MA Reports 1,355 New Coronavirus Cases + Best Local Farm Stands

Rise and shine, Westford! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started. Here's everything you need to know in town today.

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First, today's weather:

Warm with periods of sun. High: 71 Low: 45.

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Here are the top stories today in Westford:

1. Tot Shabbat - 10-29-2021 | JewishBoston (jewishboston.com)
2. Ricardo Software Tool Selected to Help Optimize Innovative ePropelled Dynamic Torque Switching Technology (eDTS) (Woburn Daily Times)
3. Does Concord have the best Main Street? Cast your vote by Nov. 7 (Wicked Local)
4. Stow voters will consider purchase of property at Stow Acres at special Town Meeting (Wicked Local)
5. In Concord, rail trail users await completion of Route 2 flyover, connection to Sudbury (Wicked Local)
6. Eye on Art: Lowell's Market Street a treasure of fall art (Lowell Sun)
7. Five Things to Do: Bill T. Jones, Icon Museum, Joey Chestnut and more (Worcester Mag)
8. Leona I. 'Viv' (Messier) Hoffhein | News, Sports, Jobs (Nashua Telegraph)
9. Ardythe Pearsall Killip | News, Sports, Jobs (Nashua Telegraph)
10. Halloween lights and music show in Andover | Local News (Eagle-Tribune)
11. Four juveniles, adult arrested following altercation outside Lawrence High School (WCVB Boston)
12. Lowell School Committee members angry student placement data still unavailable (Lowell Sun)
13. After latest relocation, Hudson Historical Society eyes permanent home (Community Advocate)
14. There's nothing like the sound of screams, say scare masters at Nashua's Fright Kingdom (The Union Leader)
15. Lowell remembers police officers killed in 1996 plane crash (Lowell Sun)
16. Indian Hill Music to open new 1000-seat Groton HQ and change name (Worcester Business Journal)
17. Nikole Hannah-Jones was invited to Middlesex School. Then she wasn't. (Boston.com)
18. Theatre III to return with 'Lovers and Other Strangers' Nov. 5-7,12-13 (Milford Daily News)
19. Mass. health officials report 1,355 new COVID-19 cases, 11 additional deaths| (Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News)
20. Crews battle large house fire in Boxboro| (Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News)
21. Police: Man facing hate crime charge in attack on Muslim couple in parking lot of Framingham Trader Joe's| (Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News)
22. Massachusetts State Lottery winner: Pepperell resident becomes first in the state to win $1 million in '$4 mi (MassLive.com)
23. Leominster receives $2 million MassWorks grant to extend Orchard Hill Park Drive (Leominster Champion)
24. The best farm stands to find local goods this fall (Wicked Local)
25. Parents protest after students accused of attacking Wellesley teen return to school (WCVB Boston)
26. State Rep. Gentile To Hold Virtual Office Hours on October 25 – Framingham SOURCE (framinghamsource.com)

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Today in Westford:

• Spirit Rally - Westford Academy (12:00 PM)
• Spirit Tailgate - Westford Academy (4:30 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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