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Open Door Theater takes flight with HONK!

March 14, 2026
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Open Door Theater of Acton, one of the only integrated and accessible theater companies in the country, will stage the award-winning musical HONK! this March. HONK!, a musical telling of “The Ugly Duckling” story, is a heartwarming celebration of being different that is sure to delight audiences of all ages during its run next month at the Dragonfly Theater at R.J. Grey Jr. High School in Acton, MA. Ugly looks quite a bit different from his siblings, and others are quick to notice and point this out. Ugly is kind-hearted, awkward and innocent, and his journey of self-discovery is the…
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The Bulletin Board – Mar. 8, 2025

March 8, 2025
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The Acton Exchange team is pleased to announce that calendar events will now be shared in our online calendar. We invite organizations to learn how to enter their own events into the calendar. Write to calendar@actonexchange.org for more details. Volunteer opportunities and other announcements (Please send your announcements…
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Select Board Notes: Mar. 3, 2025

March 8, 2025
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Opening remarks: Opening a mercifully shorter March 3, 2025 Select Board meeting, Town Manager John Mangiaratti noted construction work in the Town Hall lobby where the Isaac Davis plow case is being rebuilt, and demolition work of the 1970s addition at the adjacent 17 Woodbury Lane Asa Parlin…
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Town and Economic Development Committee seek your input

March 8, 2025
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Here’s your opportunity to help define what Acton will look like in the coming decades. At their final Public Workshop at the Acton Memorial Library and online on February 26, RKG Associates, working for the Town of Acton Economic Development Department and Planning Department, alongside the Economic Development…
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The Bulletin Board- March 1, 2025

March 1, 2025
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The Acton Exchange team is pleased to announce that calendar events will now be shared in our online calendar. We invite organizations to  learn how to enter their own events into the calendar. Write to calendar@actonexchange.org for more details. The Acton Exchange Bulletin Board remains your site for…
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Acton Nature Watch: Snow Moon (Feb. 2025)

March 1, 2025
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January sightings 17: Three male WHITE-TAILED DEER in Spring Hill Conservation Area stand off and stare each other down, eventually tangling racks until one of them wins grazing rights. [Click blue hyperlinks to see Rebecca Harvey’s stunning trail camera videos.] 26: A RACCOON stands on hind legs to…
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Stop and Shop’s Roving Robot

February 21, 2025
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Acton’s newest grocery store has a new employee. Meet Marty, the unassuming, rather shy robot who has free reign over the entire store. He (I am referring to Marty as “he” but the gender of the robot is not apparent) is dark gray, over six feet tall, rather…
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Growing McDonald’s the Wright way

February 21, 2025
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February is Black History month and a local Black businesswoman, Paula Wright, is celebrating 40 years as a McDonald’s restaurant owner. She owns, with her son Donny, sixteen McDonald’s franchisees, including the one in East Acton, not far from the Concord line. Their other restaurants are in eastern…
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Knowing our community Chinese school

February 21, 2025
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On the cool evening of May 29, 2024, a full house gathered at the Silver Unicorn bookstore for a book signing event. The author’s name was Wendy Chen and her debut book, “Their Divine Fires”, tells the story of three generations of Chinese women from her family across…
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The Bulletin Board

February 21, 2025
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The Acton Exchange team is pleased to announce that calendar events will now be shared in our online calendar. Going forward, we hope organizations will learn how to enter their own events into the calendar. Write to calendar@actonexchange.org for more details. Volunteer opportunities and other announcements (Please send…
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The Bulletin Board

February 15, 2025
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The Acton Exchange team is pleased to announce that calendar events will now be shared in our online calendar. Going forward, we hope organizations will learn how to enter their own events into the calendar. Write to calendar@actonexchange.org for more details. Volunteer opportunities and other announcements (Please send…
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Acton Nature Watch

December 21, 2024
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The Acton Nature Watch is a compendium of sights seen by folks around town. The nature watch notes are not always complete sentences – they just give you, the reader, an idea of some of the residents in town that we only see if we stop and look.…
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A line drawing of a bed under a window, with an inviting stack of books and a teacup. The window has pine trees in the background.

Holiday hiatus

December 21, 2024
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The Acton Exchange all-volunteer staff will be resting and rejoicing and reuniting with far-flung family for the next two weeks. We will therefore not publish an issue on Dec. 28 or Jan. 4, nor distribute the Weekly Newsletter. Look for the first issue of the new year on…
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