Acton is recruiting volunteers this week to help paint its Sustainability Mural, one of several conservation pushes the town announced. The town also invited residents to the Red House Conservation Project's BioBlitz, a hands-on effort to catalog local wildlife on town conservation land…
Acton-Boxborough's School Committee approved a state-mandated seclusion and restraint policy 8-1, over objections that the panel's own policy subcommittee never reviewed it.
Acton's DPW issued a paving notice for the week of Aug. 24 as two town boards prepare to meet. The Select Board and DPW Building Committee are both scheduled to convene Monday, Aug. 24, with the Select Board's agenda including a previously announced public hearing on a special permit fo…
Acton held a vigil Wednesday for Siddarth Aravind and his mother, victims of a double homicide, WCVB reports. The Select Board has scheduled two Aug. 24 public hearings on site plan special permits for proposed projects at 97-105 Great Road and 1012 Main Street, and the Department of Pu…
The town raised Acton's West Nile Virus risk to moderate Wednesday after a mosquito sample tested positive, urging residents to take precautions. The advisory follows an earlier post that had classified Acton's own risk as low while neighboring communities sat at moderate. Elsewhere, th…
Acton's Planning Board has scheduled a public hearing on a proposed development at 96 Pope Road for Tuesday, Aug. 18. The hearing is one of three town board meetings scheduled that evening, alongside the Commission on Disabilities and the Land Stewardship Committee. Acton Public Library…
Acton Town Hall released its August Municipal Monthly newsletter as three town boards prepare to meet Tuesday, Aug. 18. The Commission on Disabilities, Land Stewardship Committee and Planning Board are all on the calendar, while Acton Public Library rolled out a week of free programming…
Acton recorded 19 property transfers between July 17 and Aug. 15, 2026, with 15 listing a sale price. Prices ranged from $267,000 to $1,657,500, with a median of $805,000. The month's top sale was 2 Dunton Lane at $1,657,500, sold by the Cooney Living Trust to Jane M. Karol and Howard Cooper.
Acton Conservation volunteers gather at Ice House Pond Saturday to hand-pull invasive water chestnuts choking the water body. The Conservation Division set the removal effort for 9 a.m. to noon on August 15, continuing its push to protect the pond's ecosystem before the invasive plant s…
The Boston Globe featured two Acton homes tied to actor Steve Carell's childhood this week, as Town Hall posted its August Municipal Monthly newsletter and the India Association of Greater Boston geared up to bring a "Colors of India" Independence Day celebration to NARA Park on Aug. 15…