Acton News

Coffee in hand, Jeff Bursaw eyes the live feed on the flatscreen monitor at a rolltop desk inside his gas station.

The Toyota Motor Sales for the Boston Region has again recognized Acton Toyota of Littleton for outstanding sales results, this time for achieving the #1 sales rank for new Toyota Prius hybrid sales for the month of June in Toyota's Boston Region.

Clayton L. Guyett, 85, of Harvard, died Sunday, June 21, 2009, at Life Care Center of Acton, Mass., following a long illness.

Town Meeting rejected a proposal last week that would have provided sewer service to 127 homes in a West Acton neighborhood.

For the first time since his mother was killed in a fatal hit and run last October in Lowell, a tearful Keith Texeira told the man who killed her that he is haunted by the fact that he left her to die on the side of the road.

By ELIZABETH ROMAN eroman@repub.com LONGMEADOW - The School Building Committee has selected the Office of Michael Rosenfeld to conduct a feasibility study for the re-building or renovation of Longmeadow High School.

Despite the recession, the town's finances are stable, according to the Standard & Poor's bond-rating service.

Clear the decks If a jumble of small appliances is cluttering your countertops, clean them and start over, says interior architect Lisa Foster, principal of the Providence firm Reconstructure.

A new farmers market will be opening next month on Pearl Street in West Acton. The Acton-Boxborough Farmers Market will operate on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. starting on July 12 and continuing through November.

Finding unique, beautiful things with which to furnish your home is no trick; finding them for under $100 is a triumph requiring patience, knowledge, decisiveness, willingness to explore dusty corners, and luck.

A group of Senate lawmakers yesterday recommended an overhaul of the state's affordable-housing law that would limit the profits of developers and crack down on abuses that have cost cities and towns more than $100 million.

A state Senate panel today will recommend tougher measures to crack down on developers who abuse the Massachusetts affordable-housing program by keeping excess profits for themselves instead of returning the money, as required, to cities and towns.

The Acton Memorial Library Foundation has started its annual appeal, soliciting donations to supplement the library's budget through a townwide mailing.

The Relay for Life is an overnight event sponsored by the American Cancer society to raise money for cancer research, to honor cancer survivors and to bring people together.

It's 3:40 p.m. on a sunny Wednesday and Marie Leonard is drilling a nail into a slab of birchwood.

With four new confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus in the city, Lowell Health Director Frank Singleton said a meeting has been slated for Tuesday morning at 8 a.m., at the J.G. Pyne Arts Magnet School on Boylston Street.

Ayer Cub Scout Gregory Kidder marches with the honor guard during the Memorial Day parade yesterday in Ayer.

In honor of Memorial Day, Dr. Joe FitzPatrick, owner of Acton Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is offering free Chiropractic treatment for one year to returning military personnel who have been deployed in the current Iraq and Afghanistan conflict.

Acton officials are looking to fast-track zoning changes they hope will stop the development of a proposed day-care center on Main Street.

School officials have announced that the Merriam Elementary School and the McCarthy-Towne Elementary School will be closed Friday after two cases of the H1N1 virus were confirmed.