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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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A police detective and a woman stand near a large stack of sealed boxes. The officer is opening one box that has been moved to a desk.

Hand Recount Confirms Override Passage

May 24, 2024
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On Tuesday morning, May 21, in Room 204 of Town Hall, Acton Town staff and volunteers gathered to recount the votes of the April 30 Town Election, specifically for question 1 about the tax levy override, as the results of the original balloting were close (3191 yeses (49.94%),…
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A Revolutionary-era white house with a center chimney. The main house is set on a hill and an ell on the left side has a small door that opens at a lower level.

1770s South Acton houses open on Sunday

May 24, 2024
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On Sunday, May 26, the Iron Work Farm begins the 2024 season of regular open houses at their two South Acton house museums. The open houses comprise the first installment of the Acton 250th celebration of homes of the 1770s entitled, “Still Here: Houses of Our Patriots.” The…
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A group of people in Colonial garb stand at attention at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Acton plans Memorial Day parade and ceremonies on May 27

May 24, 2024
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The Town of Acton’s Department of Veterans’ Services and the Celebrations and Ceremonies Committee are organizing the annual Memorial Day Parade and Ceremonies scheduled for Monday, May 27th. This year’s parade will take place in West Acton, leaving the Gates School at 10 a.m. sharp and proceeding along…
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Select Board honors volunteers of the year

May 24, 2024
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Town Manager John Mangiaratti and the Select Board hosted a May 16th ceremony at the Acton Memorial Library where each Select Board member announced the honoree that they had nominated as a 2024 Colonel Francis Faulkner Sr. Exemplary Volunteer of the Year. This year’s honorees were: Janet Adachi,…
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Graphic with headshots of multcultural presenters at the Ask Me Fair with text: Meet us at the Ask Me Fair. Presented by Sargent Memorial Library, Open Door Theater, Think Outside The Vox and Acton Boxborough United Way. What would you ask us? Friday May 31 Session for Families 4-5:30 pm and Session for Adults 6-7:30 at Sargent Memorial Library 427 Mass Ave. Boxborough Register at boxlib.org

Ask Me Fair encourages curiosity

May 24, 2024
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Open Door Theater President Sam Gould conceived of an event called the “Ask Me Fair” in 2019, to combat some of the personal antisemitism, ableism and racism that her family and friends experienced in our community. “There is so much othering that occurs in our community and, frankly,…
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Teenaged boy in a baseball uniform throws a pitch. Another baseball player is ready to catch in the background.

Ball games this week

May 24, 2024
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Bedford flamethrower no-hits Revolution May 13, Acton-Boxborough softball field: The Bedford Buccaneers’ Alyxandra Rossi strode into town looking for strikeout victims, and she found twenty-one, including four in one inning, thanks to a dropped third strike. That drop, and two walks, were the Revolutions’ only baserunners in their…
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The bronze sculpture, Something is Being Done, shows several women marching down an arc. The largest figure is a woman wearing a long dress, large hat, and carrying a scroll in one hand.

“Something is Being Done” is done

May 24, 2024
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On a cloudy, cool Saturday, May 18, Acton artist Meredith Bergmann’s bronze monument to the women of Lexington, Massachusetts was dedicated with a community celebration. The Lexington Women’s Monument, entitled, “Something is Being Done” was the project of LexSeeHer, a group of women dedicated to making women’s stories…
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Five people stand in front of a shop located in an industrial complex. Two people hold a red ribbon and the new owners of Marzae Winery start to cut the ribbon with a very large pair of scissors.You can see large metal tanks and other wine-making parephernelia in the background.

Acton celebrates grand opening of Marzae Wines

May 24, 2024
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If you have seen the movie Bottle Shock, then you will know that no one took Napa Valley wine seriously in 1976. Well, flash forward 48 years and I suspect that it would be hard to find someone who takes Massachusetts wine seriously in 2024. But that’s about…
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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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