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Household Goods hosts bed frame party

May 16, 2024
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The email read, “Greetings hard working Volunteers, Bed Frame Party Next Week!” The list of recipients was limited to a select group of workers experienced in bed frame construction, and refreshments were promised. It was an offer too good to refuse. Household Goods is one of Acton’s most…
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Astronaut lands in Acton

May 16, 2024
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What mother doesn’t want her child to grow up to be an astronaut? We learned this on Sunday May 12 (Mother’s Day) at Congregation Beth Elohim when Astronaut Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman presented his documentary Space Torah to an audience of about 50 congregants and community members. Dr. Hoffman…
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Garlic mustard – time to pull

May 16, 2024
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Do you have this pretty plant with lovely white flowers blooming in your woods, garden, compost pile or even lawn or garden? Look for it. Once you see it, you cannot unsee it. It’s garlic mustard! It is a nonnative invasive plant from Europe that takes over, disturbs…
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It was worth the wait for a walk-off victory

May 16, 2024
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May 2, Acton Boxborough Regional High School girls softball team: A great pitcher’s duel between A-B’s Ila Gillespie and Shrewsbury’s Marcia Bentley was ultimately decided by errors, as the A-B Revolution eked out a 4-3 extra-inning, walk-off victory over the Shrewsbury Colonials. The Revs clung to a 2-0…
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Hope at Bat: May 9 boys baseball game for a cause

May 16, 2024
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Acton-Boxborough baseball field, May 9: The color pink was abundant Thursday, most notably on the home team’s jerseys, as the A-B Revolution hosted Dual County League rival Bedford in a game to raise funds for the American Cancer Society Hope at Bat crusade against cancer. Longtime Acton resident,…
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Acton observes Mental Health Awareness Month

May 16, 2024
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The Town of Acton is sponsoring two programs geared toward parents, community members, and professionals as part of Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental Health Awareness Month — recognized in May — aims to eradicate the stigma surrounding mental illness as well as promote strategies and provide support for…
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Eyes on the (solar) storm

May 16, 2024
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In the May 11 issue of the Acton Exchange, we asked for your photos and stories about from last weekend’s rare local view of the aurora borealis. Lauren Rosenzweig caught the lights on camera on Marshall Path in north Acton, though her experience was the same as many.…
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The AB upper gym is packed with voters for the first night of Town Meeting.

Acton Town Meeting approves school budgets: Articles 7 and 8

May 7, 2024
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The Acton-Boxborough Regional School District Assessment and Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical High School District Assessment were both approved at the May 6 town meeting. Article 7 On May 6, Acton Town Meeting overwhelmingly approved Article 7, which permits the Town to fund Acton’s portion of the Acton-Boxborough Regional…
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Acton Town Meeting: Town Budget articles pass with ease

May 7, 2024
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Article 4: Town Operating Budget The Town Operating Budget, as its name suggests, pays the town’s expenses for the upcoming Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. Those expenses include familiar town services such as the Fire Department, Police, and libraries; those services, and their proportions, are shown in the ‘pie’…
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Did you see the northern lights this weekend?

May 7, 2024
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Acton night owls are enjoying a rare view of the aurora borealis, or northern lights, this weekend thanks to a geomagnetic storm resulting from an unusually large sunspot . The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) wrote on their website, “For many people, the aurora is a beautiful…
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Other Town Meeting articles

May 7, 2024
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Article 1 – Choose town officers On the first night of Town Meeting, the Town Moderator split choosing town officers into two parts, to ensure that the budget articles were discussed and voted on in a timely manner. Part one included all of the uncontested positions, which was…
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Town Manager appreciates contributors to Town Meeting

May 7, 2024
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Editor: Town Manager John Mangiaratti responded to questions from the Acton Exchange about Town Meeting 2024 with the following letter: The 2024 Annual Town Meeting had the highest attendance in Acton’s history. The voters approved an operating budget and school assessments supported by additional revenue from an operational…
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Acton Water District Prepares for New Federal Limits on PFAS

May 7, 2024
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On April 10, 2024, the EPA announced the first federal enforceable drinking water regulations for PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), and placed concentration limits on some of these chemicals at 4 parts-per-trillion (ppt). The EPA predicts that significant health benefits will result from this action; however, managers of…
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Oval Garden is Dedicated

May 7, 2024
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The Oval Garden in front of Town Hall, newly planted by the Acton Garden Club to commemorate the club’s 90th Anniversary, was dedicated on the morning of May 1. The 20’x18’ perennial garden was designed with plantings that will withstand, with little maintenance or watering, the harsh sun,…
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A group of 5 people smiling and holding political signs both for and against the override, Andrew Schwartz is also there, holding an Andrew Schwartz for School Committee sign.

Town Election Results and Upcoming Town Meeting

April 30, 2024
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Acton Town Elections were held Tuesday, April 30. A total of 6,390 voters cast ballots, 40.65% of the town’s 15,721 registered voters, according to the official results on the Town’s website. “The high voter turnout at the polls energized the workers, and the Clerk office’s delivery of a…
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