknown. Many businesses including local restaurants…
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
“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,…

English Rose Tea Room opens in Acton Center

July 5, 2024
Pining for a spot of tea? How about a shortbread biscuit? Well, you’re in luck. Acton now has its own English Rose Tea Room. Acton residents Trudy Khosla and Deanna Downs opened a pop up tearoom in the 1829 historic building at 504 Main Street, Acton Center. Inspired…
A grey-haired man in a suit jacket stands at a podium. A large screen is behind him with a page from his presentation on leaf blowers.

More on Acton’s Annual Town Meeting 2024

May 16, 2024
Boxborough Annual Town Meeting passes school budget The Town of Boxborough passed the Acton Boxborough Regional School District budget on May 13 at their Town Meeting. For more information, please see the Boxborough News coverage. Town Meeting votes to require special permit for car dealerships on Great Road…
Photo of Frolic and Detour Restaurant Venue from across the pond

Business Briefs

April 19, 2024
Frolic and Detour Closes Eva Zelnick, owner of the Nagog Park restaurant, Frolic and Detour, confirms that it has closed permanently. Zelnick is a lawyer and has returned to that field. McGovern Automotive Group recently bought the property as well as the rest of Nagog Mall. Chrysler cars…
Photo of the new facade of the former K-Mart building

Stop and Shop to open store at K-Mart Site

March 14, 2024
K-Mart closed in May of 2019 and the building has been vacant ever since.  Last August a six foot high chain link fence was installed that surrounds the property and the gutting of the interior began soon after. Construction is now well underway on the inside and on…

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