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Acton Eats: Daniela's Bar and Grille
Tue, 08/31/2010 - 11:10pm — Mark Lo
Daniella's Bar and Grille
103 Nagog Park
Acton, MA
(978) 264-0300
http://danielasonline.com/
It's been quite a road for the restaurant known as Daniela's. When my wife and I first tried it, it was a humble little taco shop known as Daniela's Tacorito. Then it acquired a liquor license and spruced up its menu, turning into the small but sophisticated Daniela's Cantina. When the Asian eatery Tobiko closed up shop, Daniela's moved into the vacant space at Nagog Shopping Mall, dropping the Cantina from its name and officially becoming Daniela's Bar and Grille.
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Acton Eats: Julie's Place
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 11:51pm — Mark Lo
Julie's Place
208 Main Street
Acton, MA
(978) 263-3258
http://www.juliesplaceacton.com/
Julie's Place makes no pretenses to fine cuisine. Instead, the Main Street restaurant might be the closest thing Acton has to a true diner, serving up simple, homestyle meals.
Owner Julie Saganich served only breakfast and lunch to her faithful patrons for several years. Then, a few months ago, she expanded Julie's, taking over the space vacated when the neighboring Daniela's Cantina moved to the Nagog Woods area. Now Julie's boasts a full dinner menu and has a small lounge area, to boot. When you enter the restaurant, you'll see the familiar lunch counter in the room to the left, while a second dining area and the bar sit to the right.
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Press Release: State Representative candidate Kurt Hayes to hold “Conversations with Kurt” town-hall voter forums in August.
Fri, 07/23/2010 - 1:25pm — KurtHayes
State Representative candidate Kurt Hayes announced today that in August he will hold an informal town-hall style forum in each town of the 37th Middlesex district. The events are open to all interested voters. Each voter forum, dubbed “Conversations with Kurt”, will be one hour in length and will take place in the local public library.
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End of Civility
Wed, 07/21/2010 - 9:48am — Chachi
I am a fairly relaxed individual as far as allowing people to be free and pursue their likes. I am not stuck on the oppressive, conformist societal weight of the earlier years of our history. However, I am witnessing the disintegration of civility and it makes me sad.
Increased personal liberties need not be accompanied by crude behavior. More and more, I notice disrespect between common strangers. Many times, this comes in the form of what looks like a complete lack of effort of ones behalf to even utter the fewest of syllables to another person.
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Middle Ground
Fri, 07/16/2010 - 7:51am — AllenN
I am a Scott Brown supporter, not just because he is a Republican, but because he is a moderate. And he is proving that nearly every week as he decides which Obama initiatives to support and which not to support.
But notice how his critics personally attack him when he disagrees with them, but praise him when he supports their position. Is it fair to commend him today and vilify him tomorrow? Isn't he the same person?
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Acton Eats: Monsoon
Wed, 06/30/2010 - 11:53pm — Mark Lo
Monsoon Indian Bistro
273 Great Road
Acton, MA
(978) 493-5200
My wife and I have a tendency to overlook Monsoon. It's not that we don't like Indian food, but rather that our ten-year-old son can't handle the spice. But with our son spending the week with his grandparents, we had a chance to remind ourselves that Monsoon is one of the more reliable restaurants in town.
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Looking into the Crystal Ball....
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 7:55pm — AllenN
Town Manager Steve Ledoux has publicly stated that the union contracts he negotiates with the municipal unions will be "zero cost increase" contracts. This means that the increased cost to the town for all employee expenses will be zero over the next three years.
This doesn't mean that the employees will not get raises. The raises will be modest, but they will be balanced off with changes in the health insurance plans, so that the expensive plans will be phased out and lower-cost plans (HMOs) will be used by all.
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Ask ActonForum: Type of Chlorine in Water?
Fri, 06/25/2010 - 10:56am — AskActonForum
Question from an ActonForum reader:
43 Mass. communities have apparently been buying chlorine from China Amesbury discovered problems (clumping,etc.) with the product. Does the Acton Water Dept. us this China-produced chlorine?
Thanks!
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The other shoe is dropping
Wed, 06/23/2010 - 8:46am — AllenN
When my favorite socialist, Barack Obama, was running for election, he claimed that he could cover his expensive social programs and unfunded mandates without raising taxes on the middle class. Remember that?
At first, he said that individuals making over $200,000 a year, or couples making over $250,000, would not see a tax increase under his administration. I never believed that assertion no matter how insistent he was in repeating it. Did you? Do you really think money grows on trees and the "wealthy" can pay for everything?
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Acton Eats: Spicepepper Garden
Mon, 05/31/2010 - 11:53pm — Mark Lo
Spicepepper Garden
36 Great Road
Acton, MA
(978) 369-8808
http://www.spicepeppergarden.com/
Spicepepper Garden has certainly started off with a bang. The Sichuan and sushi restaurant opened its doors at the beginning of May, and its parking lot is full just about every time we go by. My family and I made our first visit there on a Sunday night and found it just about filled to capacity, except for the bar area, which remained almost empty.
