Cambodian American Mayor Takes Office In Lowell + Local Events

Good day, people of Chelmsford! It's me again, Annie Sandoli, your host of the Chelmsford Daily.

First, today's weather:

A touch of afternoon rain. High: 48 Low: 35.

Here are the top stories in Chelmsford today:

1. Adoptable Pets Of The Week In The Chelmsford Area (Chelmsford Patch)
2. Andover to distribute test kits | Andover (Journal Inquirer)
3. 1st Cambodian American mayor in U.S. takes office in Lowell (WBUR)
4. Editorial: Region in these two charitable organizers’ debt (Lowell Sun)
5. Jeffrey Gerald Wilkins | News, Sports, Jobs (Nashua Telegraph)
6. Key COVID-19 indicators worsen in Burlington for 11th straight week (Woburn Daily Times)
7. Site of Vibalogics campus sells for $76M, marking dramatic value jump (Worcester Business Journal)
8. Emerson Hospital in Concord welcomes first baby of 2022 (Wicked Local)
9. Chelmsford Calendar: See What's Happening In The Area This Week (Chelmsford Patch)
10. Concord Public Schools ramp up COVID precautions as Omicron spreads (Wicked Local)
11. Nominate A Wilmington Business Owner For The Chamber Of Commerce’s 2022 Carmon Cunningham Business Legacy Award (wilmingtonapple.com)
12. Expanding Beyond Wilmington, Habit Burger To Open Multiple Locations In Massachusetts Over Next Few Years (wilmingtonapple.com)

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From my notebook:

• Chelmsford Public Library: "Our CPL Winter Challenge for 2022 is here! Challenge yourself to read books in different categories and earn raffle tickets for some great prizes! Click here to read more: https://wp.me/p7chCH-6Cg" (Facebook)
• Chelmsford Public Schools: "Great stuff from Boston Herald high school sports guru Danny Ventura on Chelmsford Wrestling icon Bruce Rich ('73), who knows a few things about starting a wrestling program: https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/01/02/wrestling-notebook-bru..." (Facebook)
• Chelmsford Public Library: "Good morning and Happy New Year once again! Regular children’s story times will resume next week, with some changes to the schedule and delivery - all will be on Zoom and/or Facebook Live except for Outdoor programs on Monday and Wednesd..." (Facebook)
• Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce: "👏 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿! 💥 Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital 💥 Lahey Hospital & Medical..." (Facebook)
• Byam School Association - BSA: "Chelmsford School Committee meeting TOMORROW: TUESDAY at 6:00pm! The meeting will be live-streamed by Chelmsford Telemedia on YouTube: 🎥 www.bit.ly/chelmsfordschoolcom... Interested community members may e-mail Superintendent of Scho..." (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, West Chelmsford: "Still collecting 80s audio cassettes. - I have some new wave and synth pop, a ton of rock and metal. I am looking to expand my synth pop and new wave cassettes. So if you would be interested in dumping them I am eagerly looking. Thank yo..." (Nextdoor)
• Joseph from Nextdoor's Community Team, Nextdoor New Jersey: "Offering and asking for help shoveling snow on Nextdoor - Neighbors, If you would like to lend a hand and shovel out a neighbor in need FOR FREE, or if you need help shoveling you can post to your neighborhood’s newsfeed to offer or ask..." (Nextdoor)

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— Annie Sandoli

About me: Annie has been a Boston-based writer since 2018, after graduating with her BA in Social Thought and Political Economy from UMass Amherst and ALM in journalism from Harvard University. She has worked as a freelancer throughout Massachusetts and as part of an editorial team in London, UK. Her interests include music and the arts, creative writing and literature, and topics of social and political justice. Annie covers Brookline, Newton, Waltham, Chelmsford and Westford. Email news tips to annie.sandoli@patch.com.