Board of Directors
- MaryHelen (“Marlen”) Gunn-Laurence, President
- Pam Minichiello, Clerk
- Avantika Nautiyal, Treasurer
- Kim Kastens
- Marion Maxwell
- Jeff Vandegrift
Editorial Team
- Franny Osman, Editor-in-Chief
- Kim Kastens, Associate Editor
- Miriam Lezak, Associate Editor
- Janet Furey, Copy editor
Website Design
- Consultation and design by Acton resident David Gerratt, NonprofitDesign.com
Tech Team
- Jeff Vandegrift
- Tom Beals
Reporters & Writers
- Diane Baum, Beat reporter for School Committee
- Tom Beals, Beat reporter for Select Board & Acton Leadership Group
- Jeff Brown, Beat reporter for business news
- Joan Burrows, Beat reporter for disability issues
- Kaiping Fu, Correspondent from the Acton Chinese American Civic Society
- DK Halley, Beat reporter for Board of Health & Correspondent from Friends of Pine Hawk
- Jody Harris, Correspondent from the Acton Conservation Trust
- Nancy Knoblock Hunton, People in the News reporter
- Kimberly Hurwitz, Beat reporter for Acton 250 & related events
- Greg Jarboe, Beat reporter for Council on Aging & seniors’ issues
- Matthew Liebman, Correspondent from Congregation Beth Elohim
- M. Mendoza, Correspondent from the Acton Latino Family Network
- Alissa Nicol, Community Events Reporter
- Ron Parenti, Beat reporter for the Acton Water District
- Ann Marie Testarmata, Correspondent from the Acton Garden Club
- Laura Wolfe, Assignment photographer
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