
Will the AB Regional School District Risk 1.7 Million? Probably
By Scott Smyers According to this letter from the US Department of Education Office of Civil Rights, the Acton Boxborough Regional School District has until […]
By Scott Smyers According to this letter from the US Department of Education Office of Civil Rights, the Acton Boxborough Regional School District has until […]
By Bob Hertz I recently sent an e-mail to the Acton Board of Selectpersons requesting they rethink the Sanctuary Town status for Acton, expressed, as […]
By Scott Smyers Mr. Eldridge, You must be incredibly tone-deaf to the political landscape. You are sponsoring a bill to allow illegal immigrants to vote […]
By Scott Smyers After taking some time off to determine if there remained a niche for Acton Forum after the launch of Acton Exchange, we’ve […]
The earnings/salaries for all employees of the Town of Acton are now available. Four employees earned over $200,000 of taxpayer dollars last year. For the […]
By Scott Smyers Twenty-eight percent was the total Town Meeting members voted against Article 7 indicating their awareness of the non-transparent, incompetent and deceptive School […]
By Scott Smyers In the spring of 2023, a public school teacher in Leominster was fired for refusing to lie to a students’ parents about […]
Submitted by an Anonymous, but confirmed voter The Town is proposing SIGNIFICANT rezoning proposals May 7th (Articles 11, 12 & 13). The town has refused […]
By Corinne Hogseth Many folks have asked me for a summary of what happened over the last couple months, which resulted in the passage of […]
By Corinne Hogseth The pro-override contingent keeps insisting an override is necessary because municipal and school expenses cannot possibly grow at only 2.5% annually over […]
By Bob Hertz You are asked to vote on April 30 for an override of $6.6M, most of which supports Acton Leadership Groups (ALG) Fiscal […]
By Tom Beals Introduction An override vote is pending at the upcoming April 30, 2024 town election. If the override is passed, the town’s maximum […]
By Bob Hertz Management (ALG) suggests fiscal 2025 budgets represent “level services”. Level compared to what benchmark? Are all services level or does the label […]
By Corinne Hogseth Keep Acton Affordable By now, you’ve probably seen the big mailer that The Other Side had sent to households throughout Acton. One […]
By Bob Hertz Acton Leadership Group (ALG) (1), our town’s power brokers or their emissaries, tell you how much money they want and how they […]
The images below are part of presentation material provided to Acton Forum by a local resident who received a printed version from an anonymous teacher […]
By Diane Baume Originally posted at Acton Exchange on March 28, 2024. New Boardwalk Campus Wins Award for Excellence in Energy Design Boston- based architecture […]
By Keep Acton Affordable At Acton’s 2016 Annual Town Meeting, there was an article to approve funding to repaint Town Hall. The Finance Committee refused […]
The public employees earnings are now available for 2023. Six staff earned over $150,000. Please follow this link to a searchable spreadsheet.
By Scott Smyers and Dave Lunger When the COVID pandemic resulted in remote learning, it made sense that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance was not […]
By Diane Baum This article was first published in Acton Exchange. After a day-long “Budget Saturday” workshop on February 10 and a subsequent budget discussion […]
By Dave Lunger The following statement was delivered to the Acton Select Board on February 26, 2024. I want to raise a matter involving Acton […]
By Dave Lunger Candidate for State Committeeman and Chair of the Acton Republican Town Committee With the Presidential part of the upcoming primary all but […]
By Corinne Hogseth The point of Part 1 of this discussion was to raise awareness of a pending override that will dwarf even the debt […]
By Marty Benson The following statement was read at the Select Board Meeting on January 8, 2024. First, there seems to be a misunderstanding amongst […]
By Diane Baum This article was originally published in the Acton Exchange (www.actonexchange.org) with the following modifications by the author: moved section on the budget […]
By Bob Hertz An average homeowner in Acton currently pays roughly 18% of their family income to real estate taxes (based on the average house […]
Introduction by Scott Smyers with Original Research by Dominic Carpio and Mario Valdes In February 2021, Acton Forum posted a summary of information from a […]
By Corinne Hogseth Acton taxpayers should be aware of ongoing discussions regarding a massive property tax override being pushed by the schools for the 2024/2025 […]
By Scott Smyers At the November 20, 2023 Select Board meeting, a citizen requested placing a Menorah somewhere on Town Property. This preliminary discussion was […]
By Scott Smyers On November 2, 2023 the Student Representative from the High School provided an update to the School Committee. She was frustrated that […]
By Marty Benson After almost three years of delay, the truth is finally being exposed. On Monday, November 6, 2023 the following statement was read […]
By Scott Smyers There was a presentation about the upcoming school budget by the School Administration to The Finance Committee on October 10, 2023. At […]
By Marty Benson The following statement was read at the School Committee meeting on May 18, 2023. This is an ongoing process exposing records of […]
The annual salaries to Acton Town Employees is now available here. Note: Click Tab at bottom for 2022 Earnings For comparison to previous years, click […]
By Scott Smyers It has been over a year since another day that will live in infamy in Acton. On July 8, 2022, Fred Smith […]
The annual salaries to Acton Boxborough School Employees is now available here. For comparison to previous years, click 2021 and 2020. To receive email notifications […]
By Marty Benson The following statement was read at the School Committee meeting on May 4, 2023. First, the behavior of the previous Chair at […]
Nestled in the heart of historic West Acton Village at 21 Windsor Avenue, Citizens’ is Acton’s first & oldest Town Library! If you love this […]
By Scott Smyers Last summer, Fred Smith was caught on video at the Acton Discovery Museum arguing with non-violent protestors. He destroyed their property and […]
By Marty Benson The statement below was read at the Acton Select Board Meeting from March 20, 2023. This past week, the Supreme Judicial Court […]
By Marty Benson The following statement is from the January 23, 2023 Select Board meeting. Tonight, I will address the Select Board’s December 19, 2023 […]
By Scott Smyers Revenge Porn is self explanatory. When two consenting adults (Persons A and B) take photos or video of themselves nude for their […]
By Allen Nitschelm Someone famous* once said, “you won’t have [me] to kick around anymore.” Yes, I will finally be leaving Acton and Massachusetts for […]
By Nijan Datar As we go about our season of good cheer, it is hard to miss everyone wishing each other a Happy Holiday. In […]
By Bob Hertz During the Acton Select Board meeting of December 5, 2022, a vote was taken to allow for reduction of citizen debate, a […]
By Corinne Hogseth At the December 1st meeting of the School Committee, members of the community spoke regarding some highly questionable materials in our junior […]
By Acton-Boxborough Regional High School National Honor Society Dear Friends & Families in the Acton and Boxborough Community, On Friday, November 11th, the National Honor […]
By Scott Smyers As reported in Acton Forum on August 15, Senator Eldridge actively interfered with citizens collecting signatures for a ballot question over the […]
By Bob Hertz I believe we got a dose of it on October 18, 2021. Fabrications, silence, and distortions by several members of the Select […]
By Dave Lunger A group of concerned citizens are collecting signatures to include an item regarding illegal immigrants and Massachusetts driver’s licenses. Governor Baker was […]
By Scott Smyers On July 8 there was a group of medical freedom protestors gathered at the Acton Discovery Museum, a local business focused on […]
Organized and Introduced by Several Anonymous Concerned Citizens In the summer of 2020, COVID-19 was in our country for about three months causing sickness and death. […]
The annual salaries to Acton Town Employees is now available here. At the 2021 Acton Town Meeting, the School Committee provided a list of cuts […]
The annual salaries to Acton Town Employees is now available here as a complete spreadsheet. Fourteen earn over $150,000. For a comparison to past years, […]
By Marty Benson Statement from the Select Board May 9, 2022 Mr. Martin your dismissive remarks toward Fred Smith’s “Nazi Contingent” Facebook comments and the […]
By Bob Hertz Getting basic answers to simple questions should not be as hard as the Select Board (SB) seems to want it to be. […]
By Corinne Hogseth An open letter to the School Committee You folks must be feeling pretty silly. You ignored district naming and technology policies, violating […]
From the latest Public Records Release: Text messages between Krishnamurthy and Cook on Oct. 15, 2020. At the top of this post, the thread starts […]
The following statement was read at the ABRSD School Committee Meeting on April 7, 2022. By Marty Benson It is now clear that the recent […]
By Christine Marlow and Christine Casebolt In the fall of 2020, when most of us were distracted learning to navigate the early weeks of the […]
By Corinne Hogseth As many are aware, a subcommittee of the School Committee has been working on renaming the AB mascot after the Colonial was […]
By Allen Nitschelm Rep. Lori Trahan (D-Lowell) is our Socialist Congresswoman, “proudly” elected to serve the citizens of Massachusetts. Democrats didn’t used to embrace Socialism, […]
By Mike Majors Mike is A 40-year resident of the Town of Acton, a member of the Finance Committee, Economic Development Committee, and the Minuteman […]
By Marty Benson The following statement was read at the March 3, 2022 AB School Committee meeting. Tonight, I request the committee to pause the […]
By Allen Nitschelm President Biden stole the 2020 election, thanks to Facebook’s Zuckerberg and Twitter’s Dorsey, and Biden’s mainstream media allies. It turns out the […]
By Bob Hertz and Charlie Kadlec Tenant claims discrimination and other issues against the Acton Housing Authority Acton residents listening to the citizens’ concerns portion […]
On Saturday March 12, 2022, a former student from ABRHS posted allegations about the Acton Police on social media. Some of these statements were removed […]
A Citizen’s Rebuttal to Comments at Previous School Committee Meeting (12/2 and 12/16) The following statement was submitted by the author who read this at […]
Colonial Mascot Supporters are Called White Supremacists by White Members of Our Community The following two statements were submitted and read aloud at the AB […]
By Dan Malloy This document summarizes the Economic Development Committee’s (EDC) discussion and recommendation from the meeting held on 12/2/21. The Economic Development Committee is […]
By Allen Nitschelm Today’s Democrats argue for Joe Biden’s new spending bill by minimizing its cost, misrepresenting its funding, and ignoring the future added debt. […]
By Terence Lindgren Acton Forum Introduction By Charlie Kadlec This Article is a copy of a letter written to the Acton Select Board by Terry […]
Rebuttal to School Board’s 11/2 Statement By Christine Marlow The following statement was read at the School Committee meeting on November 18, 2021. On Nov. […]
AB Colonial Mascot Supporters Were Silenced The following two statements were submitted and read aloud at the AB School Committee meeting on November 18,2021. By […]
By Bob Hertz In a June 2021 Acton Forum article, I asked if White-Privilege checklists are a part of Acton. Unfortunately, I have my answer. Yes, […]
The AB School Committee has adopted the practice of allowing public comments, but ignoring any topics or direct questions they do not want to address. […]
The AB School Committee has adopted the practice of allowing public comments but ignoring any topics or direct questions they do not want to address. […]
The AB School Committee has adopted the practice of allowing public comments, but ignoring any topics or direct questions they do not want to address. […]
By Simon Li After leaving the Diversity Equity and Inclusion Commission (DEIC) in April, like other Asian neighbors interested in this topic, we finally found […]
By Corinne Hogseth Employee unions were originally established to allow employees to collectively bargain with their employers for better wages and safer working conditions. Oddly, […]
By Scott Smyers, Corinne Hogseth and Two Anonymous Parents The Acton-Boxborough School Committee is meeting Thursday August 19 and they will be discussing masks in […]
By Nijan Datar Now that Town Meeting has effectively given the green light to add a Diversity Officer for the Town (in addition to the […]
By Corinne Hogseth Most in Acton and Boxborough are by now aware of the damage inflicted on the community when the Acton Boxborough Regional School […]
By Bob Hertz Rumor has it that Acton central leadership is exploring, to some degree, White-Privilege checklists, a spin-off of Critical Race Theory (CRT). These […]
By Corinne Hogseth Thank you to the members of the community who participated in the Braver Angels “debate” on Sunday, May 2 (click here to […]
Twelve make $150,000 or more, 23 earn more than $130,000. A complete spreadsheet of the payroll and salaries for all Town employees is below. Complete […]
Seven make $150,000 or more, 22 earn more than $130,000. A complete spreadsheet of the payroll and salaries for all School employees is below. Complete […]
By Corinne Hogseth Tonight (April 28, 2021) is the first of two planned workshops to be run by Visions, Inc. Visions is part of the […]
From: Simon LiSent: Friday, April 23, 2021 1:03 PMTo: David Martin; Select BoardCc: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion CommissionSubject: Resignation to DEIC and an open letter […]
By Allen Nitschelm “The pen is mightier than the sword” is a quote from Edward Bulwer-Lytton, and it is one of the tools the Left is […]
By Ken Silva This is the first in a series about wellness. Individuals can eat well, sleep and exercise but if they hold anger; it […]
By Jon Benson with Introduction and questions by Scott Smyers On behalf of Acton Forum, I contacted Jon Benson and his challenger Fran Arsenault and […]
By Allen Nitschelm Last week, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki made a startling announcement during her briefing: the White House was going to renege […]
By Charlie Kadlec and Scott Smyers The first “Zoom bombing” incident happened on 17 December 2020 when insulting, vulgar and racist comments were posted on […]
By Scott Smyers The struggle for fair treatment of all races, under both the law and in society at large, began in Massachusetts well before […]
By Scott Smyers When many of us learn about local history, we enjoy learning about individuals, their personalities, their participation in historical events, and even […]
By Corinne Hogseth In a recent statement, the Chair of the School Committee claimed that “a few members of the community have persisted in presenting […]
By Elliott Donald Ladies and Gentlemen, Last week I watched the Acton Boxborough Regional School District School Committee’s chair read a statement on the issue […]
Response to Hate Incident and Acton Police Investigation Shows Bias By Scott Smyers and Charlie Kadlec Immediately after the December 17, 2020 hateful, racist and […]
By Charlie Kadlec and Scott Smyers As many Acton and Boxborough residents already know, two recent ABRSD School Committee (SC) “Virtual Zoom” meetings were interrupted […]
By Corinne Hogseth Civil discourse is an essential ingredient in a functioning democracy. We should all be able to agree on that. Participants in a […]
By Bill – ABRHS 1981 Colonial Graduating from the Acton-Boxborough school systems back in the 1980s, I am proud to call myself a Colonial. As […]
See link below for detailed spreadsheet. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ETQKeJT9xaXM7Sx8-0L6imQyn2LlFy0l/view?usp=sharing
By Scott Smyers The AB School Committee last met on November 19, 2020. The Colonial was NOT on the agenda except for an issue related […]
By Dave Lunger Proponents tell us Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) is simple – simply fill in ovals according to your candidate rankings; opponents tell us […]
By Elliott Donald, Captain (Retired), US Navy; Acton Boxborough Regional High School ‘89 Ladies and Gentlemen of the Acton School Committee, It has been over […]
By Scott Smyers The government mandated shutdowns of businesses and institutions have many obvious and some not-so-obvious consequences. I contacted the Acton Police Department and […]
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