Addresses
We spent a lot of time there
36 Charter Road
Acton Boxborough Regional High School
Thomas Coughlin, Owen Coughlin, Linnea Ross, Micah Ross
Kimball Farm
Prolific actor who voices Gru in Despicable Me
SC
Steve Carell
Prolific theater teacher
DINO PLATTER
Linda Potter
Finny's cause of death in A Separate Peace
Bone marrow enters his bloodstream during surgery, medical malpractice
Walden Pond, Luisa May Alcott's Orchard House, the Old North Bridge
Concord
Thomas is a member of the Somerville Community Garden. Name any of the plants he grew in 2024
Pumpkin, Summer Squash, Sunflowers
In March 2005, Thomas and his classmates were featured on local TV, Boston.com, ESPN, the New York Times, and more as part of the "Merriam School Handshake Project" hoping to encourage players from these rival teams to shake hands
Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees
You're never very far from one
315 Main Street AND 182 Great Road AND 212 Main Street
Dunkin' Donuts
Patrick McGavick, Laura Langman, Jesse Waks, Eleanor Tolley
True West Brewing
Militia officer who commanded a company from Acton during the battle of Concord in 1775. The obelisk monument in the center of town is named for him.
ID
Isaac Davis
He'll burn you
BANNER HANDER
Brendan Hearn
He kills MacBeth in Act V Scene VIII
MacDuff
The Sargent Memorial Library, Oscar's Burritos, Nashoba Valley Olympia Rink
Boxborough
Thomas won the 2023 cartography contest put on by this organization
Boston Public Library
Name any two ABYS soccer field complexes (there are at least nine)
Flerra, Liberty, Great Hill, Leary, Lower Fields, School Street, Concord Road, Fifer's, NARA
The historic part of this building is 135 years old.
486 Main Street
Acton Memorial Library
Patrick McGavick, Hannah Simes, Thomas Coughlin (for one week before he was fired)
Red Raven Gastropub
TJR
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Longtime band director
KHAKI MERCY
Mark Hickey
Title of a 1990 Tim O'Brien novel made up of linked short stories about American soldiers in Vietnam
The Things They Carried
The Outdoor Store, the Fine Arts Theater, El Huipil
Maynard
Thomas performs at the Improv Asylum, a theater located close to Paul Revere's house in this historic neighborhood of Boston
The North End
This Acton store used to (and might still) offer a free lollipop with every purchase.
Ace Hardware
This place is somehow still in business
257 Main Street
Acton Bowladrome
McKenzie Orcutt, Ellen McCormick?
Bagels Plus
Emmy nominated WBZ news reporter who achieved fame on TikTok for his stories about hyperlocal oddities and culture. ABRHS class of 2005.
MS
Matt Shearer
Best theater teacher in ABRHS history
COMPILE HAZEL
Michael Lopez
The tyrannical head administrative nurse at Salem State Mental Hospital
Nurse Ratched
Nashoba Valley Ski Area, Kimball Farm, the Academy
Westford
Thomas is smart and proactive and bought renter's insurance, which led to him temporarily living in a luxury apartment in this upscale Boston neighborhood (not the London theater district)
The West End
This converted rail trail runs through Acton and passes over Route 2
Bruce Freeman Rail Trail
One of us spent a lot of time there
86 Charter Road
Coughlin house
Alvaro Chavez, Matt Phillips
Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt
Puppeteer who played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street from 1969 to 2018.
CS
Caroll Spinney
Eccentric math teacher who went to Holy Cross
NOBEL LITH
Bill Noeth
His last words before dying in Act V Scene II are "The rest is silence"
Hamlet
Groton Hill Music Center, Tavern on the Square
Littleton
The name of the company Thomas works for
Esri
The name of the dinosaur in front of the Acton Children's Discovery Museum
Bessie