Chelmsford School Mask Mandate + Local Events This Weekend

Morning, Chelmsford! Here's everything you need to know to get this Friday started off right.

First, today's weather:

Sunshine; breezy in the p.m.. High: 49 Low: 40.

Here are the top stories in Chelmsford today:

1. The village of Ballardvale is home to an elusive white squirrel population (WCVB Boston)
2. Superintendent finalists visit Shawsheen Tech (Lowell Sun)
3. Price of Tyngsboro Middle School building project to be released (Lowell Sun)
4. Massachusetts game show winner gets trip to New Hampshire (Boston 25 News)
5. ELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT: Billerica Finance Committee member runs for school committee seat (Wicked Local)
6. Billerica parents organize to renovate school playgrounds (Lowell Sun)
7. Flo-Ro Building Cte Seeks Statements of Qualifications for Trades Contractors (grotonherald.com)
8. Expert: Gen Z May reshape Super Bowl Marketing (UMass Lowell)
9. Cassidy Patrice Baracka, 7 | Groton Herald (grotonherald.com)
10. Cookies for Cassidy | Groton Herald (grotonherald.com)
11. Chelmsford School Mask Mandate Remains In Place, To Be Discussed (Chelmsford Patch)
12. Beyond Wellesley: Great Brook Ski Touring Center in Carlisle, Mass. (The Swellesley Report)
13. Chelmsford: See This Weekend's Upcoming Events In The Area (Chelmsford Patch)
14. Chelmsford Weekend Weather Forecast (Chelmsford Patch)
15. 5 New Houses For Sale In The Chelmsford Area (Chelmsford Patch)
16. Weekend High School Sports Schedule For Chelmsford Area (Chelmsford Patch)
17. 'Alive with Birds: William Brewster in Concord' opens in March at the Concord Museum (MetroWest Daily News)
18. Stages: MacDonald as Bombeck: a great fit at the Merrimack Repertory Theatre (Lowell Sun)
19. Louisa May Alcott’s revolutionary tale echoes down the decades (The Boston Globe)
20. Energy North Group and Haffner's Collect and Donate 350 Toys for Tots (WHAV News)
21. UMass Lowell to Pay Volunteers for COVID-19 Tests as Part of Research Project in Haverhill, Lowell (WHAV News)
22. Town Of Chelmsford: 255 Princeton Street – Project File Folder (Press Release Desk)
23. Open Burning Permits Now Available In Town Of Chelmsford (Press Release Desk)

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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.