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Water, water, everywhere: Board of Health meeting recap

October 25, 2025
The Acton Board of Health meeting on October 14 largely focused on wastewater disposal compliance at Gould’s Plaza, 250-270 Great Road. On October 7, the Acton Health Department issued a Notice of Noncompliance to East Acton Plaza, LLC, owners of Gould Plaza, for failure to mitigate two long-standing issues: 1) the need to have the two hair salons in the development connected to a wastewater holding tank (to collect wastewater contaminated with, for example, hair dyes); and 2) the need to upgrade the subsurface sewage disposal systems (SSDS) to include nitrogen reduction technology, given their location in Zone 2 and…
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Select Board Notes: October 20, 2025

October 25, 2025
Opening remarks: Resident Derek Price again appealed to the Board regarding traffic at the intersection of Chadwick and River Street. He noted the ongoing absence of official response to concerns expressed by his neighbors and himself, and raised broader questions regarding the advancement of projects past the initial…

State grant brings high school closer to clean energy goals

October 18, 2025
In another step toward cost efficiency and clean energy goals, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School (ABRHS) is on track to replace eleven 1998-vintage gas-fired roof top air conditioning/heating units with new all-electric heat pump units. Superintendent Peter Light responded to the grant award of $500,000 from the Massachusetts Department…
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Select Board Notes: October 6, 2025

October 11, 2025
Opening remarks: Acton-Boxborough School Committee liaison to the Acton Select Board Glen Cote updated the board on the Committee’s plan to address financial challenges, described in detail in a Strategic Planning and District Reorganization document. Mr. Derek Pinto reported hazardous traffic at the intersection of Chadwick and River…
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Select Board Notes: September 15, 2025

September 20, 2025
Opening remarks: Acton-Boxborough School Committee member Glen Cote introduced himself as the School Committee liaison to the Acton Select Board, and mentioned results from consultants District Management Group’s presentation at the Sept. 4 School Committee meeting. Town manager John Mangiaratti recommended an Office of Economic Development newsletter. Transitions:…
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Select Board Notes: September 8, 2025

September 13, 2025
Opening remarks Passings: Select Board Chair Dean Charter recognized the passing of Barbara Willson, and Board Member Fran Arsenault mourned the passing of Margaret Miley. New Board Business Town Assessor’s Exemption presentation: Acton Principal Assessor CJ Carroll reviewed Acton’s tax relief programs, and detailed qualifying conditions for current…
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Select Board Notes: August 25, 2025

August 30, 2025
Opening remarks: Select Board vice-chair Alissa Nicol provided an update from the Acton Water District, stating that two new bedrock wells on the recently acquired 549 Main Street parcel are operational and will come online pending Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection approval. Transitions: Town Manager John Mangiaratti announced…
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Select Board Notes: July 21, 2025

July 26, 2025
Opening remarks: Acton Select Board Chair Dean Charter depicted the overflowing dumpsters and foul odors in the Boston area cities and towns where sanitation workers are on strike. Recalling occasional proposals to eliminate Acton’s transfer station, he noted that the municipal facility reduces the likelihood of such a…

RKG Associates presents final Economic Development Plan

June 28, 2025
On June 3, the Economic Development Committee hosted RKG Associates’ final presentation of Acton’s Strategic Economic Development Plan. This Plan is now available online on the Economic Development section of the Town web site and the consultants’ presentation is available here. Although the meeting was lightly attended, it…
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Select Board Notes: June 16, 2025

June 21, 2025
Opening remarks: Acton Memorial Library Trustee Ann Chang, speaking for the Board of Trustees, recognized and thanked the Town Conservation officer, the Acton Garden Club, and the many individual volunteers who planned, arranged funding and plant donations, and completed the installation work for the recently installed Wilde Garden…

Marking the monuments

June 14, 2025
Acton Select Board Members Jim Snyder-Grant and Dean Charter met their counterparts from Littleton to “mark the monuments,” a centuries-old English tradition last observed there on that side of Acton in 1986. (Select Board members marked the monuments at the intersection with Stow and Boxborough in November, 2016;…
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Select Board Notes: June 2, 2025

June 7, 2025
Opening remarks: Acton-Boxborough School Committee members Tori Campbell and Leela Ramachandran referenced a memorandum to the Select Board concerning a budget amendment scheduled for a June 12 School Committee vote, and requested the Board to communicate its response to the School Committee. Board Chair Dean Charter commented on…
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Select Board Notes: May 12, 2025 and May 19, 2025

May 31, 2025
Opening remarks: In opening remarks to the May 12 and May 19, 2025 Acton Select Board meeting following the ICE action on May 10, a resident asked the Board for details regarding the Acton Police duty to respond to requests for assistance from other law enforcement agencies, and…

ICE conducts federal immigration enforcement operation in Acton

May 18, 2025
On Saturday afternoon, May 10, 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted a federal immigration enforcement operation in Acton, Massachusetts. Several residents of the town witnessed what happened on Great Road (Route 2A). However, the community didn’t know who had been taken away by U.S. Immigration and…

Popup rally to protest ICE arrests draws large crowd

May 18, 2025
On Mother’s Day afternoon, several hundred people gathered in front of Acton Town Hall to protest the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) action that occurred on Great Road (Rt 2A) less than 24 hours before. The protest, organized by The Peacemakers Network, Indivisible Acton Area, and other groups,…
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