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Celebrate Patriots Day in Acton and beyond

April 12, 2025
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An impressive lineup of events is taking place in and around Acton for next weekend’s commemoration of the beginning of the American Revolution and the town’s role in the fight for independence. On Friday, April 18, 2025, the Acton Minutemen will be completing their annual trek to Concord, following the Line of March taken by Captain Isaac Davis and Acton’s minute company. Today’s company, volunteer reenactors, will be stepping off from the site of the Isaac Davis House on Hayward Road at 6:30 am, and the public is welcome to join in for the ceremony, or the entire six mile…
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Rushing flood waters as seen from the stream bank

Stormwater Rages Across Acton

December 21, 2023
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Every fifteen minutes, 24/7, the US Geological Survey stream monitoring station on Nashoba Brook in Acton reports how much water is flowing through the brook. Since monitoring began sixty years ago, the highest streamflow ever recorded on December 18 was 99 cubic feet per second (cfs). In this week’s storm,…
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ActonTV Hosts Holiday Party

December 14, 2023
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ActonTV hosted their Annual Meeting and Holiday Party on Wednesday December 6 at their offices at 16A Craig Rd. The staff and members of the Board of Directors put out a generous buffet for the guests. The studio was transformed into a festive cocktail party venue. The guests…
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Discovery Museum CEO to Retire

December 5, 2023
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Many people’s first introduction to Acton is through its Discovery Museum. This year, the children’s museum is on target to have more than 200,000 visitors—90 percent of them from out of town. In addition, approximately 54,000 students will take part in the museum’s hands-on “Traveling Science Workshops,” which…
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Acton Clean Energy Coaching Program to Expand

December 5, 2023
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The Town of Acton’s Clean Energy Coaching program, which launched in late winter 2023, is expanding its cadre of trained volunteer coaches. The program provides free access to coaches for residents, businesses, and organizations in Acton interested in learning about and making clean energy upgrades to their homes,…
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Fix-It Clinic

November 28, 2023
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A Fix-It Clinic was held at the Acton Memorial Library on Saturday, November 25 from 10:00 – 1:00 PM. The event attracted seventeen individuals and families with a variety of items in need of repair. These items included a clock, handbag, lighted tree, wheelchair, miniature sewing machine, miniature…
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Celebrating Open Space Preservation in Acton

November 20, 2023
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Members and friends of the local non-profit Acton Conservation Trust recently gathered to celebrate President Susan Mitchell-Hardt’s lifetime achievement award from Sudbury Valley Trustees. It felt like a reunion of sorts as leaders of conservation efforts in Acton from the past decades, many now retired, returned to celebrate…
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Aman holds an early American flag; a speakar at a podium and other flag-holders stand behind him

Veterans Day Observance in Acton

November 13, 2023
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A crowd gathered on the Acton Town Common Saturday morning, November 11 at 11:00 AM to observe the 2023 Veterans Day. Organized by the Veterans Services Office and Celebrations and Ceremonies Committee, the observance opened with a welcome and invocation by Gail Sawyer, Deputy Director-Emergency Management. Town Manager…
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Spooktacular October with Acton Recreation

November 6, 2023
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In collaboration with a local company called Pumpkin Guts Productions, Acton’s Recreation Department hosted three events this past month at NARA Park. The inaugural “Nightmare at NARA: Haunted Trail Walk in the Park” ran every Friday and Saturday in October (weather permitting). The event relied on 37 volunteers…
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Friends of the Acton Libraries’ Apple Pie Contest

October 30, 2023
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The Friends of the Acton Libraries’ second annual Apple Pie Contest drew 7 entries from Acton residents, and winners were announced in the Meeting Room on the first floor of the Memorial Library on Sunday afternoon, October 29. The judging of the pies had taken place the day…
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After Hours Archaeology Tour for Pine Hawk Friends

October 23, 2023
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On Sunday, October 15, seven Friends of Pine Hawk members traveled to the Robbins Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in Middleborough, home of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society and a collection of 200,000+ cultural items. This after-hours tour of the museum was led by Greg Lott and Judi Macioci.…
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Office entrance of The Minuteman Inn Shelter

Acton’s Minuteman Inn to Shelter 33 Migrant Families

October 23, 2023
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On August 8, 2023, Governor Maura Healey declared that a state of emergency exists in Massachusetts due to rapidly rising numbers of migrant families arriving in Massachusetts in need of shelter and services and a severe lack of shelter availability in the state. According to the Governor’s office…
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