Person Killed By Tractor-Trailer In Chelmsford + Covid Stats

Morning, neighbors! It's me again, Annie Sandoli, your host of the Chelmsford Daily.

First, today's weather:

Cold with clouds breaking. High: 24 Low: 17.

Here are the top stories in Chelmsford today:

1. Acton Boxborough Regional School District creates survey asking what mascot should be (Wicked Local)
2. Chelmsford warehouse plan 'DIV Riverneck' opposed, petitioned by residents (Wicked Local)
3. Westford Academy team studies in preparation for GBH's High School Quiz Show competition (Wicked Local)
4. Debbie Sargent receives some sunshine with grant from Massachusetts Conference of Women (Worcester Telegram)
5. 5 Things To Do In Wilmington On Friday, January 21, 2022: Trivia Night At The KofC; Country Concert At The Elks; Home Show At The Shriners (wilmingtonapple.com)
6. Wilmington Police Introduce Therapy Dog-In-Training, Zena (wilmingtonapple.com)
7. Shawsheen Tech’s Application Deadline For Class Of 2026 Is February 1 (wilmingtonapple.com)
8. New COVID Cases in Mass. Schools Drop After Sharp Climb (NBC10 Boston)
9. Avison Young arranges 12,000 SF retail lease in Groton with Emerson Hospital (Boston Real Estate Times)
10. PHOTOS: Westford Academy gymnastics defeated Cambridge Rindge and Latin School 135.3-107.1 (Wicked Local)
11. Concord Middle School building project passes at special Town Meeting (Wicked Local)
12. Lowell CPC approves $1.5 million bond for Rollie’s Farm acquisition (Lowell Sun)
13. Lombardo supports $55M state supplemental budget focused on COVID-19 relief (Wicked Local)
14. Westford Academy students receive 4-H Key Award (Wicked Local)
15. Person Struck And Killed By Tractor-Trailer In Chelmsford (Chelmsford Patch)
16. This Weekend's Chelmsford Area Events (Chelmsford Patch)
17. PHOTOS: Hike Beautiful Billerica crunches through the snow (Wicked Local)
18. UMass Lowell is Working to Freeze-Dry COVID Vaccines (UMass Lowell)
19. ELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT: Darlene Torre to resign from school committee and run for select board (Wicked Local)
20. First Church Unitarian Littleton's Rev. Murphy: Action needed to curb homelessness (Wicked Local)
21. Soft Robotics Set to Unveil mGripAI™ at the International Processing and Production Expo (Woburn Daily Times)
22. Chelmsford Weather Forecast For The Weekend Ahead (Chelmsford Patch)
23. Chelmsford: See 5 Local Homes On The Market (Chelmsford Patch)

Today in Chelmsford:

• Maxwell's Winter Farmers Market (10:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• Chelmsford Public Library: "Two-thirds of the way through January already? Now's a good time to look ahead to our book group meetings in February! Pick up any of these titles at the front desk (or borrow them as ebooks!) and joing a group to discuss them on Zoom! h..." (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Huntley St: "Hi everyone, good morning, My name is Lucineia , I’m Work with a cleaning services I have 20 years of experience and I’m looking for more clients. - I’m vaccinated and we use mask if anyone is in need a great cleaning services homes , ap..." (Nextdoor)

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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.