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After record-setting fundraising campaign, ACT donates toward 46 Taylor Road purchase

August 8, 2026
 On Monday, June 15, 2026, trustees of the Acton Conservation Trust (ACT) presented the Town of Acton’s Select Board with an over-sized, symbolic check, representing ACT’s contribution towards the Town’s purchase of 46 Taylor Road in Acton, a property abutting the Acton Arboretum. ACT also presented the Select Board with two legal tender checks totaling $116,620. The second check for $3,000 represented an additional contribution received from a donor after the printing of an official bank check and ceremonial check pictured above. 46 Taylor Rd was slated for development after it went up for sale earlier this year, but the…

Home regatta beset by foul weather; visitors take top honors

May 2, 2026
A festive, if soggy, atmosphere prevailed on Sunday, April 19, for Bromfield Acton-Boxborough (BA-B) Rowing’s only home regatta, the Harvard Henley on Harvard’s Bare Hill Pond. BA-B hosted Brookline, Shrewsbury, and Wayland-Weston (WW). Brookline girls went home with the trophy for fastest girls varsity 8; Wayland-Weston was fastest…

Moo Doo for a good cause

May 2, 2026
On Sunday, April 26, Cucurbit Farm hosted Acton’s first ever cow plop 50/50 raffle! The event was aptly titled “Moo Doo for Moo La,” and winners were decided by the bovine beast who dropped the first cow pie on the field. A 50/50 raffle results in a split…

Acton comes together for a cleaner, greener community

May 2, 2026
Each spring around Earth Day, residents of Acton roll up their sleeves for a shared purpose: keeping their community clean, healthy, and resilient. This year’s Acton Clean-Up Week continued a tradition that has grown steadily over the past two decades, bringing neighbors together not just to pick up…

Preliminary Town Election results

April 29, 2026
On Tuesday, April 28, slightly over 12% of registered Acton voters went to the polls (or mailed in their ballots ahead of time, or dropped ballots by the end of voting day) to elect several new Town officers, as well as re-electing some incumbents. Note that these are…

The Bulletin Board: April 25, 2026

April 25, 2026
For volunteer opportunities and other announcements not tied to a single specific time and date, you are in the right place here at the Bulletin Board. Please email your Bulletin Board announcements to bulletinboard@actonexchange.org. (For what’s happening today or tomorrow or on any specific day, see the Calendar.…

Faulkner Awards: Recognizing Acton’s volunteers

April 25, 2026
The human dimension of governance was front and center on April 15 as Acton honored five volunteers at an intimate gathering in the restored Asaph Parlin home in Acton Center. Individually, Select Board members nominated Joan Burrows, Lori Cooney, Greg Jarboe, Nancy Kolb and Joe Robb for their…

Patriots Day commemorations 251 years later

April 25, 2026
Acton history students of all ages are lucky to live “on location” for commemorations of the start of the American Revolution. This year, “Revolutionary April” events drew re-enactors in full costume, some on horseback, marchers who accompanied them, and onlookers. On Sunday, April 19, early risers hiked the…

AB softball: Revs pound out 16 hits, tame Lions, 12-1

April 25, 2026
April 16, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School: Sixteen hits by the Revolution, including three triples and a home run, overpowered Dual County League opponent Newton South, which collected only three, landing the home team a 12-1 win, when the mercy rule was invoked in the sixth inning. The Lions…

The Bulletin Board: April 18, 2026

April 18, 2026
For volunteer opportunities and other announcements not tied to a single specific time and date, you are in the right place here at the Bulletin Board. Please email your Bulletin Board announcements to bulletinboard@actonexchange.org. (For what’s happening today or tomorrow or on any specific day, see the Calendar.…

Hope at Bat: Revs walk it off in 11-inning classic

April 18, 2026
April 13, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School baseball field: After yielding four runs in the first inning, A-B’s defense held the Waltham Hawks to just one run in the next six, allowing the home team, trailing by two, to tie it at five-all in the seventh. Shortstop Healy led…

Acton wins Community Climate Impact Award

April 18, 2026
During the MassEnergize Community Climate Leaders Conference in early April, Acton was recognized as a “community, team, or organization whose leadership has made a meaningful difference in advancing climate action at the local level.” MassEnergize said that “through dedication, collaboration, innovation, and a commitment to their community, the…

Acton Nature Watch: Pink Moon March 19-April 16, 2026

April 18, 2026
March Mar. 16: On Acton’s first “Big Night,” a YELLOW SPOTTED SALAMANDER safely crosses Fort Pond Road under escort by an Amphibian Crossing Brigade volunteer. Mar. 24: A CEDAR WAXWING flock of 25 birds swarms CRABAPPLE trees between the Silver Unicorn and the Mobil gas station. Mar. 25:…

Community Supper: 65,000 hot meals and counting

April 11, 2026
April 1, Fellowship Hall, Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, Acton: A hot Italian dinner of ziti and meatballs, soup, bread, salad, and dessert, welcomed about seventy-five diners at the Community Supper’s weekly dinner, complete with a cake to celebrate the event’s fourteenth anniversary. The all-volunteer program provides a hot,…
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