MA Reports 2,915 Coronavirus Cases + UMass Lowell Testing Plan

Hello, neighbors! It's me again, Annie Sandoli, your host of the Westford Daily.

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First, today's weather:

Rain tapering to a shower. High: 52 Low: 38.

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Here are the top stories in Westford today:

1. UML Announces Surveillance Testing Plans for Winter Break, Spring Semester (UMass Lowell)
2. Volunteers restoring historic orchard on Trapelo Road (Wicked Local)
3. What does it take to stage a thriller? AFD answers (YourArlington.com)
4. World AIDS Day: New Hampshire offers at-home HIV test kits, other resources (WMUR Manchester)
5. Saugus students make Austin Prep honor roll (Wicked Local)
6. Masy BioServices Announces the Release of New SenseAnywhere Modules for Intelligent Environmental Continuous Monitoring (Woburn Daily Times)
7. 'Guitarmaggedon': Allman Family Revival tour to honor Gregg Allman in Boston (The Patriot Ledger)
8. Historic Saxonville mill complex thriving as haven for small businesses (MetroWest Daily News)
9. City approves $1.48 million for potential new Moody Street parking project (Wicked Local)
10. Holiday craft fair to benefit Child Enrichment Center at Seven Hills in Fitchburg slated for Dec. 18 (Sentinel & Enterprise)
11. Leominster library offers Food for Fines in lieu of late fees (Sentinel & Enterprise)
12. Benefit to be held this weekend in Fitchburg for Armenian families (Sentinel & Enterprise)
13. Leominster Store Owner Says $40K in Merchandise Stolen in Burglary (
14. Andover Youth Services will not host traditional tree lot this year (Eagle-Tribune)
15. Defending the Cup: Lawrence High hosts JROTC drill and ceremony competition (Eagle-Tribune)
16. Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce Holiday Mixer Tuesday, Dec. 14 (WHAV News)
17. Bernie Streeter: He always put Nashua first | Editorials (The Union Leader)
18. Extending the growing season in New England (WCVB Boston)
19. At Flats Mentor Farm, immigrants and refugees recieve free training to learn how to farm (WCVB Boston)
20. Farming locally-grown organic mushrooms in Westford at Fat Moon Farm (WCVB Boston)
21. Andover artist touching lives of orphans halfway around the world one drawing at a time (Boston 25 News)
22. Nashua Children's Home needs gifts for children it cares for (WMUR Manchester)
23. Meet the Boston Area Realtor Who Joined the Cast of Selling Sunset This Season (Boston magazine)
24. Massachusetts reports 2,915 new COVID-19 cases; Positivity rate surges to 4.46% (WCVB Boston)
25. Framingham State Announces 3 Female Finalists For Next President – Framingham SOURCE (framinghamsource.com)

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Today in Westford:

• School Committee Meeting Policy Subcommittee Meeting (9:30 AM)
• Mother Goose Story Time - J. V. Fletcher Library (10:30 AM)
• Lowell Regional Transit Authority Advisory Board (1:00 PM)
• Grades 4 & 5 Book Club - J. V. Fletcher Library (4:00 PM)
• Virtual Jazzin' the Holiday Blues with Paul Speidel (7:00 PM)
• VIRTUAL Friends of the J. V, Fletcher Library Board Meeting (7:30 PM)

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From my notebook:

• Westford Veterinary Emergency & Referral Center, LLC: "Multi-tasking, #pet love and #veterinary medical care. 🐾" (Facebook)
• Pure Barre: "Pure Cheer Challenge starts today! Take 5 classes in the next 10 days to complete the challenge. Good luck!" (Facebook)
• Westford Conservation Trust: "Climate change is the most important challenge the world faces.....read more from Marian Harman's Wildlife Watch post on our website at https://westfordconservationtrust.org/wildlife-watch-by-marian-harman-november-2021/" (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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