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Coffee in hand, Chelmsford? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Why Cloudflare's latest move could reshape serverless—and matter in Chelmsford
• How new AI "thinking" methods could affect tools Chelmsford residents use

Also on today's calendar: Tai Chi for Beginners - Free Intro Session and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do some birds fly south for the winter? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Warmer, with a high of 71 and low of 53 degrees.
• Tuesday: Cooler with a stray shower, temps: high: 62, low: 58.
• Wednesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 65 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Cloudflare buys Deno to let companies run Workers on their own servers (startupfortune.com) — Chelmsford readers get a small local nod in a linked story about a resident who reportedly beat a three-year parking fine using ChatGPT, tucked alongside coverage of Cloudflare's acquisition of Deno. The main piece explains how Cloudflare plans to use Deno's celld technology so companies can run its Workers serverless model on their own servers, potentially loosening AWS Lambda's long-standing grip on enterprise serverless computing.
   

• AI labs are now spending more compute teaching models to think than to learn (startupfortune.com) — Chelmsford shows up briefly in a linked item about a local man overturning a long-running parking fine with ChatGPT, while the main story digs into how AI labs now spend more compute on post-training reasoning than initial pretraining. For residents curious about where tools like ChatGPT are headed, it explains why reinforcement learning and reasoning-heavy models are driving huge demand for GPUs and memory chips, reshaping the economics of AI infrastructure.
   

📸 Around Chelmsford

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Chelmsford

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday October 13
• Tai Chi for Beginners - Free Intro Session →
  Alpha Martial Arts Academy, 40 Vinal Square, Chelmsford
  5:50 pm
Saturday October 17
• Trinity's Trunk or Treat 2026 →
  170 Old Westford Rd, Chelmsford
  2:00 pm
• The Tenderbellies - LIVE award-winning folk/bluegrass! →
  First Church Unitarian, 19 Foster St, Littleton
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday October 13
• Conservation Commission Meeting →
  Dennis Ready Meeting Room 204, 50 Billerica Rd, Chelmsford
  7:00 pm
• Conservation Commission →
  Chelmsford, MA Calendar, 50 Billerica Rd, Chelmsford
  7:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Planning Board Meeting →
  Room 204, Town Offices, 50 Billerica Road, Chelmsford
  7:00 pm
• Chelmsford Library Trustees →
  Chelmsford, MA Calendar, 25 Boston Rd, Chelmsford
  7:00 pm
Thursday October 15
• (Peri)Menopause PJ Party! →
  Sapphire Women's Healthcare, 3 Meeting House Rd, Unit 12, Chelmsford
  6:00 pm
• Fortress at Princeton Station →
  North Chelmsford MA
  8:30 pm
Saturday October 17
• World Day for Poverty Eradication →
  Chelmsford MA
• Annual Fall Craft Fair and Bake Sale →
  Congregational Church In North Chelmsford, 15 Princeton St, Chelmsford
  9:00 am
• Music Bingo to Benefit Officer Sean Collier Memorial Fund →
  Princeton Station, 147 Princeton St, Chelmsford
  7:00 pm

📣 Chelmsford Shout Outs!

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• 3M posted a job opening for Finishing Operator -2nd shift in Chelmsford. Apply here.
• Aramark posted a job opening for Grill Cook- Tewksbury Hospital in Chelmsford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Chelmsford here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lowell

• High school soccer notebook: Greater Lowell girls aiming high after hot start (lowellsun.com)
• Pet of the Week: Captain Marvel and Banshee (lowellsun.com)
• Senator Howard, Representative Hong Join Push to Protect Head Start Standards (insidelowell.com)

Westford

• UMass Lowell skates past St. Lawrence for first win of the season (lowellsun.com)

Ok Chelmsford! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do some birds fly south for the winter?" — Because it's too far to walk..! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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