Tewksbury Arrests + Westford To Gather School Vaccination Data

Happy Wednesday, Chelmsford! Here's everything you need to know to start today off on an informed note. Here's everything going on today in Chelmsford.

First, today's weather:

Partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 64 Low: 48.

Here are the top stories in Chelmsford today:

1. For new Dracut Fire chief, it’s a family business (Lowell Sun)
2. ‘She had other plans’: Baby arrives as parents close on home in Lowell| (Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News)
3. Westford to gather teacher, student vaccination data; mask rule extended (Wicked Local)
4. Severe thunderstorm warning issued for parts of Mass.| (Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News)
5. Dracut Water Supply District to build new treatment plant in Tyngsboro (Lowell Sun)
6. Hawkins Point Brings on New Vice President of Business Development to Drive Success in Drug Development (Woburn Daily Times)
7. Authorities locate armed robbery suspect who escaped custody with handcuff on one hand in Lowell| (Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News)
8. Fonative's Secure Agent Communicator Keeps Call Centers Up and Running (Woburn Daily Times)
9. Two arrested in Tewksbury on attempted murder and drug trafficking charges (Lowell Sun)
10. WILMINGTON BUSINESS BUZZ: Wilmington Clean Energy Company Receives $4 Million For From U.S. Department Of Energy For R&D Project (wilmingtonapple.com)
11. PHOTOS: The Granite Place Opens Location In Wilmington (wilmingtonapple.com)
12. Editorial: Nonprofits’ land-preserving bid worth funding (Lowell Sun)
13. Some advocates and experts push back against sheriff's Mass. and Cass proposal (The Boston Globe)

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Today in Chelmsford:

• Age-Friendly Chelmsford Implementation Committee (9:00 AM)
• I Am Not Racist...Am I? FREE Film Screening (7:00 PM)

Chelmsford Patch Notebook

• South Row PTO: "Due to the not-so-great forecast for this afternoon, we are postponing our ice cream social to the rain date, tomorrow, September 29 4:30-7 pm. Tomorrow's weather looks great, so we hope to see you there!" (Facebook)
• Chelmsford Hockey Association: "Thank you to Sugarbug Dental for sponsoring Chelmsford Hockey's Annual Golf Tournament! The tournament is almost here and we appreciate all our sponsors!" (Facebook)
• Chelmsford Public Library: "We're taking our chances with the weather this morning and hopefully making our Pop-Up Library stops between showers! We'll be at Summer Place at 10, then at Delaney Terrace and North Village at 11:30. We will pack it in if it starts rai..." (Facebook)
• Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce: "JOB FAIR - JOB OPENINGS at New England Craft Cultivators!" (Facebook)
• Chelmsford Public Library: "October is almost here! Novel Conversations meets this Friday, then our Evening and Knit Lit book groups are both next week! Check out all the books that our nine different book groups are reading and see if you want to join in! https://..." (Facebook)
• Chelmsford Public Schools: "SCAM ALERT... Friends -- There is a Facebook post advertising streaming for Friday's Chelmsford vs. Lowell football game: https://www.facebook.com/events/820147662014004/?notif_id=1632836909033000¬if_t=event_description_mention&ref=11..." (Facebook)
• Chelmsford Hockey Association: "Thank you to the KDK Foundation for sponsoring Chelmsford Hockey's Annual Golf Tournament Fundraiser! 🏒🥰" (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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