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🗳️ How this town voted (73 contests)
Official town-by-town returns — MA Secretary of the Commonwealth (PD43+). ✓ marks this town's plurality choice.
U.S. Senate 2026-09-01
Edward J. Markey ✓ 2,465 · Seth W. Moulton 1,412
U.S. Senate 2026-09-01
John Deaton ✓ 429
U.S. House — 3rd Congressional 2026-09-01
Gary J. Grossi ✓ 411
U.S. House — 3rd Congressional 2026-09-01
Lori Loureiro Trahan ✓ 3,391
Treasurer 2026-09-01
Deborah B. Goldberg ✓ 3,296
Treasurer 2026-09-01
Elizabeth Dionne ✓ 402
State Senate — Middlesex and Worcester 2026-09-01
James Bradley Eldridge ✓ 3,415
State Senate — Middlesex and Worcester 2026-09-01
Joseph Timothy Shea ✓ 390
State Representative — 14th Middlesex 2026-09-01
Simon Cataldo ✓ 1,547
State Representative — 37th Middlesex 2026-09-01
Danillo A. Sena ✓ 1,861
Secretary of the Commonwealth 2026-09-01
William Francis Galvin ✓ 3,445
Secretary of the Commonwealth 2026-09-01
Anne R. Brensley ✓ 52

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Sat Oct 31, 2026 · 18:00

Select Board

Sat Nov 28, 2026 · 18:30

Select Board

Acton Select Board to meet November 10, 2026

The meeting agenda consists of procedural boilerplate. The board is scheduled to hear resident comments and approve meeting minutes from October 15, 2026.

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Page 1 of 1 Select Board Meeting Agenda November 10, 2026, 6:30 PM Acton Town Hall, Room 204 472 Main Street Remote Participation: Use this link to join the meeting or from a telephone, dial (646) 876- 9923 and enter Webinar ID: 503-918-785. On a computer use the “raise hand” feature or telephone users may dial *9 to request to speak. Meeting Packet: Additional materials may be found in the meeting packet available online. I. 6:30 PM Regular Business 1. Residents' Comments 2. Chair Update/Town Manager Update/Members Minutes II. Presentations III. New/Special Business IV. Consent Agenda 3. Approve the Meeting Minutes from October 15, 2026. V. Additional Information The listed agenda items are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair. Not all items may in fact be discussed, and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law. Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. Include a description of the accommodation you will need, including as much detail as you can and include a way we can contact you if we need more information. Please be aware that this meeting is being recorded, and any information provided and the recording itself may be used for Town purposes. For requests or any additional information about the Select Board send an e-mail or call the Town Manager’s Office (978) 929-6611.

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💰 Federal awards (top 10 by amount)
Largest recent federal contract/grant awards to recipients in this city (2023–present), via USAspending.gov.
$6.4MGENERAL ATOMICS
Department of Defense · SENSOR&PLATFORM AGNOSTIC HYPERSPECTRAL CAPABILITY (SPAHC) CRITICAL DES
$2.9MMR SOLUTIONS INC
Department of Veterans Affairs · LARGE BORE 9.4T PET/MRI
$2.7MGENERAL ATOMICS
Department of Defense · SENSOR&PLATFORM AGNOSTIC HYPERSPECTRAL CAPABILITY (SPAHC) INTERIM DESI
$2.4MGENERAL ATOMICS
Department of Defense · SENSOR&PLATFORM AGNOSTIC HYPERSPECTRAL CAPABILITY (SPAHC) INTERIM DESI
$2.0MMR SOLUTIONS INC
Department of Health and Human Services · MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) SYSTEM
$1.9MGENERAL ATOMICS
Department of Defense · HYPERSPECTRAL ON A CHIP (H-CHIP) MID-ALTITUDE DEMONSTRATION FLIGHTS
$1.8MINNOWAVE INC
Department of Defense · SBIR PHASE II RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: SOLID STATE HIGH POWER AMPLIFI
$1.6MRUMBLE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Department of Defense · SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) PHASE II TOPIC A214-009.
$1.5MSPERO DEVICES, INC.
Department of the Interior · IGF::OT::IGF MEMRISTOR-CMOS ANALOG CO-PROCESSOR FOR EFFICIENT COMPUTAT
$1.4MELEMENT MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY BOSTON-ACTON INC.
Department of Veterans Affairs · ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND TRAINING

Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury) — federal awards only, not city budgets.

🌐 County-level context
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Traffic fatalities1 (2021)

Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC

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