By Kim Kastens This story begins on a sleepy Sunday afternoon in September 2019. I sort of wanted to go out to hear a talk, but I also sort of wanted to stay home and relax. But I had announced the talk by email in my role as Green Acton Water Committee Chair, and Green… Continue reading →
Rivershed Health Event
The Green Acton Water Committee hosted the Sudbury, Assabet and Concord River Report Card event, a lively and well-attended gathering at the Acton Senior Center. Alison Field-Juma, the Executive Director of OARS, presented the first-ever “report card” on the health of the Assabet, Sudbury, and Concord river system.
OARS Report Card on Our Local Rivers
Green Acton Praises Environmental Choices for Acton’s Proposed Twin School and North Acton Fire Station
The Special Town Meeting of December 10 will ask voters about building a new Twin School in West Acton, and a new Fire Station in North Acton.
2019 Special Town Meeting Article 2
Article 2: Green Acton Statement on the Proposed North Acton Fire Station Design & Construction The Special Town Meeting of December 10 will ask voters about building a new North Acton Fire Station.
Green Acton Statement to EPA about 1,4-Dioxane at WR Grace
On October 22, 2019, Kim Kastens, a Green Acton Director and Chair of the Water Committee, traveled to the Headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC to make a request about remediation of 1,4-dioxane at the WR Grace Superfund site. The trip was in association with the Center for Health, Environment and Justice,… Continue reading →
Land Court Decision on Nagog Pond
October 31, 2019: The following is an analysis of the October 11, 2019 decision of the Massachusetts Land Court about Nagog Pond water rights, courtesy of Green Acton Water Committee member Carolyn Kiely, Esq.
Summary of Fifth WR Grace Five-Year Review
Green Acton Public Statement re: Proposed Piper Lane Building Project, 7/9/2019
[Sent on 7/15/19 to the Board of Selectmen and the Zoning Board of Appeals, from Debra Simes (President) and Jim Snyder-Grant (Co-President), along with a request that this be taken into account in any future deliberations on this project.] This statement asserts Green Acton’s opposition to the proposed application currently under review for the Piper… Continue reading →