Man Pleads Guilty in Groton Quadruple Murder + Statewide Flooding

Get on up, Westford! It's Friday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on in town today.

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First, today's weather:

Partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 69 Low: 53.

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Here are the top stories in Westford today:

1. Man Pleads Guilty In Groton Quadruple Murder (Patch)
2. Floodwaters Submerge School Buses In Waltham (Patch)
3. Downtown Lowell City Council candidates debate on WCAP (Lowell Sun)
4. Labor Day 2021 Travel: Tips For Getting Out Of Westford (Westford Patch)
5. Rain Totals For Boston Area In 2021 Have Already Passed 2020 With Four Months To Go (CBS Boston)
6. Wenzel: Marlborough gears up for Labor Day festivities (Community Advocate)
7. PB Hearing on SB Proposal to Allow Retail Marijuana Sale in Groton (grotonherald.com)
8. PHOTOS: It's the first day of school at Fowler and Green Meadow in Maynard (Wicked Local)
9. Greater Lawrence Tech. Awarded $220k State Grant to Expand Advanced Manufacturing and Metal Fabrication Program (The Valley Patriot)
10. Push Rods car club hosts car show at Elks Lodge (Community Advocate)
11. Qstream Wins Two Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Learning Awards (Woburn Daily Times)
12. Sentien Biotechnologies Partners with BARDA to Evaluate High Dose Cohort in Phase 1/2 Trial of SBI-101 for Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury Associated with Sepsis (Woburn Daily Times)
13. Flooding leaves school buses stranded in parking lot in Waltham| (Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News)
14. Sudbury remembers 20th anniversary of Sept. 11 tragedy (Wicked Local)
15. Belmont 5 and 10 closes after one year in business (Wicked Local)
16. Lowell needs baseball back, hopefully a Sox-affiliated team (Lowell Sun)
17. Thousands without power as remnants of Ida batter Mass.| (Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News)
18. Flooding reported across Massachusetts as remnants of Ida move through (Boston 25 News)
19. Wilmington Residents Invited: Tewksbury Community Market Moves To Livingston St. Park On September 2 (wilmingtonapple.com)
20. Pedestrian Struck by Train, Killed in Wakefield: Police (NECN)

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Today in Westford:

• No School - Abbot Elementary (12:00 AM)

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Westford Patch Notebook

• Witch's Woods: "It's September, which means we are right around the corner from our favorite month of the year! Ticket's aren't quite on sale yet, but don't worry- the woods are coming alive again, and we can't wait to scare you! www.witchswoods.com" (Facebook)
• Westford Police Department: "Heavy rains coming in overnight. Be prepared. Don't drive through a road covered in water. You never know how deep it is and it takes only a small amount to negatively affect your car." (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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