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Judge Rules in favor of town on public access to Estabrook Road

November 30, 2022

Land Court Judge Howard P. Speicher has sided with the town of Acton, finding in his Nov. 23, decision that the public does have the right to access a disputed portion of Estabrook Road. “I find and rule that the Town has carried its burden of establishing that both the northern and southern disputed portions of Estabrook Road were established as a public way, and that the order of the Middlesex county commissioners in 1932 ‘adjudicating’ Estabrook Road to be a private way did not extinguish the right of the public to access and use Estabrook Road,” ruled Speicher in his 85-page decision in the case of Town of Acton v. Rasmussen, Neil, et al.

Her world is her oysters

November 30, 2022

Acton woman takes on Cuttyhunk Island shellfish business Charmaine Gahan said the first time she captained a boat and crossed Buzzards Bay herself, she had a sense of trepidation. But she got to where she needed to be.

Preliminary Assessments 2023

November 24, 2022

Fiscal Year 2023 Preliminary assessments of Acton residential and commercial properties. The tax rate will be finalized after the Select Board classification hearing on November 23, 2022. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 6:30 PM. Homeowners may apply for an abatement between January 1, 2023 and February 1, 2023.