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Stephen “Steve” Noone, 78, Devoted Steward of Acton’s Finances, Dies

May 2, 2026
Stephen “Steve” Noone, who gave more than two decades of quiet, rigorous service to the town he called home, died Monday, April 27, 2026, after suffering a heart attack. He was 78. Noone was a longtime member and former chair of the Acton Finance Committee – the body known locally as “FinCom” – where he helped shape the financial decisions that touch every resident’s life, from school budgets to capital spending plans. Appointed by the Town moderator, the Finance Committee reviews the Town’s annual budget and warrant articles, then issues recommendations to voters before each Town Meeting. It is painstaking,…

Treasure hunt book includes clues in Acton

January 17, 2025
In the 1980’s, readers became obsessed with a picture book, Masquerade, in which the text and illustrations concealed clues to the location of a golden treasure that the author had hidden somewhere in Great Britain. Masquerade spawned a whole genre of book-based treasure hunts, with clues based in…
A graph showing age and gender distribution in Acton.

BACKGROUNDER: Acton’s changing population

January 17, 2025
Population and population growth impact many aspects of life in Acton, from school population, to traffic density, to drinking water demand, to viability of the Town Meeting form of governance. To provide a context for these and other issues, the Acton Exchange offers this backgrounder, digging into who…

The Bulletin Board

January 17, 2025
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. We are still ironing out the kinks.…

Hanukkah menorah lights up Acton Center

January 10, 2025
On New Year’s day, which was also the eighth (and last) night of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, around 100 people came out on a chilly evening to sing songs, eat donuts and latkes, and watch as all eight lights on the 9-foot tall menorah in front of…

Habitat for All information sessions

January 10, 2025
In November the Acton Planning and Conservation Divisions, along with the Sustainability Office, held information sessions entitled, “Habitat for All.” This effort was funded by a state grant with the purpose of involving the community in finding better ways to combine the needs of natural resource protection and…

The Bulletin Board

January 10, 2025
It’s a new year, and a new calendar! 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…

Acton responds to fire in Concord

January 10, 2025
On Monday, January 6th, at 6:37 a.m., Acton Fire was dispatched to Concord to provide station coverage, as their resources were committed to a fire at 1346 Main Street, a two and one half story wood frame duplex a few doors from the Fowler Branch of the Concord…

A-B girls hoop: Bench scoring key to win over Waltham

January 10, 2025
Dec. 20, Acton-Boxborough High School gym: Perhaps buoyed by a vocal contingent of fans who cheered every basket and groaned at every miss, the A-B girls basketball team extended a 23-12 halftime lead to finish with a 45-28 win over the visiting Waltham Hawks. Senior guard Olivia Baytarian…

South Acton Congregational Church to close

December 21, 2024
A fixture of South Acton for 148 years, the South Acton Congregational Church (SACC) will permanently close its doors this year on December 31. SACC’s worshiping congregation has been welcomed by the West Concord Union Church and will move there permanently in January. The building has been listed…

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,…

Santa comes to Acton… on a 1936 fire truck

December 21, 2024
It’s 9:50 a.m. on Saturday morning and sirens are wailing! Lights are flashing! And lo! It’s Santa and his firefighting contingent coming to visit kids (and their adults) all over Acton. In an annual event stretching back to somewhere around 1999, the Acton firefighters make the rounds with…
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