Acton's Department of Public Works began a new round of street paving this week, per a town notice posted Thursday, August 27. The town's Finance Subcommittee is set to meet Monday, August 31, continuing its budget work. Statewide, Secretary of State Bill Galvin flagged a mail-ballot cr…
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 Finance Committee heard student research pegging operating override odds at 45 to 53 percent by 2031 or 2032.
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 weighed a slimmed-down $23 million DPW building and a sewer fee dispute.
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…
Acton recorded 17 property transfers between July 24 and Aug. 22, with recorded prices ranging from $400,000 to $1.83 million and a median of $980,000 among the 13 sales that listed a price. The month's top sale was 74 Canterbury Hill Rd at $1,830,000, followed by 6 Lady Slipper Ln at $1,478,000.
Acton Patch detailed new investigative findings from inside the Martha Lane home at the center of the town's ongoing double homicide case. The outlet's Patch AM newsletter said investigators are piecing together what happened at the home, the same case for which Acton held a vigil for S…