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ACTON — People in Acton and Boxborough are saying "no" to racism following a virtual school committee meeting in which an anonymous troll posted racist and vulgar comments deeply upsetting two Black board members. About 90 minutes into a meeting of the Acton-Boxborough Regional School Committee, the anonymous poster used the Q & A function to write the ugly remarks. The comments were only visible to committee members, including its only Black members, Kyra Wilson Cook and Evelyn Abayaah, but were later shared on social media, sparking outrage in the community and leading the Acton Board ...

Reply An Acton-Boxborough School Committee meeting was Zoom-bombed on Thursday night. (Kristin Borden/Patch) ACTON, MA — Local officials are condemning a series of racist messages posted during an Acton-Boxborough School Committee meeting held over Zoom on Thursday night. The "vulgar and hateful, racist messages" were sent to the School Committee members, according to a statement Friday from the Acton Board of Selectmen. The Selectmen were asking Acton police to investigate the incident as a potential hate crime. "While it is our understanding that the members of the public did not see t...