Acton Community Links
- Acton: Official Town home page
- Acton 2020 Comprehensive Community Plan
- Acton Annual Town Report (2014-present). For older reports click HERE.
- Acton Boards and Committees agendas and minutes
- Acton public documents (enter search in box at the top of the page)
- Acton street map
- Acton town directory
- ActonForum: Citizen forum with links to public documents, video of public meetings, event calendar, discussion and opinion.
- Acton history and genealogy: Acton Historical Society and Jenks Library
- Acton history and genealogy: Acton Memorial Library Online Historical Collections
- ArtsBoston Calendar
- Child care providers via Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care
- Children and families, see also under Youth services
- Children and families: Acton-Boxborough Family Network: Local parents working together to increase and improve Acton's resources for families with young children.
- Children and families: First Connections: Comprehensive services to families with infants and young children
- Cleanup Week, Acton
- Community Education, Acton-Boxborough
- Community Supper and Food Pantry, Acton
- Computer Instruction: Middlesex Community College - In-person and online community education classes
- Computer Instruction: Online classes via Acton-Boxborough Community Education
- Computer Instruction: Free self-paced online tutorials and support pages
- Conservation area trail maps via Acton Land Stewardship Committee
- Conservation Trust, Acton: devoted to the preservation of open space in Acton.
- Council on Aging, Acton
- Crisis Hotlines and Human Service Directories
- Discovery Museums
- Donations, Household Goods, Inc.: Donation Guidelines; List of other organizations accepting donations of used goods
- Education, see also under Community Education; Schools
- Education: Acton-Boxborough Parent Involvement Project (PIP) STEM - increasing community involvement in Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) education K-12.
- Elected Representatives, State and Federal
- English language instruction: English at Large
- English language instruction: High Rock English Language Learners Ministry
- English language instruction: Hudson Maynard Adult Learning Center
- English language instruction: Massachusetts Adult Literacy Hotline
- Farmers Market, Acton-Boxborough
- Flag Status, Massachusetts - notification when the flag is flying at half-staff
- Food Pantry, Acton Community Supper and
- Garden Club, Acton
- Green Acton, a group of volunteers trying to conserve local resources and protect the environment for future generations.
- Household Goods, Inc., provides a full range of donated furniture and household items, free of charge, to help people in need make a home.
- Housing: Affordable Housing page on Town of Acton website - includes information on Acton Community Housing Corporation, Acton Housing Authority, and the Regional Housing Services Office
- Human service and crisis intervention directories
- Legislators
- Massachusetts, Welcome to: A Primer on Bay State Basics
- MBTA: South Acton Commuter Lot | MBTA schedules and maps | MBTA Fitchburg line commuter rail schedule
- Middlesex West Chamber of Commerce
- Minuteman Library Network
- Neighbor Brigade, provides free temporary support to individuals in the community that are experiencing a non-financial temporary emergency.
- Newcomers Club, Nashoba Valley Neighbors
- News, Community: The Beacon via WickedLocal
- News, Community: Acton PATCH
- News, Community: Action Unlimited
- Nursing Service, Acton
- Pick-Your-Own farms in Massachusetts
- Playgrounds and Playing Fields, Acton
- Rail Trail, Assabet River
- Rail Trail, Bruce Freeman
- Real estate: homes for sale, apartments for rent, and recent sales, via Realtor.com, Trulia.com, and Zillow.com
- Recreation Department, Town of Acton
- Recycling at the Acton Transfer Station
- Recycling & Reuse, via the Mass. DEP - includes links to How & Where to Recycle different types of materials and Manage Household Hazards
- Registry of Deeds, Middlesex South
- Registry of Motor Vehicles, Massachusetts
- Schools, Acton-Boxborough Regional School District
- Schools, Acton-Boxborough Regional School District profile
- Senior Center see Council on Aging, Acton
- Social services see Human services
- Street map, Acton
- Television, Acton Community Access; Acton TV on Youtube
- Town Meeting, Citizen's Guide
- Traffic Information, Massachusetts, or dial 5-1 -1
- Trail, Bay Circuit
- Trails, Acton
- Transportation options: Cross-Acton Transit, Council On Aging Van, Rail Shuttle, Dial-A-Ride Van and Road Runner, https://www.crosstownconnect.org.
Transporation, see also MBTA - United Way, Acton-Boxborough United Way
- Utilities: Gas and Electric: Town of Acton page; Eversource; actonpowerchoice.com
- Utilities: Eversource outage map
- Veterans Services, Acton
- Volunteer Opportunities for ABRHS Students via Acton-Boxborough Regional High School
- Voter Information
- Voting: League of Women Voters - Acton Area
- Water District, Acton
- West Acton Citizens Library catalog
- Woman's Club, Acton
- W.R. Grace & Co., Inc. (Acton Plant) Superfund Site reports and documents
- Youth services, see also under Children and families
- Youth services: Danny's Place Youth Services, provides coordinated programming and resources dedicated to the positive development of the community’s youth.
Last updated on 08-26-2020
For corrections, please email: reference@actonma.gov