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A man wearing a green polo shirt stands in front of a screen at the Acton Memorial Library. The screen shows a picture of the Edwards house from many years ago.

A fresh look at an old Acton home

June 21, 2024

by Kimberly E. B. Hurwitz

Monday evening, June 9th brought MIT Professor and Acton resident, David Hardt, to the Acton 250 Committee with a highly detailed and engrossing look into the ownership, construction, and history of one of Acton’s oldest homes. The Edwards house, located at 328 Pope Road on the Concord border,…

A line drawing with a sailboat pulled up on the shore, the setting sun in the background, and two peope walking towards the sailboat.

Acton Exchange takes a vacation

June 21, 2024

by Franny Osman

The Acton Exchange editorial team is taking a week off. Today’s issue will be the last one in June. The next issue will be published around July 5. We hope you had and have good celebrations on Juneteenth and July 4. Send us your pictures and stories! This…

A cavernouse metal shed (the Acton Water District headquarters) where the audience is seated on the left, and various town officials (Finance Committee, Water District Commission) are seated at the tables on the right.

Voters authorize $2.5 million in additional borrowing at Acton Water District Special Meeting

June 21, 2024

by Kim Kastens

The equipment garage at the Acton Water District (AWD) Headquarters was the setting for the June 13 Special District Meeting, at which voters authorized $2.5 million, above and beyond the $7.82 million authorized at a previous District meeting, to install bedrock wells and a PFAS treatment system at…

A grey-haired man and a woman stand next to a table that has a poster with the title "Oh Deer!" A girl stands on the other side of the table holding a certificate from the League of Women Voters that says "Excellence in Advocacy awarded to Elsa Meng.

Civics Fair held at RJ Grey Junior High School

June 14, 2024

by Leslie Hogan

Hundreds of students, parents, and community members gathered last week at a Civics Fair held at RJ Grey Junior High School. Student-led civics projects became part of the State of Massachusetts Junior High and High School curriculum through the enactment of S2631, an act to promote and enhance…

Two women pose proudly. The mom is smiling broadly and the daughter has her arm over her mother's shoulders. She's wearing the Minuteman blue and gold cap and gown.

High School Graduations, 2024

June 14, 2024

Diane BaumandFranny Osman

AB High School Class of 2024 graduation goes off without a hitch Students, families and friends gathered on Leary Field on June 7 to celebrate the 407 member Acton-Boxborough Regional High School graduating class of 2024. Principal Joanie Dean recognized graduating students for their resiliency, compassion and positivity,…

A group of people stand in a room with blue and silver balloons in the background. A woman stands in the middle of the group holding a large certificate from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A small boy is beginning to leave the crowd and walk towards the photographer.

Acton Housing Authority’s executive director retires

June 14, 2024

by Nancy Kolb

Kelley Cronin, Acton Housing Authority’s Executive Director retired June 7 after 19 years with the Authority. In recognition of this milestone, Nancy Kolb, chair of the Acton Housing Authority, shared these recollections with the Acton Exchange: Kelley first worked for the City of Boston Mayor’s Office and then…

Another booth -- the awning says Acton Water District. There are people behind the table talking to a group of fair attendees.

Festival offers opportunity to learn about and celebrate climate action in Acton

June 14, 2024

by Alissa Nicol

Acton’s Sustainability Office, with funding from the state’s Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program grant program, organized a Climate Resilience Festival that was held on Saturday, June 8 at the Gardner Playground in West Acton. Participating organizations included Green Acton, Acton Boxborough Farmers Market, Acton Water District, Acton Conservation Trust (ACT),…

A man wearing a pink shirt and a bow tie speaks to an audience. There is a slide up on the screen behind him.

Making The Case for Liberty

June 14, 2024

by Kimberly E. B. Hurwitz

On May 29th, the Acton 250 Committee again hosted a riveting lecture at Acton Town Hall, entitled The Empire Strikes Back and Resistance becomes Revolution (the critical changes occurring in the year 1774). Suffolk University Professor and Chairman of Revolution 250, Robert Allison delved into the intricate web…

A poster wtih a drawing from the book Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type.In the poster, two cows, two chickens, and a duck are staring at an old-fashioned manual typewriter.

More cows come to Acton–to Theatre III

June 14, 2024

by Ruth Bendig

The animals on Farmer Brown’s farm in Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type at Theatre III in West Acton, have been trying to convince Farmer Brown to do something to fix up his drafty barn. He doesn’t take them seriously, so after some debate they form a union…

A cheerily painted cow statue -- this one has a mostly orange face, turquoise horns, and a purple body with blue spots. There are also some other cow statues in the background.

Seeing Cows Around Acton and CowsParade at Donelans

June 14, 2024

by Karen Herther

Notice a lot of cows around Acton lately? The painted cows in front of Donelan Fresh Market in Gould’s Plaza on Great Road in Acton have returned. Plus, a short-out to the large cow that appears annually on Route 2 and School Street Fields to mark the 2024…

Badge icon representing Boards and Committees

School Committee end-of-year update

June 14, 2024

by Diane Baum

School Committee Considers a New Zero Emissions Vehicles (ZEV) Policy Policy Subcommittee Chair Liz Fowlks reported on June 6 that the subcommittee has been working with the district Energy Manager, Kate Crosby, to develop a Zero Emissions Vehicles policy. If approved, the new policy, which was presented to…

A rider with a Pan-Mass Challenge jersey is waving to people on the side of the side of the road waving brightly colored inspirational signs such as You Rock!,and U Ride, We Live.

Forty Acton Riders Pedal Toward Record-Breaking $75 Million Fundraising Goal in the 2024 Pan-Mass Challenge

June 14, 2024

by The Acton Exchange Team

Residents cycle to cross $1 billion in lifetime fundraising for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute On Saturday, August 3 and Sunday, August 4, 6,500 riders, including 40 residents from Acton, will participate in the milestone 45th Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) with the goal of raising a record $75 million for Dana-Farber…

A handwritten poster announcing Doris Kearns Goodwin as a speaker at Bull Run Restaurant on June 9, and a picture of the cover of Goodwin's newest book, An Unfinished Love Story.

Silver Unicorn bookstore holds epic four days of events

June 14, 2024

by Greg Jarboe

How does a local business compete with Amazon? Well, the Silver Unicorn Bookstore in West Acton just held an epic four days of events that gave readers the rare opportunity to meet the authors of a variety of new books. The series kicked off Friday evening, June 7.…

Help for the helpers: mental health support following a murder-suicide

June 7, 2024

by Franny Osman

As the town reels from such sad news as the murder-suicide that occurred in Acton on May 30, people ask questions to try to put order and predictability and, most of all, a sense of safety, back into place. They wish they could turn back time. They wonder…

Town of Acton Hazard Mitigation Plan Open House: Public input needed

June 7, 2024

by Karen Herther

On May 15, the Acton community gathered to provide input on the upcoming Town Hazard Mitigation Plan. Organized by the Acton Hazard Mitigation Planning (HMP) Working Group, the event was led by Andrea Becerra, Sustainability Director and Corey York, Director of Public Works,with support from Elizabeth Montgomery, Environmental…

Graph with X-axis years from 2004 - 2020. Y-axis is Volume of Water (mgd [millions of gallons per day). The Water Management Act permit shows as a straight red line at 1.94 MGD. A second line shows maximum daily demand. It ranges over the years from a high of about 2.7 MGD to very close to the 1.94 permit line, with a steady downward trend beginning in 2016. The third line shows average daily demand, which hovers between about 1.5 and 1.9 MGD.

Water District Commissioners vote to renew outdoor water use restrictions

June 7, 2024

by Ron Parenti

Outdoor water use restrictions for the summer of 2024 were unanimously approved by the Acton Water District commissioners at the regular meeting of the commissioners on 29 April. District Manager Matthew Mostoller noted that Acton’s aquifers are currently in very good shape, but indicated his intention to impose…

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