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At the June 6 Select Board, public input will be taken for the Select Board’s short and long term goals. The board will meet at a date TBD after that to actually choose goals. Any of you that have ideas for what we should focus on in 2022-2023 are invited to attend and speak up at that June 6 meeting, or send in your thoughts to sb@actonma.govContinue Reading

Acton Patriot’s Day celebrations have been a project of Iron Work Farm, the Acton Historical Society, the Minutemen, and more. This year, the celebrations are back! Deep thanks to Alissa Nicol for compiling this info. Saturday, April 16 A Parlor Concert at the Faulkner Homestead sponsored by Iron Work Farm in Acton 6:30 PM Faulkner Homestead, 5 High Street, Acton Broadcast participation limited to 100 Live tickets by reservation only, live audience limited to 16. Virtual attendees limited to 100. Iron Work Farm is pleased to present Soprano Gretchen Harbourt in a program of music of the 18th century. 6:30Continue Reading

The agenda item called Discuss Program Design Options and Green Energy Mix for Upcoming Acton Power Choice Procurement was part of the 28-February-2022 Select Board meeting. Here’s the video for that part of the meeting: https://youtu.be/LqeZeYMC6DE?t=4409 We started with an informative presentation by Paul Gromer, CEO of Peregrine Energy, the Town’s consultant for Acton Power Choice. That presentation is available here: http://doc.actonma.gov/dsweb/Get/Document-80393/Acton%20Power%20Choice_2022-02-28.pdf This was slide 13 in the deck, showing the amount of additional New England renewable energy available in a variety of Town’s default offerings. Acton is in red. There are a lot of Towns doing way better thanContinue Reading

Here is the video for Update on Request for More Resources for Renters, from the 2022-Feb-28 Select Board meeting: https://youtu.be/LqeZeYMC6DE?t=10092 Some highlights: The new email address, tenantsupport@actonma.gov, and the hotline at 978-929-6600, have been used by four different tenants looking for help. The Town Manager made clear that residents can also use the email address to send general suggestions, ideas, and questions about the support of renters to the inter-departmental team that has been assembled to look into tenant support issues. The page of tenant resources at https://actonma.gov/748/Tenant-Resources has been updated a couple of times since it was released. YouContinue Reading

These dates aren’t final until an agenda is posted 3 or more days before the meeting, but this is a good guide for planning. January 10, 20 (Budget Workshop), 24February 7, 28March 7, 21April 4, 25May 9, 23June 6, 20July 11, 25August 8September 12, 26October 3, 17November 7, 21December 5, 19additional date for Goal Setting to be addedContinue Reading