Chelmsford Receives $680K MassWorks Grant + Child Rape Case

Up and at 'em, Westford! Let's get this Friday started off right. Here are the most important things happening in town today.

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First, today's weather:

Clouds and sun; windy, cooler. High: 48 Low: 24.

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Here are the top stories today in Westford:

1. Acton announces allocations for ARPA funding (Wicked Local)
2. Police Investigate Mysterious Boom in Stow (NBC10 Boston)
3. Gyu-Kaku brings Japanese barbecue experience to Burlington Mall (Wicked Local)
4. Accument Engineering building new facility at Devens (nashobavalleyvoice.com)
5. Holiday Fair planned in Townsend this Saturday (nashobavalleyvoice.com)
6. Haroutunian: A different kind of 'joint' ownership (Lowell Sun)
7. The Devenscrest housing crisis in Ayer (Sentinel & Enterprise)
8. Leominster woman charged with 16 felonies after allegedly attacking woman, trying to run group over (Sentinel & Enterprise)
9. Eye on Art: Brush features lots of giftable art in newly opened members' exhibition (Lowell Sun)
10. Hundreds visit Nashoba Tech at annual open house (Sentinel & Enterprise)
11. Greater Lawrence Tech Students Repair Donated Car, Allowing Veteran to Keep His Job (WHAV News)
12. Chelmsford receives $680,000 MassWorks grant for Route 40 water main upgrades (Lowell Sun)
13. Meeting a superhero CEO and getting creative with clay (WCVB Boston)
14. Billerica firefighter Patrick Corbett leaves a legacy in his hometown (Wicked Local)
15. Judge gives Hillsborough County Attorney six months to improve or face $1K fine (The Union Leader)
16. 5 Fall Things To Do In The Merrimack Valley Area That Everyone Can Enjoy (merrimackvalley.org)
17. Lawrence man gets life after guilty verdict in 2019 Hookah Store murder (Eagle-Tribune)
18. Bull Spit Brewery plans 2022 opening in Maynard, at former spot of Battle Road Brewery (MetroWest Daily News)

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Today in Westford:

• Deans Council - Westford Academy (7:00 AM)
• WA Swim & Dive Preseason Meeting - Westford Academy (2:15 PM)
• Ed Scollan Pre-Season Tap-Off Tournament (5:00 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.

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