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Harris Hearth Breads

August 9, 2025

by Jeff Brown

Andreas Apostolopoulos and his wife Sarah have been baking sourdough breads for a year and a half in a permitted microbakery in their home. Andreas’ interest in baking began during his childhood in Greece and continued when he and his wife moved to Acton seven years ago. Their…

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Board of Health Notes: July 29, 2025

August 9, 2025

by Patricia McTiernan

The Acton Board of Health met on July 29, with the discussion largely focused on wastewater management. Wastewater Management The most complicated situation discussed involves 979 Main Street, a property that straddles two lots and falls within municipal groundwater protection zone 1. The property houses a machine shop…

The Bulletin Board – August 2, 2025

August 2, 2025

by The Acton Exchange Team

Reminder to readers: Our front page can’t hold all the news. To see all of this week’s new articles, go to the All News page. The Acton Exchange Bulletin Board is for volunteer opportunities and other announcements not tied to a single specific time and date. Please send…

Acton Nature Watch: Buck Moon (June 25 – July 24, 2025)

August 2, 2025

by Rob Gogan

June June 7: A BOBCAT patrols a sun-dappled hemlock grove in E. Acton [click link to see Rebecca Harvey’s video]. June 17: A frisky WHITE-TAILED DEER explores the gap in a stone wall in N. Acton while its shy sibling lingers closer to the doe, who watches nearby.…

Girl Scout Suravi Bhatia creates pathway through Acton’s environmental history

July 26, 2025

by Kim Kastens

As her Girl Scout Gold Award project, Suravi Bhatia has created a self-guided environment/climate history walk along the path behind the Red House, across the street from Town Hall. This reporter toured the walk with Bhatia on July 13. The walk comprises twelve illustrated panels, organized chronologically, from…

Obituary: William “Bill” Kingman, 94

July 26, 2025

by Family

William “Bill” Lockwood Kingman, 94, of Acton, MA, died quietly in his sleep on June 23, 2025. He was born on August 21, 1930 in Medford, MA to the late Henry Eugene Kingman and Helen Crandell Kingman. Bill grew up in Concord. He attended Middlesex School, Concord, MA…

Juneteenth: Acton commemoration brings speakers and crowds

July 5, 2025

Greg JarboeandMiriam Lezak

Juneteenth: Acton commemoration brings speakers and crowds On June 19, Acton’sDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion Commission held its first official commemoration of Juneteenth. The multi-part event started at the Acton Congregational Church with a presentation by local authorRay Anthony Shepard, who explored the history of Juneteenth and its connection…

The Bulletin Board – July 5, 2025

July 5, 2025

by The Acton Exchange Team

Reminder to readers: Our front page can’t hold all the news. To see all of this week’s new articles, go to the All News page. The Acton Exchange Bulletin Board is for volunteer opportunities and other announcements not tied to a single specific time and date. Please send…

MassDOT designing Piper-Taylor intersection with Route 2

July 5, 2025

by David D. Martin

While construction is still years away, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is working on a concept to redesign the intersection of Piper and Taylor Roads with Route 2 — notorious in town for serious accidents, often due to Route 2 drivers running the red light at high…

The Bulletin Board – June 28, 2025

June 28, 2025

by The Acton Exchange Team

Reminder to readers: Our front page can’t hold all the news. To see all of this week’s new articles, go to the All News page. The Acton Exchange Bulletin Board is for volunteer opportunities and other announcements not tied to a single specific time and date. Please send…

Acton Nature Watch: Strawberry Moon (May 26, 2025 – June 25, 2025)

June 28, 2025

by Rob Gogan

May May 23: WOOD DUCK mother leads a clutch of a dozen ducklings down an Acton forest stream several times…GREAT BLUE HERON wades, flies briefly, and continues walking downstream in N. Acton brook [Click links to see Rebecca Harvey’s spectacular videos]. May 24: BLUEBIRD eggs laid one per…

The Bulletin Board – June 21, 2025

June 21, 2025

by The Acton Exchange Team

Reminder to readers: Our front page can’t hold all the news. To see all of this week’s new articles, go to the All News page. The Acton Exchange Bulletin Board is for volunteer opportunities and other announcements not tied to a single specific time and date. Please send…

The Bulletin Board – June 14, 2025

June 14, 2025

by The Acton Exchange Team

Reminder to readers: Our front page can’t hold all the news. To see all of this week’s new articles, go to the All News page. The Acton Exchange Bulletin Board is for volunteer opportunities and other announcements not tied to a single specific time and date. Please send…

Unmarked cars, masked agents: ICE operations spark fear and outrage in Acton and Boxborough

June 7, 2025

by Greg Jarboe

A chill ran through the communities of Acton and Boxborough last week as eyewitness accounts and official statements revealed a heightened, and often opaque, presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. An employee of an agency that provides services to low-income families said that many immigrants…

Habitat for Humanity announces plans for an office and projects in Acton

June 7, 2025

by Jeff Brown

The North Central Massachusetts branch of Habitat for Humanity had an office in Acton for over ten years before it moved to Leominster in early 2024. Later the same year, 416 Great Road, former home of the Le Lyonnais restaurant, became available. It was purchased by a benefactor…

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Select Board Notes: June 2, 2025

June 7, 2025

by Tom Beals

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

by Tom Beals

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…

Another Town Meeting in the books

May 10, 2025

by The Acton Exchange Team

After a very long two nights on May 5 and 6, 2025, Acton has successfully wrapped up another Town Meeting. You can view Town Meeting recordings on the ActonTV YouTube channel: For an overview of Town Meeting outcomes, see the May 7 update section of UPDATED May 7,…

Anchor and Pastor Liz Walker writes book, speaks to Friends of the COA

May 10, 2025

by Meg Stafford

Liz Walker, author, pastor, and former Channel 4 TV news anchor, captivated an audience of 85 at the Acton Senior Center on Tuesday, May 6 as she explained her journey from News Anchor to author of No One Left Alone. Dressed in deep purple with a spring green…

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Select Board Notes: April 28, 2025

May 3, 2025

by Tom Beals

Opening remarks: The first hour-plus of the April 28, 2025 Select Board meeting was a reprise of earlier presentations regarding the proposed replacement of the Department of Public Works (DPW) building, which is Question 1 on the April 29 Town Election Ballot. Outgoing Select Board Chair (continuing to…

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