Local Newspapers

Concord Enterprise, 1888-1963

• Microfilm, and online: 1888-1963

Acton Enterprise, 1915-1937

• Microfilm, and online: Feb. 10, 1915 – Oct. 5, 1921; Jan. 21, 1931 – Sept. 22, 1937

Acton Beacon (a.k.a  The Beacon; Assabet Valley Beacon), 1945-2022

• Microfilm: Jan. 1945 – Jan. 1946;  July 31, Aug. 14, Sept. 4, Oct. 16, Nov. 20, 1947; 1950-1953 scattered issues; March 7, 1957 – Feb. 26, 1959; March 7, 1963 – May 5, 2022
• Online, holdings as above through 1975 (remote access available)
• Online, holdings as above 1976-2022 (in-library access only)

Acton Minuteman, 1975-1981

• Microfilm: 1975-1981
• Online, holdings as above (in-library access only)

Acton Citizen, 1994-1996

• Microfilm: March 1994 – October 1996
• Online, holdings as above (in-library access only)

Acton Weekly, 2005-2007

• Microfilm: March 17, 2005 – September 14, 2007
• Online, holdings as above (in-library access only)

Other Online Newspaper Collections

• Acton Exchange, Acton’s nonprofit online newspaper
• Acton/Maynard Action Unlimited, free weekly publication
• Boston Public Library newspaper databases (access may require a BPL ecard)
• Concord, Massachusetts, Newspapers Up to the Civil War (Concord Free Public Library)