Tyngsboro Fire Victim Identified + Racist Incident In Westford

Happy Wednesday, neighbors! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy. High: 39 Low: 36.

Here are the top stories in Chelmsford today:

1. Pet Adoption In The Chelmsford Area: See New Local Dogs, Cats (Chelmsford Patch)
2. Tripleseat's Venue Directory EventUp Celebrates 2021 Successes | State (Woburn Daily Times)
3. Parallel Wireless Brings Largest Ecosystem of Leading-Edge Open RAN Partners to MWC Barcelona 2022 (conwaydailysun.com)
4. ArtSpace Maynard artists featured in Concord exhibit (Wicked Local)
5. Charlie Baker wants to slash Massachusetts State Police overtime by hiring retirees for details (Boston Herald)
6. U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan: I understand the urgency in replacing Rourke Bridge (Lowell Sun)
7. Inside Lucy Kim's “Skin Might See” debut at Mahoney Hall (The UML Connector)
8. Methuen Police Say There is Still Time to Take the March Police Exam, But Today is Registration Deadline (WHAV News)
9. Greater Lawrence Tech Students Compete in Future Farmers of America Challenge (WHAV News)
10. Brothers hailed as heroes for saving Massachusetts couple from house fire during nor'easter (WCVB Boston)
11. Official: Westford students taunted Wayland player with ‘racially charged language’ at basketball game| (Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News)
12. Nashoba Tech restaurant back to serving public (Lowell Sun)
13. Mass. officials urge colleges to roll back COVID-19 precautions to ‘near normal’ levels| (Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News)
14. Cawley Stadium needs $7.4 million in repairs (Lowell Sun)
15. Fatal Tyngsboro Fire Believed To Be Accidental, 30-Year-Old Victim Identified (CBS Boston)
16. Andover Briefly | News (Andover Townsman)
17. Investigators announce cause of house fire in Tyngsboro that left 30-year-old woman dead| (Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News)
18. Middlesex County's COVID cases fall 46.4%; Massachusetts cases plummet 43.1% (MetroWest Daily News)
19. ELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT: Select Board member runs for reelection (Wicked Local)
20. 63-years and counting, Billerica couple share the secret to their longtime love (Wicked Local)
21. Methuen DPW employee alerts residents of porch fire (The Boston Globe)
22. 6 Live Entertainment Spots In The Greater Merrimack Valley (merrimackvalley.org)
23. Chelmsford Events Calendar: See What's Happening This Week (Chelmsford Patch)
24. UMass Lowell to redevelop East Campus area as mixed-use urban district (Lowell Sun)

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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.