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New solar array generates energy and interest

May 30, 2026
On May 6, 2026, about 40 people attended a ribbon-cutting for a solar energy array that has been constructed on a portion of the W. R. Grace Superfund Site in South Acton. The facility was jointly developed by Syncarpha Capital and Renewable Energy Massachusetts (REM). Pride in the facility was obvious during the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Brian Kopperl, of REM, and John Mangiaratti, Acton Town Manager, introduced the program. Rebecca Tepper, Massachusetts Secretary of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, led the speaking program, which also included Senator Jamie Eldridge, Representative Danillo Sena, Select Board Chair Dean Charter, as…

Acton Seafood opens in West Acton

March 22, 2025
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…

Leo Cavalier, Inc., longtime business, closes

March 15, 2025
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…

Luna Restaurant opens in Nagog Park

March 15, 2025
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…

Town and Economic Development Committee seek your input

March 8, 2025
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…
People playing pickleball under a very large bubble.

Marcus Lewis Tennis Center announces move

March 1, 2025
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,…

Stop and Shop’s Roving Robot

February 21, 2025
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…

Growing McDonald’s the Wright way

February 21, 2025
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…

Powder Mill housing development in progress

February 15, 2025
The Dolben Company, Inc. is pleased to announce the initiation of its latest project, The Apartments at Powder Mill (working name), a 230-unit luxury residential apartment community situated on a 10.5-acre site along the picturesque Assabet River in South Acton, adjacent to Concord and Maynard. Construction commenced in…

Acton apartments sold for $13M to Needham firm

January 25, 2025
RCMA Properties, a property management firm owned by a Needham family, has recently acquired six apartment buildings located in Acton, in a $13 million transaction. The acquisitions include the Assabet Garden Apartments and the Nagog Gardens Apartments. The Assabet Garden Apartments, a 30-unit complex situated on 3.9 acres,…

Stop & Shop grand opening

December 21, 2024
After over two years of planning, the new Stop & Shop opened on Friday, December 13, at 252 Main St. at the former location of K-Mart. A ribbon cutting ceremony in the produce section capped off the morning’s activities, which included several speeches by Stop & Shop personnel,…

Feast & Fettle acquires WECO

December 13, 2024
Feast & Fettle has acquired WECO, the food preparation and delivery service that began in 2020 at the start of the Covid epidemic. For a time, WECO was headquartered on Arlington Street in West Acton, before moving to Salem, New Hampshire earlier this year. The building they used…

Erikson’s Grain Mill expands

December 7, 2024
One of the oldest continually-operating businesses in Acton, Erikson’s Grain Mill, has doubled its retail space. The grand opening, held November first, showcased the larger area with a full selection of bagged dog food and horse feed, and bigger items such as dog crates that were previously difficult…

Silver Girl restaurant announces opening

December 7, 2024
Two-fifty-one Arlington Street in West Acton is about to be born again. The restaurant Silver Girl opens December 20 after months of preparation by the owners Dawn Aguiar and Tamara Deluzio, who also own Eve and Murray’s at the other end of West Acton center, right below True…

News Brief: Stop And Shop Opening Nears

November 27, 2024
The new Stop and Shop store at 252 Main Street, Kelly’s Corner, former home of KMart, is tentatively set to open on December 13. Shelves are filling up with non-perishables while workers continue with the final details. The sign on the façade was installed this week. The parking…

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