Massachusetts Middlesex County
Acton
A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts — population 23,829 as of 2022.
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Storefront Art Projects announced the upcoming conversation with a photographer and the director of a Massachusetts museum. Storefront Art Projects is pleased to host Paul Cary Goldberg, Photographer, and Jessica Roscio, Director and Curator of the Danforth Museum in Framingham,…
Creatives & Arts
Cambridge Day
September 30Grabbing a Bite with Cambridge Day: Simon Stansbury
The AI governance pioneer and robotics strategist on ecstatic dance, virtue ethics, and why sci-fi is no longer fiction — over Brussels sprouts at Veggie Galaxy.
Creatives & Arts
Cambridge Day
September 30“Bouncers” is back in Boston
After the 2013 marathon bombing cut a Cambridge production short, the iconic English play is back
Creatives & Arts
A jazz legend shaped generations of drummers from his Lexington basement
Students serious about drumming all received the same advice: Go see Alan Dawson. And they would — making the pilgrimage by car, bus and even plane for weekly lessons.
Creatives & Arts
Cambridge Day
September 29Student crochet club donates handmade roses to Cambridge Health Alliance
The club members have put their handicraft skills and creativity to good use, donating pieces to a handful other organizations
Community Groups & OrganizationsThe Watertown Boys & Girls Club will offer a new program for children ages 6 months to 4+ years called Club Kid Academy. See more details from the WBGC, below. NEW for 2026! Introducing our new “CLUB KID ACADEMY.” Child & Caregiver enrichment programs for ages 6 months – 4+ yrs…
Community Groups & OrganizationsIn and around Acton
See & do
- 4EvaFit Lifestyle
- Acorn Park
- Acorns to Oaks Horsemanship Center
- Acton Bowladrome & Arcade
- Acton Coach Estates
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Acton by the numbers
- Median age
- 44.5
- Households
- 9,409
- Persons per household
- 2.6
- Median household income
- $158,230
- Median house value
- $807,300