DiscoverSTEM 2025 is an interactive career discovery for teens and others. Come explore this free, hands-on AB STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Art Math) event! Perfect for students in grades 7–12, families, and the whole community. DiscoverSTEM shows how science, technology, engineering, art (creativity + innovation) and math connect to everyday life. Experience about 50 interactive exhibits featuring Boston Dynamics’ robotic dog, Pedal Power E-bikes, EcoQuiet Lawn Care green tech, EnergizeActon.org on the future of sustainability, Haartz advance materials, Solidworks 3D design and engineering, Open Door Theater digital accessibility, Acton Police and Fire Tech, s’mores made with induction cooking & more! Presented by AB STEAM (ABSTEAM.org) in partnership with ABRHS. Made possible by AB STEAM volunteers, the AB School District, and Boston-area

The Pumpkin Smash is BACK! 💥🎃 Don’t toss your jack-o'-lanterns—SMASH them! Join us on Saturday, Nov 8 at the NARA lower parking lot for some smashing fun! Bring your leftover pumpkins and help us turn them into compost, not landfill waste. For more information, see actonma.gov/sustainability or contact sustainability@actonma.gov.

Nashoba Praying Indian Grand Chief Quiet Storm will talk about how we as a community can be good stewards of the land in all spaces. She will also highlight how we can better support the pollinators and biodiversity that we rely on to sustain our life on Mother Earth. Friends of Pine Hawk events are free but for talks like this registration is strongly encouraged at https://tinyurl.com/2025-Pinehawk.

Eating more plant-based meals is important for our health and for our environment, so please join Energize Acton for this informal outdoor “tailgate” potluck. Instead of coming together for a sporting event, we are gathering to celebrate our wonderful plant world, share recipes, and eat delicious food! EnergizeActon will provide vegetarian chili, cornbread, and hot cider and we ask you to bring a vegetarian or vegan “nibble” to share. Please dress for the weather! The address will be sent upon registration. Info and registration at https://community.massenergize.org/ActonMA/events/2075.

The Friends of Pine Hawk annual fall community service day is planned for the afternoon of Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 1pm. This year the event will again focus on the Trail Through Time, a heritage trail through town-owned conservation lands in North Acton. The Trail includes sites and stone structures representative of two distinct cultures, the colonial and the Native American, that existed both serially and concurrently within a relatively small geographical area. The focus will be on trail maintenance and Ian Bergemann, Acton’s Land Stewardship Coordinator, will be there to help guide our efforts. All ages welcome. If

The Town of Acton’s Department of Veteran Services and the Celebrations and Ceremonies Committee invite all community members to join in honoring our nation’s Veterans at this year’s Veterans Day Ceremony. The ceremony will take place outdoors, weather permitting, at the Isaac Davis Monument on the Town Common. In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will be moved indoors to the Faulkner Room (Room 204) at Town Hall. Attendees are encouraged to park behind Town Hall or the Fire Station.