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A smashing success: Acton’s first pumpkin smash

November 17, 2024

Alissa NicolandLauren West

On Wednesday, Nov. 6, the Sustainability Subcommittee hosted Acton’s very first “Pumpkin Smash” at the DPW Facility. About 35 attendees and 10 staff stopped by with their own leftover pumpkins and other gourds or to help carry the bright orange orbs during the two hour afternoon event. Black…

Acton is in “critical drought” and “red flag” fire warning status

November 9, 2024

by Kim Kastens

The northeastern region of Massachusetts is now in a “Level 3: Critical Drought,” according to the Massachusetts Drought Management Task Force. In announcing this designation on November 7, Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rebecca Tepper called attention to the low streamflow, below average precipitation, and high fire danger…

Elizabeth Bejar-Benz receives Latino Excellence Award

November 9, 2024

by Maribel Mendoza

Acton resident Elizabeth Bejar-Benz was recently honored for her significant contributions to education and the arts at the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus (MBLLC) Latino Excellence Awards. The ceremony, held in the Great Hall of the Massachusetts State House on October 25th, recognized Latino leaders who have…

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Select Board Notes: November 4, 2024

November 9, 2024

by Tom Beals

Residents were quiescent, offering no concerns to the November 4, 2024 Select Board meeting. Board Chair Fran Arsenault echoed earlier announcements regarding assessors’ inspections and announced a November 13, 7:00 p.m. Housing Production Plan webinar. Board member Alissa Nicol noted higher water bills and recommended the Watersmart monitoring…

Backgrounder: Habitat for All and Housing Production Plan update

November 9, 2024

by Kristen Guichard

Acton embarked on two exciting projects this year: (1) Habitat for All, exploring how Acton can improve its current natural resource protection zoning and implement inclusionary zoning and updating the (2) Housing Production Plan, which is a community’s proactive strategy for planning and developing affordable housing by creating…

The Bulletin Board

November 9, 2024

by The Acton Exchange Team

The Acton Exchange team is working towards a new calendar function that allows more flexible and powerful access to Acton-relevant calendar information. In the meantime, short notices of upcoming events are published in the Bulletin Board. For now, email your Acton-relevant calendar notice (<150 words) to calendar@actonexchange.org. Your…

Acton votes

November 9, 2024

by The Acton Exchange Team

According to the preliminary results of Tuesday’s state and presidential election, 80% of Acton’s 16,235 registered voters voted in the November 5 state and presidential elections, slightly less than the 2016 and 2020 elections (where 84% voted). Of the 12,945 votes cast, 76% were for Harris-Walz and 19%…

Acton Exchange achieves federal tax-exempt status

November 9, 2024

by The Acton Exchange Team

Acton News Initiative, Inc. (ANI), doing business as The Acton Exchange (EIN# 93-4377398), recently received approval from the IRS as a Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization. The IRS Determination Letter awards this status to the Acton News Initiative, Inc. dating back to its incorporation date of November 23, 2023.…

A-B boys’ soccer team edges North Andover, advances in tournament

November 9, 2024

by James Conboy

November 3, O’Leary Field: Senior co-captain Will McKnight picked a perfect time to score his first goal as a varsity player – a second half tally that gave the Revolution a 1-0 victory over the visiting North Reading Knights in the first round of the MIAA tournament. A-B’s…

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A-B boys’ booter squad stymied by Algonquin, 3-1

November 9, 2024

by James Conboy

October 21, Leary Field: For the second straight match, Acton-Boxborough’s boys’ soccer team scored first, with a Tyler Sullivan tally at 8:10 of the first half. But Algonquin evened the score at 22:41, and got the eventual deciding goal later in the half. The Titans added an empty-netter…

Not your mother’s lunch line, ABRHS Farm to School program produces tasty school lunches

November 2, 2024

by Simca Horwitz

On October 28, U.S. Representative Jim McGovern and staff from the office of U.S. Representative Lori Trahan visited the Acton-Boxborough Regional High School to highlight the District’s expanding farm to school program, joined by State Senator Jamie Eldridge, State Representative Simon Cataldo, Deputy Commissioner Winton Pitcoff of the…

LAND grant for Wetherbee Woods

November 2, 2024

by Janet Furey

State Sen. Jamie Eldridge has announced that the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) has approved a Local Acquisitions for Natural Diversity (LAND) grant of $500,000 to help Acton preserve Wetherbee Woods. Working as the Acton delegation, Eldridge and state Reps. Simon Cataldo and Dan…

Suspect in vandalism case turns himself in

November 2, 2024

by The Acton Exchange Team

Mark Samuel McEnnis, 41 year old male from Mason, NH was arrested on October 30 on a warrant for the following charges in connection with the October 14 vandalism incident: In the October 14 incident, a symbol of diversity hanging from a Church of the Good Shepherd welcome…

Apple pie, anyone? Friends hosts 3rd annual contest

November 2, 2024

by Miriam Lezak

The Friends of the Acton Libraries hosted its 3rd annual apple pie baking contest, with two categories, youth (15 and under) and everyone else. This year there were four youth bakers and 12 adult contenders, battling for the glory of the Best Baker in Acton title, and the…

Invasive aquatic species invade Acton Town Hall

November 2, 2024

by Kim Kastens

On October 22, Town Hall was transformed into a plant identification biology lab, as thirty-five lovers of local ponds and rivers gathered to learn to identify invasive aquatic species. The Workshop on Invasive Aquatic Species attracted environmentalists and municipal staff from seventeen towns throughout the SuAsCo (Sudbury/Assabet/Concord) watershed.…

Turning Acton into action

November 2, 2024

by Ellen Feinstein Krueger

Long-time Acton resident Judy Wolff has created and produced four-inch magnets with the slogan, “I put action in Acton”, that she is offering to nonprofits at her cost so they can sell them as a fundraiser. In this interview Wolff told us all about this innovative marketing idea.…

Obituary: Gloria Seraydarian Jacobs

November 2, 2024

by Family

Gloria Seraydarian Jacobs was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend. She left this world on October 19, 2024, at the age of 89. Gloria was born in Greenwich, CT, the daughter of Edward and Manik (Theopilian) Seraydarian. She was a Girl Scout, editor of the…

The Bulletin Board

November 2, 2024

by The Acton Exchange Team

Discovery Museum To Host “Bessie’s Closet,” a Free Pop-up Clothing Shop, November 1 – 3 ACTON, MA – Discovery Museum will host a free-of-charge pop-up clothing shop, called “Bessie’s Closet,” November 1 through 3, 2024. Donations are being collected through October 27 in the Museum’s lobby. Bessie’s Closet…

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Acton Conservation Trust Fall Community Service Day

November 2, 2024

by Jody Harris

Acton Conservation Trust ‘s (ACT) 2024 Fall Community Service Day volunteers worked in the 176 Central Street Conservation Restriction (CR). A conservation restriction is a “legal agreement that prohibits certain acts and uses while allowing others, on private or municipally-owned property in order to permanently protect conservation values…

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School Committee Update, October 24, 2024 Meeting

November 2, 2024

by Diane Baum

Congressman Jim McGovern and State Officials Tour ABRHS Food Services U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern, who represents the cities and towns in the second congressional district of Massachusetts and who has spent decades fighting to end food insecurity, paid a visit to Acton-Boxborough Regional High School (ABRHS) on Monday,…

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