Chelmsford Awarded $30K State Grant + Case Of The Smashed Pumpkin

Good morning, Chelmsford! Here's everything you need to know to get this Saturday started off right.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 47 Low: 33.

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Here are the top stories in Chelmsford today:

1. Beacon Business: Boosting spirits through an ancient art (Wicked Local)
2. WCTV NEWS & NOTES: WCTV To Air Announcement Of Rotary Club’s $10K Raffle Winners Live On November 19 (wilmingtonapple.com)
3. Massachusetts Travelers Urged Be Patient, Plan Ahead This Holiday Season (CBS Boston)
4. Saheli Boston Celebrates 25th Anniversary, to Host The Art Affair Fundraising Gala on Dec. 5 at Burlington Marriott (India New England)
5. FBI Offers $10K Reward for Info on Man Missing From Mass. for 16 Years (NBC10 Boston)
6. Tyngsboro sets tax rate (Lowell Sun)
7. Duda: Dracut HS student leads effort to revitalize WWI monument in Hovey Square (Lowell Sun)
8. National Grid debuts electric Ford cargo van in Lowell (Lowell Sun)
9. Chelmsford Awarded $30K State Grant For Recycling Initiatives (Chelmsford Patch)
10. Jeffery Blood | Groton Herald (grotonherald.com)
11. Richard Joseph D'Agostino | Groton Herald (grotonherald.com)
12. Judith V. (Pothier) Babin | Groton Herald (grotonherald.com)
13. VIDEO: Case of the smashed pumpkin solved in Billerica (Wicked Local)

Today in Chelmsford:

• Annual Holiday Fair (9:00 AM)
• Maxwell's Winter Farmers Market (10:00 AM)

Chelmsford Patch Notebook

• Chelmsford Public Library: "We’re so excited about all this color! Make sure to come downstairs when you visit the library and see how bright the new mural has made the Young Adult area!" (Facebook)
• Chelmsford Public Schools: "There are great things happening at the CHS Career and College Readiness Center under the direction of facilitator Alex Cunningham. Below are some highlights of our Veteran Panel today, which drew nearly 30 students who listened intently..." (Facebook)
• Chelmsford Public Library: "Wow! The Friends of the Library surprised the staff today with a special Thanksgiving gift thanking us for all the work we’ve done this year and throughout the pandemic! Everyone is receiving either an amaryllis or a gift card to a local..." (Facebook)
• Chelmsford TV: "In this episode of CTM NewsBreak, Chelmsford resident Matt Scott screens his documentary about crossing the Atlantic on a sailboat at the CCA, The Senior Center kitchen is finally back up and running after being closed for renovations, t..." (Facebook)
• Byam School Association - BSA: "Check the LOST & FOUND when you visit the school today for parent/teacher conferences!" (Facebook)
• Chelmsford TV: "Dean Contover of The Current Buzz talks with Dr. Jeff Parks, Principal of the Parker Middle School." (Facebook)
• Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce: "𝘼𝙍𝙀 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝘼 𝙂𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝙇𝙊𝙒𝙀𝙇𝙇 𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙈𝘽𝙀𝙍 𝙈𝙀𝙈𝘽𝙀𝙍? 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙬 👇🏻 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• The chamber would love your support for our 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 #shop..." (Facebook)
• Byam School Association - BSA: "FRIDAY BOOK FAIR!! The Scholastic BOOK FAIR is outdoors in person, and online! https://bit.ly/byam-2021bookfa... In person, after school November 18th, 19th, 22nd and 23rd, 3:30-5:30, and the morning of Saturday November 20th 9:00-11:00! ..." (Facebook)

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Events:

• Open House Weekend (November 20)
• MA Wills and Trusts: Free 5-Day Email Course (November 20)
• The Old Man and The Old Moon: Musical (November 20)
• Open House Free Classes all day (November 21)
• Fall Market! (November 21)
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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.

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