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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Blog post by AllenN
According to Thursday's 1/26/12 Beacon, two of our local representatives are pushing for a new Constitutional amendment that would declare that corporations are not "people" and thus have no First Amendment rights. This is in response to a 2010...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Blog post by AllenN
President Obama once again gave an excellent speech at his annual State of the Union address. He is a gifted speaker and many of the things he said make sense. I think Obama presents the United States very well on the world stage.
Unfortunately,...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Blog post by AllenN
There are two major new projects being proposed at this April's Town Meeting. There is a Good Project and a Bad Project. Below is my summary for each.
PROJECT ONE: New Turf Fields
The Friends of the Lower Fields (formerly known as Friends of Leary...
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Friday, January 13, 2012
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The handsome, brick-front Federal-style house at 504 Main Street in Acton Center’s Historic District has a new gently-sloped brick walk and courtyard and will soon have a handicapped friendly entrance, courtesy of Community...
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Friday, January 13, 2012
Two recent studies of attendance and parking data have been released by Acton's Senior Center and they show significantly less "peak usage" compared to the data presented in the 2009 report, which measured usage in the Fall of 2008.
The studies done...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Blog post by AllenN
I attended part of the Saturday budget session held jointly by the Board of Selectmen and the Finance Committee on Jan. 7, 2012. I went to listen to Acton's FinCom talk about our OPEB obligation, but also heard about the new Senior Center proposal...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The Senior Center Building Committee (SCBC) continues to proceed toward a Town Meeting vote for design funds this April, and has asked the Board of Selectmen (BOS) to expand the work by forming a subcommittee to explore a building that could serve...
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Monday, January 9, 2012
Blog post by Mark Lo
In Part 1 of this series, I compared Acton's big three supermarkets: Stop and Shop, Roche Bros., and Donelan's.
In this final installment, I'll present a few detailed notes on each of the three stores.
Stop and Shop, 100 Powder Mill Road, 978-897-...
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