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Here’s the latest on what’s happening in and around Westford.
Here’s the latest on what’s happening in and around Westford. (Jenna Fisher/Patch)

Happy Tuesday, Westford! Let's get this day started. Here's everything you need to know today in Westford.

First, today's weather:

Considerable cloudiness. High: 39 Low: 15.

Here are the top stories today in Westford:

  1. MHRA Expands Relationship with Commonwealth Informatics to Transform Drug Safety (Woburn Daily Times)
  2. Saugus Middle School Drama Club ready for first performance at new school (Wicked Local)
  3. ConstructSecure Announces $96M Growth Equity Investment to Bring Partner Elevation to Capital Projects (Woburn Daily Times)
  4. Wellesley Historical Society appoints new executive director (Wicked Local)
  5. Massive fire destroys abandoned warehouse in Everett (WCVB Boston)
  6. New owners of Maynard's Fine Arts Theatre Place share tentative plans to reopen (Wicked Local)
  7. Home decor 'superstore' to revive plaza in Shrewsbury (Worcester Telegram)
  8. Newton Police chief: Department in compliance with COVID vaccination policy (Wicked Local)
  9. New plan to tackle housing affordability nears approval in Arlington (Wicked Local)
  10. Select Board takes close look at who serves on Lexington boards and committees (Wicked Local)
  11. Remembering recent Belmont High graduate Hans Wendland (Wicked Local)
  12. 'Call to action.' Red Cross cites COVID-19 in declaring national blood crisis (MetroWest Daily News)
  13. Medford commission looks to trim approved projects cites lack of funds (Wicked Local)
  14. Thank You, Tourists | Opinion (Harvard Crimson)
  15. Multiple law enforcement agencies continue probe of deadly head-on Tyngsborough crash (Nashua Telegraph)
  16. Man Shot by Police in Burlington, Mass. (NECN)
  17. The West End's lesson for Mayor Wu (The Boston Globe)
  18. Leominster.TV highlights: January 24-30, 2022 (Leominster Champion)
  19. With temps low, Wellesley hits the outdoor ice (The Swellesley Report)
  20. 'A lot of people are going to miss her': Wilmington woman mourned following MBTA crash (The Boston Globe)
  21. Man shot by police while advancing toward Burlington officers with knife, DA says (WCVB Boston)
  22. Chilly Pattern Continues| (Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News)
  23. Written in Granite: Big changes coming in Nashua fire, police departments (Lowell Sun)
  24. Lowell Public Schools tutors waiting on promised pay raise (Lowell Sun)
  25. Framingham Centre Common Cultural District Announces Public Art Project – Framingham SOURCE (framinghamsource.com)
  26. Londonderry man dies in truck crash on I-293 in Bedford (The Union Leader)

Today in Westford:

  • School Committee Policy Subcommittee Meeting (9:30 AM)
  • Community Preservation Committee - Town of Westford (7:00 PM)
  • Select Board Meeting - Town of Westford (7:00 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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