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Acton Senior Center hosts 90s birthday luncheon

May 16, 2024

On Tuesday, May 14, 2024, the Acton Senior Center hosted a luncheon in honor of Acton seniors who are 90 years old or older. According to the Town census, there are over two hundred fifty residents who are in their 90s and about 50 attended. May is Older…

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Acton sculptor honors women through Lexington monument

May 16, 2024

by Alissa Nicol

Acton sculptor Meredith Bergmann’s “Something is Being Done” was unveiled at the Lexington Green on Wednesday, May 15. A crowd of hundreds gathered to celebrate the monument, installed on a granite plaza, as well as the work of dozens of women “to make women visible and honor their…

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More on Acton’s Annual Town Meeting 2024

May 16, 2024

Jeff BrownandRon Parenti

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…

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Recount of override vote scheduled for May 21

May 16, 2024

by Franny Osman

Following a very close ballot vote on April 30 on Question 1, tax levy limit override, a group of Acton voters submitted a petition to the Town asking for a hand recount of Question 1 votes. In a May 13 email to the Acton Exchange, Town Manager John…

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Dawn’s Pond commemoration at the Acton Arboretum

May 16, 2024

by Alissa Nicol

Under a bright blue sky, in the afternoon on Monday, May 13, 2024 a ribbon cutting ceremony was held to dedicate the fish pond installed in July of 2023 at the Acton Arboretum on Taylor Road. “Dawn’s Pond” is a dream manifested, a dream of the late Dawn…

Board of Health continues consideration of battery energy storage system

May 16, 2024

by D.K. Halley

Chairman Conoby opened the continuation of the hearing for the Boardwalk School’s hazardous waste permit pertaining to their proposed Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). Public Health Inspector Matthew Dow provided an update noting that the health division still has concerns with the information that was provided by the…

Household Goods hosts bed frame party

May 16, 2024

by Ron Parenti

The email read, “Greetings hard working Volunteers, Bed Frame Party Next Week!” The list of recipients was limited to a select group of workers experienced in bed frame construction, and refreshments were promised. It was an offer too good to refuse. Household Goods is one of Acton’s most…

A man wearing a suit and a yarmulke talks with a very tall woman wearing a jacket and flowered dress. They are on the patio of a building (Congregation Beth Elohim) and there is a trellis in the background.

Representative Lori Trahan presents SUNNY Award to Congregation Beth Elohim

May 16, 2024

by Karen Root Watkins

U.S. Representative Lori Trahan visited Acton’s Congregation Beth Elohim (CBE) on Sunday, May 5th, to present the U.S. Department of Energy SUNNY Award for CBE’s solar carport arrays project. The $12,500 SUNNY Award, one of only five in the nation, celebrates community solar projects deploying “best practices that…

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Astronaut lands in Acton

May 16, 2024

by Matthew Liebman

What mother doesn’t want her child to grow up to be an astronaut? We learned this on Sunday May 12 (Mother’s Day) at Congregation Beth Elohim when Astronaut Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman presented his documentary Space Torah to an audience of about 50 congregants and community members. Dr. Hoffman…

Acton Senior Center hosts 90s birthday luncheon

Acton sculptor honors women through Lexington monument

More on Acton’s Annual Town Meeting 2024

Recount of override vote scheduled for May 21

Dawn’s Pond commemoration at the Acton Arboretum

Board of Health continues consideration of battery energy storage system

Household Goods hosts bed frame party

Representative Lori Trahan presents SUNNY Award to Congregation Beth Elohim

Astronaut lands in Acton

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