Franny Osman

Danny’s Place New Space Reveal and Community Celebration

September 17, 2023

On Sunday, September 17, Danny’s Place Youth Services (DPYS), a 501c3 non-profit, held a ribbon-cutting at their new location in West Acton village, and a community celebration to honor the 20th year of the Danny’s Place vision. Danny’s Place was created in honor of Danny McCarthy, an ABRHS…

Bikes Ready for Rental on the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail

August 6, 2023

by Franny Osman

Acton’s Planning and Sustainability departments hosted a launch of the new Bike Share Program last Friday, August 11, at the East Acton Village Green, a small park abutting the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail on Concord Rd. The program is a partnership of Acton and Concord, with two stations…

Mural of multiple people and cultural things happening in West Concord

Visitors Tour the West Concord Junction Cultural District

June 30, 2023

by Franny Osman

On Monday, July 17, State Representative Simon Cataldo and the West Concord Junction Cultural District Committee hosted a walking tour of the Cultural District and a roundtable discussion with Michael J. Bobbitt, Executive Director, and Carolyn Cole, Program Officer, of the Mass Cultural Council (MCC). Fifty or so…

Overhead Lattice at Facade of Tavernier Place

Tavernier Place Opens its Doors

June 28, 2023

by Franny Osman

On Monday, June 12, local and state affordable housing advocates and developers gathered at Tavernier Place at 446 Massachusetts Ave. in Acton, across from RJ Grey Jr. High, for a ribbon-cutting for the new building of 31 rental units for seniors and people with disabilities. The development is…

Two women in modern clothes and a man and woman in colonial clothing stand chatting in a cemetery, with U.S. flags in the background.

Acton Observes Memorial Day

June 9, 2023

by Franny Osman

Acton’s annual Memorial Day parade stepped off from the Acton-Boxborough Regional High School at 10:15 am on Monday, May 29, and headed toward Woodlawn Cemetery, with multiple marching bands, members of the Acton Select Board, state legislators, public safety officers, Acton Minutemen historic reenactors, and Scouts. The day…

Photograph of recumbent adaptive bicycle.

Adaptive Bikes at NARA Park

May 19, 2023

by Franny Osman

The Acton Recreation Department is delighted to announce the return of adaptive bike rentals. The bikes make it possible for people of all abilities to ride on the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail or around Acton.Our fleet of bikes include: 2 adult recumbent trikes, 1 adult hand cycle, 1…

Concord Players Recognizes RJ Grey Junior High Student’s Essay on Little Women

May 9, 2023

by Franny Osman

Every ten years, the Concord Players produces Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. This year, for the first time, they put on the musical version, based on the 2005 Broadway musical. To accompany the show, which closes May 13, there was a Birthday Bash kick-off in November, a film…

Photograph of bronze statue of a woman, with live woman placing purple flowers into statue's hand.

Acton Sculptor’s Boston Women’s Memorial is Celebrated

May 8, 2023

by Franny Osman

Acton sculptor Meredith Bergmann’s Boston Women’s Memorial was honored on Sunday, May 7 at Emmanuel Church in Boston on its 20th anniversary. The Memorial, on Commonwealth Avenue in the Back Bay, is an approachable and touchable statuary tribute to Massachusetts leaders Abigail Adams, Lucy Stone, and Phyllis Wheatley.…

Danny’s Place New Space Reveal and Community Celebration

Bikes Ready for Rental on the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail

Visitors Tour the West Concord Junction Cultural District

Tavernier Place Opens its Doors

Acton Observes Memorial Day

Adaptive Bikes at NARA Park

Concord Players Recognizes RJ Grey Junior High Student’s Essay on Little Women

Acton Sculptor’s Boston Women’s Memorial is Celebrated

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