A new T.J. Maxx store opened in Acton this week as parent company TJX plans additional Massachusetts openings, according to WBSM.com. The town also kicked off a Community Painting Workshop to help complete the Acton Sustainability Mural and a BioBlitz at the Red House Conservation Proje…

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…

Acton Public Library rolls out its fall programming this week as students return to class Tuesday. The library's Mystery Book Club meets Wednesday, Aug. 26, to discuss "In Dublin's Fair City," teens get a back-to-school Drop-In Games Day Thursday, and the library's weekly Peace Crane Fo…

Acton raised its West Nile virus risk to moderate on Aug. 24 after a mosquito sample tested positive, the town announced, urging residents to use repellent and avoid peak mosquito hours. Separately, a press release touted an Abside Networks manufacturing kickoff ceremony held in Acton t…

Acton kids joined a hands-on sheriff's safety camp this summer, the lead update in Monday's local news wire. Patch's Aug. 24 "Patch AM" roundup for Acton highlighted the youth safety program, run in partnership with a sheriff's office, as its top story of the day, a lighter note for the…