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Missing from MassDOT’s suggested rotary fixes – the option of using MCI-Acton land
Where’s Your Bridge?
Updated Hanscom expansion plan reduces new hangars to 17
Dog rescued after falling through ice at Warner’s Pond
Acton firefighters rescued a beagle/basset mix that fell through the ice on Warner’s Pond.. Photo by Acton Fire
Acton-Carlisle High grad takes the lead at Smith College
When one young Acton woman began her journey to a career, pursuing social justice was a priority. Her path led her to the president’s seat at Smith as the second Black woman to occupy that chair at Northampton’s elite women’s college. When Sarah Willie-LeBreton moved to town as a grade-school child, along with her Black father, white mother, and two brothers, the family knew the public schools were excellent. “Acton was a wonderful place to grow up, but more homogeneous than I might have wished,” the 1982 Acton-Carlisle High School graduate said. She remains close to her fifth-grade teacher from
Goldman promoted to Acton Police captain
Brian Goldman was promoted to captain in the Acton Police Department in February 2024.
Where’s Your Bridge? At long last, Antarctica — and Easter Island
The Acton Bridge has returned to Antarctica — and this time, someone remembered to take a picture! The flag… err, paper… has been planted by John Lombard, retired senior pastor at TriCon Church, Acton Center, and Janet Lombard, retired World Language teacher at the Bromfield School in Harvard. The couple took an epic journey to the bottom of the world, pausing at Easter Island before posing on the bow of the Viking Expedition ship Octantis on Astrolabe Bay, Antarctica. Last year, the furthermost south crown was captured by former Select Board member Stan Black with an asterisk — he claimed
