Thoreau Society Gets Grant
Posted in: Accomplishments, Articles, Community outreach, Updates on 07/25/2010
Farmers Market opens in Acton
July 25, 2010
ACTON
The weekly Acton-Boxborough Farmers Market is open for the season. The market will convene on Pearl Street in West Acton, one block from the intersection of Route 111 and Central Street, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 31. The market has a variety of goods including vegetables, fruit, honey, eggs, meat, and specialty products such as artisan breads, jams, bagels and handmade soaps. — Jennifer Fenn Lefferts
CARLISLE
PUBLIC SCHOOL BID ACCEPTED — Selectmen have accepted a bid of $343,495 from D’Amico Inc. for preconstruction utility work at the Carlisle Public School after the bid was recommended by the School Building Committee. D’Amico was employed for the recent implementation of the school’s waste-water treatment facility. Construction of a new building for kindergarten and Grade 1 students, along with related renovations on the campus, is expected to begin next winter, with an anticipated completion date of fall 2012. — Nancy Shohet West
CONCORD
THOREAU SOCIETY GETS GRANT — The Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities awarded a $3,500 grant to the Thoreau Society of Concord. State Representative Cory Atkins of Concord said the society will use the grant to create an online interactive map of Henry David Thoreau’s travels in Massachusetts in the mid-19th century. The foundation supports programs that use history, literature, and philosophy to enhance and improve community life throughout the state. — Jennifer Fenn Lefferts
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