🌱 Patch AM: What new rules and projects Acton’s Select Board advanced this week

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In today's newsletter:

• What new rules and projects Acton's Select Board advanced this week
• Acton-Boxborough rowers power to medals at huge Lowell regatta

Also on today's calendar: MABLE SWENext Girls' Club - Build a Go-Kart and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do some birds fly south for the winter? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Warmer, with a high of 70 and low of 52 degrees.
• Tuesday: Cooler with a shower in spots, temps: high: 64, low: 58.
• Wednesday: Warmer with clouds and sun, with a high of 73 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Select Board Notes: October 5, 2026 (actonexchange.org) — Acton's Select Board meeting covered everything from a proposed AI use policy for town staff to new memorial benches crafted from Kelley's Corner trees and improvements at NARA Park and local fields. Members also discussed volunteer survey results, upcoming board and committee openings, Indigenous Peoples' Day, election procedures, and a permit decision for 1012 Main Street that could affect a nearby wellfield.
   

• Rowing team, building momentum, earns medals in Lowell (actonexchange.org) — Acton-Boxborough rowers, competing as Bromfield Acton-Boxborough, brought home silver and bronze medals from the massive Textile River Regatta in Lowell on October 4. Local athletes from ABRHS and neighboring schools battled headwinds, bridge construction, and a crowded course, with strong varsity and novice performances setting them up for another big race at the Head of the Quinsigamond on October 11.
   

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 17
• MABLE SWENext Girls' Club - Build a Go-Kart →
  Fowler Middle School, 3 Tiger Dr, Maynard
  9:00 am
Sunday October 18
• The Concord Orchestra presents "Dancing in Disguise" →
  51 Walden St, Concord
  2:30 pm

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Other local events

Monday October 12
• Library: Great Decisions Group Discussion →
  Acton Memorial Library Conference Room (2nd floor), 486 Main Street, Acton
  6:30 pm
Tuesday October 13
• Acton COA Presents: Two Guys Walk Into a Theater Performance →
  Acton Senior Center, 30 Sudbury Road Rear, Acton
  1:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Mt Calvary Community Supper of Acton October Menu →
  Mt Calvary Lutheran Church, 472 Massachusetts Ave, Acton
  4:30 pm
Friday October 16
• Monsterbash! →
  NARA Park, 25 Ledge Rock Way, Acton
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Steeple Celebration →
  592 Massachusetts Ave, Acton
  1:00 pm
Sunday October 18
• Worship with Us! Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, featuring the Bell Choir →
  Acton Congregational Church, 12 Concord Rd, Acton
  9:30 am
Wednesday October 21
• Depolarizing Within Workshop - presented by Braver Angels →
  12 Concord Rd, Acton
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 24
• Hosmer House, Acton Historical Society Barn Musem Dedication Ceremony and Open House →
  300 Main St, Acton
  1:00 pm
• Skating Spooktacular →
  34 Mass Ave
  5:00 pm
Sunday October 25
• Worship with Us! Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost →
  Acton Congregational Church, 12 Concord Rd, Acton
  9:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Looking for Mason or handyman who does small bluestone work.
  Cracked step is wobbly and unsafe. West Concord. (Nextdoor High Street)
• Time to stock up - today is the LAST DAY!
  It's a long 6 weeks until our Nov 22nd Winter Market inside the West Acton Villageworks Thank you to all who support our wonderful vendors and… (Nextdoor Indian Village)

• Aramark posted a job opening for Grill Cook- Tewksbury Hospital in Acton. Apply here.
• Catania Oils posted a job opening for Production Lead - 2nd Shift in Littleton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Acton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Concord

• Breaking: Select Board member Mary Hartman resigns, triggering special election (concordbridge.org)
• Magic man Aidan Bly powers Governor's past Middlesex for statement victory (bostonherald.com)
• Karen (Paduch) Bolton, 70 (theweektoday.com)

Littleton

• Iron Work serves up fun, food, and a punch with a punch (actonexchange.org)
• 10 Massive Massachusetts Farms And Country Markets That Can Take Hours To Explore (takingthekids.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do some birds fly south for the winter?" — Because it's too far to walk..! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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