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Acton Board Hikes Dump Sticker Fees for FY27

The Acton Select Board approved fiscal 2027 transfer station fee increases and elected new officers. Non-senior access stickers rise from $115 to $127, senior stickers from $12 to $15, and recycling stickers from $20 to $25, effective September 1, 2026, Budget Director Ellie Anderson said.

Townbrief reporting · May 11

Government · Select Board

Select Board Approves Great Road Trade-Shop Plan

Acton Select Board approved a special permit for a Great Road trade-shop redevelopment after months of review.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 27

Government · Select Board

Acton Select Board Votes to Buy Taylor Road Land

The Acton Select Board voted unanimously to exercise the town's right of first refusal on 5.8 acres at 46 Taylor Road, teeing up a roughly $1.4 million land purchase for Town Meeting.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 6

Government · Select Board

Select Board OKs Pullback on Green Energy Buys

Acton Select Board voted to scale back extra renewable energy purchases to lower electric rates for all ratepayers.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 16

Government · Select Board

Select Board Delays Vote on Arboretum Land Deal

Acton Select Board delayed a decision on a $1.4 million Arboretum-adjacent land buy. The board voted unanimously to continue, until March 16, a hearing on whether to exercise its right of first refusal on a 5.8-acre parcel at 46 Taylor Road, with the purchase price fixed at $1.4 million.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 2

Government · Select Board

Acton Select Board Unanimously Backs Phased DPW Building Project for Town Meeting

ACTON -- February 23, 2026, Acton Select Board votes to phase the DPW facility project and continues a contentious childcare permit hearing.

Townbrief reporting · Feb 23

Government · Select Board

Select Board Continues Arboretum Land Hearing

Acton's Select Board continued a hearing on a $1.4 million purchase of land to expand the Arboretum. Chair Dean A. Charter said the price is fixed under the town's right of first refusal on the 5.8-acre parcel at 46 Taylor Road, and any purchase would need a two-thirds Town Meeting vote.

Townbrief reporting · Feb 11

Government · Select Board

Select Board Keeps Fireworks Canceled for 2026

The Acton Select Board voted down a bid to restore Independence Day fireworks for 2026, keeping a December cancellation in place despite a $40,000 town meeting appropriation.

Townbrief reporting · Feb 2

Government · Select Board

Select Board Finds No Open Meeting Violation

The Acton Select Board voted unanimously to reject claims it violated open meeting law over a fireworks funding dispute.

Townbrief reporting · Jan 29

Government · Select Board

Finance panel presses select board on DPW costs

Acton's Finance Committee and Select Board clashed over a proposed Department of Public Works building now estimated at $23 million to $25 million to construct, with total project costs previously cited near $29 million.

Townbrief reporting · Jan 21