2 Crashes Under Investigation + Coronavirus Booster Shots

Hey, Westford! Let's get you all caught up to start this Sunday off on an informed note. Here's everything you need to know today in town.

First, today's weather: Mostly cloudy throughout the day. High: 80 Low: 66.

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Here are the top stories in Westford today:

1. Stow Select Board appoints acting fire chief (Wicked Local)
2. Winchester town manager reappointed to EPA committee (Wicked Local)
3. Westford's Coronavirus Case Count Still On The Rise (Westford Patch)
4. Algal bloom at Spy Pond spurs swimming warning (YourArlington.com)
5. Westford Wildlife Watch -- Intentional walking in nature (Wicked Local)
6. Two serious crashes, one fatal, on Route 128 in Weston, Needham under investigation (WCVB Boston)
7. Motorcyclist dies in collision with Wegmans tractor-trailer in Medford (WCVB Boston)
8. What you should know about the COVID-19 booster shots; local doctor says vaccines effective (Wicked Local)
9. Westford Student Enrolls At College Of The Holy Cross (Westford Patch)
10. 'Live Poultry, Fresh Killed' sign stays local after East Cambridge Business Association buys it at auction (The Boston Globe)
11. Police, Arlington Community Education host Bicycle Safety Day (YourArlington.com)
12. Music in the air: Berlin, Clinton, Sterling, West Boylston plan summer concerts (Worcester Telegram)
13. Lowell City Council eyes library assistance (Lowell Sun)
14. Concord residents call for action as cyanobacteria plagues White Pond (Wicked Local)
15. Dracut selectmen approve special permit for cell tower (Lowell Sun)
16. Methuen Mayor Neil Perry diagnosed with breakthrough case of COVID-19 (WCVB Boston)
17. Ribbon-cutting officially opens new downtown Leominster park (Sentinel & Enterprise)
18. Nashoba Tech training key members of the workforce (Lowell Sun)
19. State euthanizes Tewksbury goats (Lowell Sun)
20. UMass Lowell Students Build Satellite to Be Launched by NASA Saturday Morning (WHAV News)
21. Car catches fire on Route 110 in Methuen | Merrimack Valley (Eagle-Tribune)
22. No vote, Billerica School Committee accepts state mask mandate after impassioned meeting (Wicked Local)
23. Newton Teacher Association concerns for the coming year (village14.com)
24. Somerville police officer sues New Hampshire gunmaker Sig Sauer, says weapon fired on its own (WCVB Boston)
25. Central Mass Mosquito Control Project identifies West Nile virus in Billerica (Wicked Local)

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Today in Westford

• Welcome Weekend Free Pure Barre Classes all weekend (7:00 AM)

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Westford Patch Notebook

• Pure Barre: "Tuck it out to a Lady Gaga playlist all day today!" (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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