Community Corner

5 Things: What's Happening at Acton Memorial Library?

Here are some facts, figures and tidbits regarding Acton.

1. Tuesday at the library
  • 10:00 AM  -  1:00 PM Technical Skills Share Group Subcommittee--Conference Room     
  • 7:00 PM Film Masterpieces of the '40's--Meeting Room; Tonight's movie is Children of Paradise. Marcel Carné's towering intimate epic of early 19th-century love and the lives of performers is often heralded as the greatest French film of all time. The movie will be followed by a discussion. Sponsored by the Acton Memorial Library Foundation. 
  • 7:00 PM PJ Storytime--Storytime Room; A fun mix of stories, rhymes, fingerplays, music and crafts for 3-7-year-olds. Just right for the end of a busy day; no registration is needed. Please arrive on time--we hate to have a good story interrupted! 
  • 7:00 PM  -  8:45 PM Green Acton--Conference Room.
2. This week at NARA Park
3. Who from Acton is riding in the Pan-Mass Challenge?
This year's ride will take place Aug. 3-4. Here are the local riders who have registered according to pmc.org.
  • Leo Bertolami
  • Sreeni Bhaireddy
  • Christina Bramante    
  • Mark Burak    
  • Hayley Burns    
  • Tom Burns    
  • Don Busiek    
  • Thomas Campbell    
  • Gregory Catalano    
  • David Christmas    
  • Thomas Christmas    
  • Paul Cronin    
  • Jim Cullen    
  • Lee Daniel    
  • Ned Daniel    
  • Jim Dexter    
  • Paul Duffy    
  • Louise Gerhart    
  • Richard Gordon    
  • Dana Greenberg    
  • Bruce Greer    
  • Linda Harring
  • Scott Harris    
  • Bill Helming    
  • David Honn    
  • Alex Horovitz
  • Eric Hudson    
  • Glen Leavitt    
  • Thomas Lemaire    
  • David Leuci    
  • T.J. Macari    
  • Peter McKeon    
  • Susan McMahon    
  • George Morton    
  • Andre Narbonne    
  • Craig Perini    
  • Jeffrey Protentis    
  • John Randolph    
  • Bruce Rychlik    
  • Deborah Sandock    
  • Ron Savage    
  • Farooq Siddique    
  • Stefan Spazek    
  • Ken Surdan    
  • George Triantafillou    
  • Lewis Venezia    
  • Anthony Victor    
  • Esme Wessel    
  • Mark Wessel    
  • Douglas Williams    
  • Paul Wilson    
  • Ray Yacouby    
4. Road work reminder for Acton motorists

Acton Police Detective Christopher Prehl and Deputy Chief of Police Rich Burrows are alerting motorists driving through town this week of planned detours.

"Hayward Road will have detours from 7 a.m to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Traffic will be shut off at Charter Road and directed down Charter to Arlington and on the opposite end of Hayward Road at Arlington that will be closed, directing cars down Arlington to Charter then back out to Hayward," Prehl said in an email.

Asplundh Tree will be working on High Street starting at Main Street. This is a moving detail and two officers will be moving along with the crews.

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5. Forecast:

Tuesday: Less humid. Mostly sunny. Near 80.

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Wednesday: Snazzy... low to mid 80s and mostly sunny skies.

Thursday: Morning sunshine with afternoon clouds. Showers likely by night. Increasing humidity throughout the day. Highs in the low to mid 80s.


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