Acton Opens Early Voting for State Primary Amid Mail Ballot Flux
Acton opens early voting for the September state primary Thursday as a Supreme Court ruling leaves Massachusetts mail ballot rules in flux. The town's Department of Public Works also begins a new round of street paving that day, per a News Flash notice, while the Design Review Board, Wa…
DATELINE — ACTON
Early voting for the Massachusetts state primary opens in Acton Thursday, arriving the same week a Supreme Court ruling has thrown state mail-ballot rules into flux and as the town's Department of Public Works begins a fresh round of street paving.
TOWN HALL
The town's Department of Public Works will begin a new round of street paving starting Thursday, Aug. 27, according to a News Flash notice posted to the town website Wednesday afternoon. The notice does not detail which streets are affected; residents should watch for posted signage and expect possible temporary parking or access restrictions in work areas.
Separately, the town's public calendar shows early voting for the Massachusetts state primary opening Thursday, Aug. 27, at Acton polling locations. The same day, the Design Review Board, the Acton Libraries Joint Board of Trustees and the Water Resources Advisory Committee are all scheduled to meet.
COMMUNITY & ARTS
The Acton Public Library's Shoreline Civil War Roundtable meets Tuesday, Sept. 1, from 6:15 to 7:30 p.m., with Frank Niederwerfer presenting "14th Connecticut: The Final Chapter, Stony Mountain to Appomattox." The group meets the first Tuesday of each month.
The library's Wednesday Book Discussion Group returns Sept. 2 from 10:30 a.m. to noon to discuss "When I Was Puerto Rican," a memoir by Esmeralda Santiago.
ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS
"Supreme Court Ruling Puts MA's Mail Ballot Rules In Flux": Massachusetts joined roughly two dozen other states this week in suing the U.S. Postal Service over proposed new mail-ballot handling rules, Patch reports, a legal fight landing just as Acton's own early-voting window opens (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/acton).
"🌱 Patch AM: Worship With Us! Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Featuring Shawn McCann and 13 more events": Patch's daily roundup highlights area worship listings alongside more than a dozen other local happenings, including a Concord Orchestra open rehearsal on the Acton events calendar, per Patch AM Team (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/acton).
COMING UP
Library programs over the next week include the YA Drop-In Games Day Thursday, Aug. 27, from 3 to 4:30 p.m.; Sing & Stomp for young children Friday, Aug. 28, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.; the monthly Pokémon Club Saturday, Aug. 29, from 2 to 3 p.m.; and Meet-up Mondays on Aug. 31 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. The library's Tuesday, Sept. 1 storytime session has been canceled. The Concord Orchestra holds an open rehearsal Sept. 1, per the Acton Patch calendar.
Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.
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