New England Folk Festival Association President Janet Yeracaris announced today the group has called off its annual festival in Acton next month because of Covid-19, in part because part of what makes the festival so special is what also would put attendees at risk: People of all ages holding hands and dancing face to face in tight quarters. Read more.
Photo by Acton PD.
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire? Acton Police report a car erupted in flames this morning.
Early investigation indicates it was possibly a squirrel's nest.
The owner of the Incredible Shrinking Sears and KMart announced more closings yesterday, in a move that will mean eastern Massachusetts will be Kmart-free save for one remaining outlet in Hyannis.
H/t Ron Newman.
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that the town of Acton can't give a church in its historic town center a grant to repair its stained-glass windows, at least for the time being, not because of the First Amendment, but because of a section of the Massachusetts constitution related to grants to private institutions. Read more.
AsymmetRx Medical, an Acton company that holds a patent on an antibody used to diagnose prostate cancer, is suing Santa Cruz Biotechnology of Dallas on charges the Texas company offers a product that uses the same basic idea.
In its lawsuit, filed this week in US District Court in Boston, AsymmetRx, founded on the work of a Harvard researcher, says Santa Cruz started selling its product after it had agreed in 2007 not to do so - to settle a similar lawsuit AsymmetRx filed over the same exact patent.
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