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What’s on your pizza? A March Madness review

March 29, 2025
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March Madness is a time for basketball, statistics, and hanging out with friends and family. As for many folks around the country, it’s also a time when Acton residents make fast breaks to a dozen pizza places or order a large pizza with their favorite toppings for delivery in between the 67 men’s and 67 women’s college basketball games during the NCAA’s two tournaments. A team of intrepid Acton Exchange writers including Franny Osman, Meg Stafford, Jeff Brown, Karen “KJ” Herther, and I asked the owners or managers of 12 pizza places in Acton and two neighboring towns the following…
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Erikson’s Grain Mill expands

December 7, 2024
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One of the oldest continually-operating businesses in Acton, Erikson’s Grain Mill, has doubled its retail space. The grand opening, held November first, showcased the larger area with a full selection of bagged dog food and horse feed, and bigger items such as dog crates that were previously difficult…
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Silver Girl restaurant announces opening

December 7, 2024
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Two-fifty-one Arlington Street in West Acton is about to be born again. The restaurant Silver Girl opens December 20 after months of preparation by the owners Dawn Aguiar and Tamara Deluzio, who also own Eve and Murray’s at the other end of West Acton center, right below True…
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News Brief: Stop And Shop Opening Nears

November 27, 2024
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The new Stop and Shop store at 252 Main Street, Kelly’s Corner, former home of KMart, is tentatively set to open on December 13. Shelves are filling up with non-perishables while workers continue with the final details. The sign on the façade was installed this week. The parking…
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Exchange Hall sold to Belmont Church

September 21, 2024
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Historic Exchange Hall at 2 School St., South Acton was sold on August 6 to the Anointed Worship Center, a Christian church currently located on Trapelo Road in Belmont. The sale price was $1,070,000. Glenn Berger, former owner of the building and owner of Acton Woodworks, a remodeling…
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Business Briefs, September 13, 2024

September 14, 2024
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Acton Convenience changed hands. Ricardo Trindade sold his business on 465 Great Road in July to a company that operates out of Lowell. He still owns a store at 75 Great Road and he has named that location Great Road Convenience and a storefront sign is on order.…
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At the Heart of Haartz

September 7, 2024
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Eric Haartz was starting graduate school in 1977 when his father John C. Haartz Jr., president of the Haartz Corporation, died unexpectedly. At a family meeting following the funeral, young Eric was asked if he would be interested in taking over the business. He said he was but…
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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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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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Boozy book fair brings out a crowd

August 9, 2024
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A hot summer night, beer, themed cocktails, and piles of brand new books… what could be finer? An annual collaboration between True West Brewery and Silver Unicorn Bookstore, both in West Acton, brings a large selection of books and an outdoor bar to the patio in front of…
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Acton seniors tour Haartz Corporation headquarters

July 12, 2024
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Acton seniors toured the Haartz Corporation headquarters on Hayward Road on June 26. Visitors were hosted by the company’s executives, who provided a full tour. The well-received tour was arranged by Chris Chirokas, Acton Council on Aging Program Manager. Chirokas arranged two tours to Haartz in June and…
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A group of people are standing in a gym. There are colored cones on the floor and a woman in a pink jacket brings a ball over to the clients.

Business Briefs

July 5, 2024
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“Eve and Murray” to open a restaurant Dawn Eve Aguiar and Tamara Murray Deluzio, owners of the farm to home store, Eve and Murray’s, will open a restaurant this fall. The location is 251 Arlington St., in the building formerly occupied by Savory Lane, Orange Door Hospitality and,…
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English Rose Tea Room opens in Acton Center

July 5, 2024
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Pining for a spot of tea? How about a shortbread biscuit? Well, you’re in luck. Acton now has its own English Rose Tea Room. Acton residents Trudy Khosla and Deanna Downs opened a pop up tearoom in the 1829 historic building at 504 Main Street, Acton Center. Inspired…
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