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Erika Amir-Lin

Q&A with candidate for Acton Water District Commissioner

April 19, 2024
This article is adapted from the website of Green Acton. This year, there is one candidate running for the position of Commissioner of the Acton Water District (AWD): Erika Amir-Lin. This post contains Ms. Amir-Lin’s answers to questions prepared by the Green Acton Water Committee, with the goal of helping voters understand some current issues and opportunities facing the Water District, and the candidate’s thoughts on how to address them. The Acton Water District is an independent government entity, separate from Acton’s municipal government. As such, it is led by a Board of Water Commissioners, analogous to the Acton Select…
A speaker behind a podium and an aerial terrain map on a video screen.

Friends of Pine Hawk Kick Off Archaeology Month

October 9, 2023
On Thursday, October 5, more than thirty residents gathered in the Meeting Room of the Acton Memorial Library and online for the first event honoring this year’s Archaeology Month, hosted by Friends of Pine Hawk. The speaker, former Town of Acton Health Director, Doug Halley, presented “From Pine…
children, goats, and goatkeepers on a grassy lawn

Goats and Giggles at the Acton Memorial Library

September 22, 2023
The Acton Memorial Library (AML) hosted a “Goats and Giggles” program on Wednesday, September 20 by Farmer’s Helpers, a community farm education program based at Chip-In Farm in Bedford that aims to cultivate “connections between people, food and farms.” The young goats are Fainting/Nigerian Dwarf crosses, small and…
a tree and stone wall with a lush green field in the background

State grants for preserving the 549 Main Street property

September 21, 2023
At the Annual Meeting of the Acton Water District held last March, voters overwhelmingly approved the allocation of $4,900,000 to purchase the 57-acre parcel at 549 Main Street on the south side of Brook Street, and obtain a permanent Conservation Restriction on that tract of land. In the…
Trail in the woods blocked by fallen tree and two men working to clear the trail.

Land Stewards Clear Trail Blockages following Recent Storms

September 16, 2023
Following the storms of September 8 and 10, regional headlines and newscasts were filled with photographs of downed trees across roads, railroad tracks, cars and buildings. Out of sight, the forested lands of Acton also suffered. Across the 1700 acres of Acton Conservation Lands, scores of trees fell,…
Two trash bins await pickup off a residential street.

Curbside Waste Pickup Presentation at the Acton Senior Center

September 14, 2023
The possibility of town-wide curbside trash and recycling pickup, and the implications of that possibility for the future of the transfer station, was the topic of a presentation by Acton Department of Public Works Director Corey York, Acton Director of Sustainability Andrea Becerra, and Financial Solutions Analyst Ellie…
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