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Two Friends Chocolates: Delicious, decorative, and delightful

June 21, 2025
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If you love chocolate – and who doesn’t? – a trip to Boxborough might be in your future. Lala Selvaraj and Neethu Viswananth traveled from India to Scotland for graduate work in bioengineering and stayed for five years. While there, they discovered a mutual love for dark chocolate truffles. Lala married and moved to the United States. Neethu married and moved to Canada. Several years ago, to celebrate Neethu’s birthday, Lala, despite having no confection-making experience, concocted a chocolate treat that was so “magical” that they knew they had to share it with the world, and Two Friends Chocolates was…
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Business Briefs, July 1, 2025

July 5, 2025
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J.Crew Factory Store J.Crew opened a factory store in The Brookside Shopping Mall on July 2. Kate Connolly, district manager for J.Crew, said that the remodeling of the store was completed on June 26 and merchandise began arriving the next day. The J. Crew Factory Store sells discounted…
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Absolute Tile closes

June 14, 2025
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After ten years in West Acton, Absolute Tile Marble & Cabinets has closed its doors. Owner Glaucia Rossi McKinney has been in the remodeling supply business for over thirty years, starting at Sudbury Granite where she learned everything about stone countertops and how to meet her clients’ needs.…
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Local company a leader in diabetes care

June 7, 2025
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Lured by the opportunity to bring a new diabetes insulin pump to market, physician-scientist Trang Ly joined the Insulet Corporation in Acton in 2016. She helped oversee successful clinical trials in both children and adults that led to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of “Omnipod 5” for…
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Majestic Day Spa opens in Acton

June 7, 2025
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Majestic Day spa is now open in Acton at 107 Great Road next to Acton Car Wash. This is the newest location for partners Carla Barbosa Alencar and Cristina Cafua, who also have locations in Tewksbury and Florida. Ms Cafua will run the Acton location. The lovely decor…
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Ribbon cutting at The Shop

May 10, 2025
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The next time that you’re looking for something unusual to decorate your home, consider heading for The Shop, which just opened on the corner of Massachusetts and Windsor Avenues in West Acton. Acton’s new Economic Development Director, Patricia Costa, held a ribbon cutting for co-owners, Jami Hoyle and…
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Ribbon Cutting at the Acton Bike Shop

April 26, 2025
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On Monday, April 7, Hakan Pesman and his wife Nuray hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony at their new store in the Acton Woods Plaza. Several state and town officials attended to celebrate the Acton Bike Shop, which opened in January. Hakan was in the fashion trade in New…
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What’s on your pizza? A March Madness review

March 29, 2025
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March Madness is a time for basketball, statistics, and hanging out with friends and family. As for many folks around the country, it’s also a time when Acton residents make fast breaks to a dozen pizza places or order a large pizza with their favorite toppings for delivery…
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Prism Therapy Collective opens at Kelley’s Corner

March 29, 2025
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When Rebecca Minor, founder and owner of Prism Therapy Collective, began her company last year, she and her clinicians offered their services virtually. A few weeks ago, Rebecca opened Prism’s first in-person office at Kelley’s Corner. The building is at 268 Main St., at the corner of routes…
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Acton Seafood opens in West Acton

March 22, 2025
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Late in the day on March 11 the Twin Seafood signs came down in West Acton. The next day, The Acton Seafood Company opened for business with a trio of new owners: Dean Gaudet and Sarah and Daniel Gauvin. All three had worked for John Loblundo, the owner…
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Leo Cavalier, Inc., longtime business, closes

March 15, 2025
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Leo Cavalier, Inc., on Wetherbee St. in East Acton, has been a fixture for local contractors and homeowners in need of just about any kind of metal work. Leo, master craftsman, opened his business in 1942. He was known for his ability to interpret a plan and bring…
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Luna Restaurant opens in Nagog Park

March 15, 2025
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Brothers Julian and Adan Bracamontes opened their Mexican restaurant with an in-house ribbon cutting on Thursday, March 7th. As mentioned in a Business Brief last fall, the restaurant has been under construction since late 2024 and the insides of the building have been completely remodeled. All the furniture…
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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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People playing pickleball under a very large bubble.

Marcus Lewis Tennis Center announces move

March 1, 2025
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Marcus Lewis recently announced that he will build a new tennis and pickleball facility at 45 Nagog Park Road, on land behind the River of Life Church. His tennis center has been leasing property off Granite Road in North Acton since 2014. Rather than negotiate a new lease,…
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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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