Chelmsford Receives $680K MassWorks Grant + Child Rape Case

Happy Friday, Chelmsford! Here's everything you need to know in town today.

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First, today's weather:

Breezy and cooler. High: 49 Low: 26.

Here are the top stories today in Chelmsford:

1. Acton announces allocations for ARPA funding (Wicked Local)
2. Gyu-Kaku brings Japanese barbecue experience to Burlington Mall (Wicked Local)
3. Nurse practitioner joins her hometown practice (nashobavalleyvoice.com)
4. Accument Engineering building new facility at Devens (nashobavalleyvoice.com)
5. Haroutunian: A different kind of ‘joint’ ownership (Lowell Sun)
6. The Devenscrest housing crisis in Ayer (Sentinel & Enterprise)
7. Eye on Art: Brush features lots of giftable art in newly opened members’ exhibition (Lowell Sun)
8. Hundreds visit Nashoba Tech at annual open house (Sentinel & Enterprise)
9. Greater Lawrence Tech Students Repair Donated Car, Allowing Veteran to Keep His Job (WHAV News)
10. Chelmsford receives $680,000 MassWorks grant for Route 40 water main upgrades (Lowell Sun)
11. Burlington DPW lays out 'accelerated' PFAS plan (Woburn Daily Times)
12. Billerica firefighter Patrick Corbett leaves a legacy in his hometown (Wicked Local)
13. Lawrence man arrested for alleged child rape in Dracut (Lowell Sun)

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Today in Chelmsford:

Chelmsford Patch Notebook

• Chelmsford Public Library: "A great assemblage of fall scarecrow designs behind the library! Cross carefully over to Bartlett Park and check them out!" (Facebook)
• South Row PTO: "Yesterday the second graders thoroughly enjoyed an enrichment program from Sub Zero Nitrogen Ice Cream sponsored by the PTO!" (Facebook)
• Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce: "𝗥𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 City Of Lights 2021 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵 As part of the fundraising committee, we have teamed up with Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union, T..." (Facebook)
• Chelmsford Public Schools: "OPENING NIGHT!! The CHS Theatre Guild presents #Pippin tonight at the PAC (7:00). Tickets on sale at https://happsnow.com/event/chelmsford-high-school" (Facebook)
• Chelmsford Public Library: "Register here to join right now! 6 new variations on traditional side dishes: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_op9vSWk6SqaryRsIpKJqwQ" (Facebook)
• Byam School Association - BSA: "The Scholastic BOOK FAIR is this week.. outdoors in person, and online! https://www.scholastic.com/bf/byamelementaryschool1 In person is after school November 18th, 19th, 22nd and 23rd, 3:30-5:30, and the morning of Saturday November 20t..." (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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