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The Bulletin Board

September 7, 2024
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An Open Can of Worms: what homeowners need to know about invasive worms and insects (From Acton Garden Club) Sept 10, 2024 – 10:30 a.m. Acton Town Hall, Acton MA The Acton Garden Club welcomes Blake Dinius, Entomologist Educator for Plymouth County, to inform us about invasive insects,…
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Acton votes on Governor’s Councillor and Senate candidate

September 7, 2024
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Tuesday, September 3 was primary day in Massachusetts. According to preliminary results from the Town Clerk’s office, 3623 ballots were cast, which represents 22.7% of registered voters in Acton. For primaries, you vote for your chosen party. Unenrolled voters can choose to vote with any party. For this…
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Bicyclists gear up to conquer cancer

September 7, 2024
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When Helene Palmer of Acton, Massachusetts, was preparing for her third bike ride with the American Cancer Society’s Bicycles Battling Cancer to commemorate twenty years since she had lost her mother to breast cancer at age 55, she heard the words, “You have breast cancer.” “I was still…
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US Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks at West Acton Villageworks

September 7, 2024
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On Saturday, Aug. 31, The Gallery at Villageworks in West Acton was brimming with Democrats, Independents, and even a few Republicans. The small army of “joyful warriors” was spending the first morning of their Labor Day weekend listening to U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, State Senator Jamie Eldridge, State…
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National Night Out with local first responders

August 30, 2024
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On Tuesday, August 6, the Town of Acton hosted another well-attended National Night Out event at the Public Safety Facility on Main Street. The annual event is held in municipalities across the country and aims to foster awareness of the services provided by law enforcement and an opportunity…
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Fire Chief Anita Arnum

Acton Woman’s Club to host fire chief

August 30, 2024
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Acton’s first and only woman Fire Chief Anita Arnum will be speaker at the Acton Woman’s Club’s Wednesday, September 10 meeting. Club members will enjoy a light lunch at 11:30am, followed by a short business meeting before Chief Arnum takes the floor. Chief Arnum was appointed Fire Chief…
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Breakthrough in diabetes care from Acton company

August 30, 2024
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Diabetes care has taken a significant step forward following FDA clearance of Acton-based Insulet’s Omnipod® 5 Automated Insulin Delivery (AID) System. It is the first and only AID system approved for the treatment of both type 1 (formerly called juvenile) diabetes and type 2 (formerly called adult-onset) diabetes.…
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Select Board notes 26 August 2024: Low key, no drama

August 30, 2024
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No resident concerns were voiced at the August 26, 2024 Acton Select Board meeting. Board and management announcements included new hires at the library, fire department, and a new public health nurse. Plans for the town’s annual commemoration of the September 11, 2001 tragedy will be announced soon.…
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WECO continues to deliver

August 30, 2024
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For most, the recent pandemic was an unpleasant memory of masks, disinfectants, and 6-foot distances. But some good things came from Covid. And one is WECO: the food preparation and delivery service, born in March of 2020, as we plunged into the unknown. Many businesses including local restaurants…
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A man with grey hair, beige pants, and a blue t-shirt rests his hand on the top of a large granite sculpture of a dog head, with other granite boulders behind.

Making boulders come to life at the YV Museum

August 30, 2024
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The reception for this year’s three-week artist residence sculpting at the enormous stone field at the YV Museum in Acton on August 25 was attended by an enthusiastic 35 people. In its 13th year of the residence where artists select a boulder to carve from the huge boulder…
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The Bulletin Board

August 30, 2024
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Bicyclists Gear Up to Conquer Cancer (From American Cancer Society) The American Cancer Society’s Bicycles Battling Cancer ride on Sunday, September 22, is a fun, scenic 30, 50, 63 (100 km), or 100-mile ride through Central Massachusetts and New Hampshire, starting and finishing at the YMCA Camp Lowe…
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Draft Hazard Mitigation Plan released

August 23, 2024
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In the original flood of “biblical proportions”, Noah built an ark to save his family and two of every animal species. But how would the town of Acton protect citizens and property from a flood of “biblical proportions” or any other major environmental hazard, such as wind storms,…
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Beth Elohim adds a mini-food pantry to Acton

August 23, 2024
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Any time, not just during food pantry hours, our neighbors can get a little food for a meal for their families. There are now three new mini-food pantries in Acton, including one at Congregation Beth Elohim (CBE) on Prospect Street in Acton (see map below). On June 28,…
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The Bulletin Board

August 23, 2024
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Sculpture Exhibition Reception From the YV Art Museum/Contemporary Arts International (CAI) YV Art Museum, a non-profit art center located at 68 Quarry Road, Acton MA, is hosting the 13th annual Symposium in the realization of the “New Art Archeology”. This year, with participating artists David Adilman, Marin Murakoshi,…
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