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Acton and eight neighboring towns weigh costs of joining MWRA water supply system
A coalition of nine MetroWest towns, including Acton, has completed a study of the costs of bringing water from the MWRA (Massachusetts Water Resource Authority) to our region. Acton’s share of the cost would be approximately $100 million, and the water could start flowing in approximately 2042. Acton Water District (AWD) officials are examining this possibility very seriously — but they caution that discussions with potential partner towns and MWRA are at an extremely early stage.
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Boston’s famous reject has died
The death has been made known of Danny Katzen, a hornist who is said to have auditioned 48 times for the second horn position in the Boston Symphony Orchestra before finally being given the job. Danny entered the orchestra in 1979 and played for 29 years, retiring in 2008. He performed in Leonard Bernstein’s final lifetime concert at Tanglewood and can also be heard on most of the Boston Pops’ celebrated recordings, as well as on the John Williams soundtrack of Schindler’s List.
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Lowell man arrested for robbing woman in parking lot in Dracut
DRACUT — On Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, at approximately 8:30 p.m., Dracut police learned that Methuen police were searching the area of Merrimack Avenue for a man suspected of stealing a woman’s phone in Methuen. According to Dracut Police Chief Peter Bartlett, officers learned while en route that...
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Years in the making, Shoddy Mill Park opens
When Town Manager John Mangiaratti started his job eight years ago, he took a walking tour of the land at 53 River St. that the Town had bought two years earlier, in 2016, when Town Meeting voters approved the purchase of the land. “I heard, ‘We bought a paving company’s...
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October happenings at the Acton Woman’s Club
The October luncheon program at the Acton Woman’s Club featured 9/11 widow Lauren Rosenzweig-Morton. Lauren’s husband, Philip Rosenzweig, and flight attendant Madeline Amy Sweeney, were the two residents of Acton who lost their lives on September 11, 2001 when American Airlines Flight 11 was hijacked and deliberately flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. Rosenzweig-Morton described how she learned of her husband’s death that day, and she explained her subsequent involvement with Communities for Restorative Justice (C4RJ) and with Seeds of Peace.
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Real Estate Transfers 10/01 – 10/31/2026
Property: 44 Burnap Road Unit 44-2 Price: $195,000. Property: 1172 Washington Street Price: $1,095,000. Buyers: Amanda Sophia Deirdre & Richard C. Bergeron III. Seller: Anthony C Lulek TR & Anthony C Lulek 2025 Trust. Buyers: Lara E Strange & W Scott McKechnie. Property: 99 Lowland Street Price: $1,200,000. Seller: 99...
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Dracut Faces Third Vote on MBTA Zoning Monday, With Grant Money on the Line
Tennis Plaza Rd. — Approximate Site of Proposed Multifamily Zoning. Dracut voters head back to Town Meeting Monday night to decide, for the third time in two years, whether to adopt the state's MBTA Communities Act zoning rules — a measure they have already voted down twice. The session starts at 7 p.m. at Dracut High School, where residents will weigh a proposal that identifies two specific condominium complexes as potential sites for multifamily housing.
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Acton Lions’ Ski & Skate Sale: Same great gear in a new location
A longtime community tradition returns this November as the Acton Lions Club prepares to host its 45th Annual Ski, Skate & Gear Sale on Friday and Saturday, November 20–21. This year’s event will feature a new location at the Boardwalk Campus (Gates and Douglas Schools) on Spruce Street in Acton.
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Popeyes and Chipotle Coming to Lowell
LOWELL – The former VFW Lodge and parking lot on Plain Street is the site of an under-construction Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and a proposed Chipotle Mexican Grill. A third parcel is an as yet unidentified restaurant. All three businesses will offer dine-in and take-out service, as well as drive-through windows.