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Fire Chief Anita Arnum

Acton Woman’s Club to host fire chief

August 30, 2024
Acton’s first and only woman Fire Chief Anita Arnum will be speaker at the Acton Woman’s Club’s Wednesday, September 10 meeting. Club members will enjoy a light lunch at 11:30am, followed by a short business meeting before Chief Arnum takes the floor. Chief Arnum was appointed Fire Chief in October 2023. As Deputy, Arnum was already the highest-ranking woman in the history of the Acton Fire Department, and is the first female to serve as Chief. According to a Town announcement, “Arnum began her career with the Acton Fire Department as a full-time firefighter in 1989. She was promoted to…
Photograph of bronze statue of a woman, with live woman placing purple flowers into statue's hand.

Acton Sculptor’s Boston Women’s Memorial is Celebrated

May 8, 2023
Acton sculptor Meredith Bergmann’s Boston Women’s Memorial was honored on Sunday, May 7 at Emmanuel Church in Boston on its 20th anniversary. The Memorial, on Commonwealth Avenue in the Back Bay, is an approachable and touchable statuary tribute to Massachusetts leaders Abigail Adams, Lucy Stone, and Phyllis Wheatley.…
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