ACTON, MA

is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United Statesabout twenty-one miles west-northwest of Boston along Route 2 west ofConcord and about ten miles (18km) southwest of Lowell. The population was 20,331 at the 2000 census. It is bordered by Westfordand Littleton to the north, Concord and Carlisle to the east, Stow and Maynard to the south, and Boxborough to the west. Acton became an incorporated town in 1735. The town employs the Open Town Meeting form of government with a Town Manager and an elected, 5-member Board of Selectmen. Acton was named the 16th Best Place To Live among small towns in the country byMoney Magazine in 2009, and the local high school, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, was named a Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education in 2009.[1]

BOXBOROUGH, MA

is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 4,868 at the 2000 census, although it had risen to 5,365 by January 2009. The town name is often spelled “Boxboro” on highway signs and official documents, but the correct spelling is, in fact, Boxborough.