Chelmsford Mask Advisory Continues + Westford's Boston Road Plan

Up and at 'em, Chelmsford! Here's everything you need to know to get this Friday started off right.

First, today's weather:

Sunny and beautiful. High: 71 Low: 54.

Here are the top stories today in Chelmsford:

1. Women Working Wonders Fund presents virtual Power of the Purse Plus fundraiser (Lowell Sun)
2. Middlesex County diversion initiative funded for fourth year (Lowell Sun)
3. From nuggets to sporks, Dracut school cafeterias can’t get what they need (Lowell Sun)
4. State registry allows residents to check for sex offenders in the commmunity (Wicked Local)
5. Westford board backs design plan for Boston Road (Wicked Local)
6. Westford Superintendent Update - October 6th, 2021 (westfordcatnews.org)
7. Chelmsford mask advisory remains in place as town eyes COVID rates (Wicked Local)
8. Marybeth Dorrance Obituary (2021) - North Chelmsford, MA - Lowell Sun (Legacy.com)
9. Air quality studies near Chelmsford, Westford asphalt plants show little change (Wicked Local)
10. Letter: Was the Route 38 road widening in Lowell worth it? (Lowell Sun)
11. Lowell City Council OKs police contracts allowing body cameras (Lowell Sun)
12. New restaurant Sahel transports diners across world (Lowell Sun)
13. Middlesex County Restoration Center Commission secures $1 million in state funding | Middlesex Sheriff (middlesexsheriff.org)
14. Concord looking to fill positions on new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commission (Wicked Local)
15. NOW HIRING: Wilmington DPW Hiring Full-Time Mechanic (wilmingtonapple.com)
16. WILMINGTON AROUND THE WEB: The Best Stories From Wilmington’s Newspapers (wilmingtonapple.com)
17. Chelmsford developer eyes plan for vacant Littleton IBM site; needs Town Meeting support (Wicked Local)
18. Chelmsford High football beat Lowell 29-23 (Wicked Local)
19. A historic renovation in North Billerica is officially underway (Lowell Sun)
20. Trial date set for Lowell police officer accused of raping homeless teenager (WCVB Boston)
21. Chelmsford board backs plan following 2020 sewer main break (wickedlocal.com)
22. Chelmsford awaits air quality test results for neighborhoods near two asphalt plants (Wicked Local)

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Today in Chelmsford:

• Select Board - Town of Chelmsford Meetings (9:00 AM)
• Compelling Questions Series: Can Love Overcome Racism? (1:00 PM)

Chelmsford Patch Notebook

• Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce: "𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴? 👉🏼 𝘐𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘵, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦! 𝙅𝙤𝙞𝙣 𝙪𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩 ..." (Facebook)
• Harrington PTO: "Good afternoon! Please join our PTO meeting tonight online or in person if you can! We’ll be live at 6:30pm from the Harrington library. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8120... Meeting ID: 812 0744 4080..." (Facebook)

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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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