Bill Filed For Chelmsford Cancer Survivor + This Week’s Weather

Happy Tuesday, Westford! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started. Here's everything worth knowing around town today.

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First, today's weather:

Frigid; breezy in the morning. High: 11 Low: 2.

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Here are the top stories in Westford today:

1. COVID omicron variant: Northborough indoor mask mandate goes into effect Monday (MassLive.com)
2. Boston IVF Welcomes Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine To Growing Fertility Network (Woburn Daily Times)
3. Southborough hopes to discuss collaboration, mitigation funds with Amazon (Community Advocate)
4. Nashua, NH Schools Close Due to COVID Outbreak (NECN)
5. Dual-language school? Moving McDevitt? Options for future of old WHS building still open (Wicked Local)
6. Maynard water and sewer rates will rise in fiscal 2023; money will help fund improvements (Wicked Local)
7. Phelan: District At 'Breaking Point' As Covid Cases Skyrocket In Belmont Schools (The Belmontonian)
8. Vicki Lee's in Belmont has new owner and new name (Wicked Local)
9. Arlington explores renovation and expansion of Poet's Corner park (Wicked Local)
10. Grocery store proposed for Shoppers World; What's happening to Barnes & Noble, Old Navy? (MetroWest Daily News)
11. Tired of takeout? Try one of these Gardner area places to eat in the new year (The Gardner News)
12. Leominster firefighters receive new gear purchased with American Rescue Plan funding (Sentinel & Enterprise)
13. Fitchburg DPW Weekly Construction Alerts (Sentinel & Enterprise)
14. Celtics CEO Wyc Grousbek is Wellesley Club guest speaker for Jan. 10 (The Swellesley Report)
15. Methuen police send eight student officers to academy (Eagle-Tribune)
16. Chef Antonio takes Cafe Azteca's cuisine over to El Taller (Eagle-Tribune)
17. Leader of Boston city workers group opposing vaccine mandate placed on leave (The Boston Globe)
18. NH District Schools to Be Closed Due to COVID-19 Staff Absences (NBC10 Boston)
19. Arciero files bill on behalf of Chelmsford colon cancer survivor (Lowell Sun)
20. Westford Weekly Weather Forecast (Westford Patch)

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Today in Westford:

• Kindness Day - Spirit Day - Col John Robinson (12:00 AM)
• Select Board Meeting - Town of Westford (7:00 PM)

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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.