Chelmsford's Project 300 + Billerica At High Risk Of COVID-19

Happy Wednesday, people of Chelmsford! Here's everything you need to know going on in town today.

First, today's weather:

A morning shower in spots. High: 61 Low: 32.

Here are the top stories in Chelmsford today:

1. Fonative Launches Real Recipient SMS | State (Woburn Daily Times)
2. Front Line Initiative regional police program to bring crisis-response dog to Billerica (Wicked Local)
3. University of Massachusetts Expands ParkMobile Partnership to the Lowell Campus to Offer Contactless Parking Solutions (Woburn Daily Times)
4. Is there a reason to why Education majors transfer? Where do they go? (The UML Connector)
5. UMass Lowell students offer their opinions on Lowell's traffic (The UML Connector)
6. The impact of remote learning on elementary school students in Lowell (The UML Connector)
7. Humans of UMass Lowell: Ben Constantini | The Connector (The UML Connector)
8. Mass. National Guard completes school transportation mission (Boston.com)
9. Nashoba Tech announces students and athletes of October (Lowell Sun)
10. Billerica remains an area of high transmission of COVID-19 (Wicked Local)
11. 24 COVID Cases Reported At Andover’s South Elementary School Over Last Week (CBS Boston)
12. ‘His mother just called, said he stole a school bus’: Police say 3 youths arrested after joyride in Wilmington| (Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News)
13. First Shawsheen Tech open house since COVID draws families (Wicked Local)
14. Chelmsford's McCarthy Middle School Begins Project 300 Food Drive (Chelmsford Patch)
15. EDITORIAL: Billerica Holiday Festival kicks off its preparations (Wicked Local)
16. Littleton checks out the new Reuben Hoar Library (Wicked Local)
17. Lowell man facing homicide charge in stabbing death of 71-year-old grandmother| (Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News)
18. Minuteman High offers tours, open house Nov. 21 (YourArlington.com)
19. Veterans Day 2021: Where Vets Can Eat Free In Chelmsford (Chelmsford Patch)
20. Volunteers worked in the "warehouse" of the Westford Food Pantry (Wicked Local)

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Today in Chelmsford:

• Papa Gino’s Raising Some Dough for Alpha Omega (4:00 PM)
• Beginner's Chess (7:00 PM)
• Author Event - Jan Brogan: "The Combat Zone: Murder, Race, and Boston's Struggle For Justice" (7:00 PM)

Chelmsford Patch Notebook

• Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce: "𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫! 𝐖𝐇𝐘? Because it’s the local businesses that are fueling our economy and when the local economy is doing well, everyone in the community wins. Click here for a list of our 500+ members: https://bus..." (Facebook)
• Chelmsford Public Library: "Good morning! Stop by the library’s lower level this week to check out this amazing work in progress in our Young Adult section! Yetti Frenkel, the muralist who’s also responsible for the art in our children’s room, is creating this new ..." (Facebook)
• Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce: "It's not too late to attend our EDGE session {virtually} tomorrow! Chamber EDGE: 2022 Planning Tips and Tricks Tuesday, November 9th 8:30-9:30am As we get close on this year and get ready for the next, please join us for a facilitated, i..." (Facebook)
• Chelmsford Public Library: "Tea Time Tales are back tomorrow! Join the library staff to discuss essays, short stories, poetry and more as we take an afternoon break and read aloud from authors that interest us...and hopefully you! Sign up now: https://chelmsfordlib..." (Facebook)
• Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce: "Merrimack Valley Food Bank, Inc. is hiring!" (Facebook)
• Chelmsford Public Schools: "More good stuff from our friend Christopher Hurley on former CHS Swim & Dive standout Nolan Speidel at Saint Michael's College and former CHS girls' basketball and Framingham State University Athletics senior Rai Edwards-Thomas: https://..." (Facebook)

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Events:

• Celebrate Your Favorite Veteran With Patriotic Flowers (November 11)
• The Old Man and The Old Moon: Musical (November 12)
• Operation Delta Dog- Run2Rescue 5K (November 13)
• Holiday Art Market (November 13)
• Pianist Carolyn Enger's The Mischlinge Exposé , Author David Daniel, and ICEFA (November 13)
• Free 5-Day Email Course: MA Wills & Living Trusts (November 13)
• Walk and Wag for Veterans (November 14)
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That's it for today. I'm taking a day off this week, but I'll see you in your inbox Friday with a new update! If you're into these newsletters, consider bringing some friends and neighbors into the fold. You can send them this link to subscribe.

— 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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