Covid Cases Jump Over 60% in Middlesex County + Job Listings

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

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First, today's weather:

Frigid; breezy in the morning. High: 12 Low: 2.

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Here are the top stories in Westford today:

1. Town Of Westford: Sign Up For Emergency Notifications (Press Release Desk)
2. Biden and Democrats are beginning to embrace an old line from former Boston mayor Kevin White. It might just save them in the midterms and 2024 (The Boston Globe)
3. PHOTOS: First major snowstorm in Billerica, 2022 (Wicked Local)
4. Route 111 closed in Atkinson after deadly crash (WMUR Manchester)
5. Northborough Schools talk COVID-19, plans for future amid case surge (Community Advocate)
6. Digital vaccine card rolled out in Massachusetts, days before Boston's indoor mandate takes effect (MassLive.com)
7. Former Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School wrestler dies while skiing in New Hampshire (The Boston Globe)
8. Southborough to issue a temporary Mask Mandate (with a few exemptions) (mysouthborough)
9. New cases of COVID-19 jump more than 60% in Middlesex County, statewide (MetroWest Daily News)
10. Andover to distribute COVID tests Tuesday | Andover (Journal Inquirer)
11. Curriculum Associates Selects 35 Standout Teachers for Its 2022 Class of Extraordinary Educators (Woburn Daily Times)
12. Westford Area Events Calendar: Check Out What's Happening This Week (Westford Patch)
13. Leader of Boston first responder anti-vaccine mandate group put on leave (Boston.com)
14. Framingham District 3 Councilor Special Election Tuesday at Brophy (MetroWest Daily News)
15. Dozens remain in Boston encampments ahead of Mayor Wu's deadline| (Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News)
16. Here is where you can get a COVID-19 test in the Leominster area (Leominster Champion)
17. Boston Public Schools closed Tuesday due to frigid temperatures| (Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News)
18. Gov. Charlie Baker helps kick off Dean Mazzarella's 29th year as Leominster mayor (Leominster Champion)
19. Local Jobs: Check Out Who's Hiring In The Westford Area (Westford Patch)
20. Boston IVF Welcomes Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine To Growing Fertility Network (Woburn Daily Times)
21. Dual-language school? Moving McDevitt? Options for future of old WHS building still open (Wicked Local)
22. Indoor mask mandate in place in Northborough as COVID-19 cases rise (WCVB Boston)
23. Grocery store proposed for Shoppers World; What's happening to Barnes & Noble, Old Navy? (MetroWest Daily News)

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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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From my notebook:

• Town of Westford, MA: "Sign Up For Emergency Notifications" (Facebook)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed! See you tomorrow for another update.

— 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.