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Middlesex County's Coronavirus Cases Up 8.6% + Local Job Openings
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Happy Tuesday, people of Westford! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening in Westford today.
First, today's weather:
Intervals of clouds and sun. High: 43 Low: 24.
Here are the top stories today in Westford:
- Who's Hiring Throughout Westford: This Week's Newest Job Openings (Westford Patch)
- Mayor Wu's new COVID-19 vaccination policy for Boston employees will eliminate testing option, sources say (WCVB Boston)
- Middlesex County's COVID-19 cases up 8.6%; Massachusetts cases up 6.3% (MetroWest Daily News)
- Affera Announces First Patient Treated in SPHERE Per-AF IDE Trial (Woburn Daily Times)
- $5.8M home on a golf course was top residential sale in MetroWest for the week (MetroWest Daily News)
- Donations to the Salvation Army were falling short. But now in-person donating may change that. (Wicked Local)
- Redistricting prompts changes to Haverhill voting locations | News (Eagle-Tribune)
- Fire races through large downtown Nashua apartment building; occupants evacuated, no injuries reported (Nashua Telegraph)
- State Says Plan for Redeveloping Arthur Sharp Property in Haverhill Doesn't Meet Environmental Rules (WHAV News)
- Two Methuen Firefighters Among 63 Graduates from Massachusetts Firefighting Academy (WHAV News)
- Salem man recognized for enduring commitment to Boys & Girls Club (Eagle-Tribune)
- Multiple families displaced after 3-alarm fire in Nashua (WMUR Manchester)
- Holiday open house: Canobie Lake Park takes over the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salem (The Union Leader)
- 18-year-old first woman from Lowell to become Army infantry soldier (Lowell Sun)
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From my notebook:
- Parish Center for the Arts: "We have started the show!" (Facebook)
- Pure Barre: "Stick around after class today (12/20) to celebrate Day 6 of Pure Cheer with some Christmas cookies!" (Facebook)
- Pure Barre: "Christmas week can be crazy - be sure to make time for yourself! Sign up now to reserve your 50 minutes of "me time"! There is still plenty of space in Anna's Empower class this afternoon at 4:15pm and tomorrow in Nicole's Classic class ..." (Facebook)
- Parish Center for the Arts: "We are getting ready for A Charlie Brown Christmas jazz concert. The event will be delayed by about 20 minutes so you have plenty of time to join us" (Facebook)
- Westford Recycling Commission: "Do you own a heat pump? Are you taking full advantage of it in cold weather? Sustainable Wellesley has a informative webinar on setting your heat pump and using it to its maximum." (Facebook)
- Nextdoor Neighbor, S Westford Parkerville: "Did anyone lose this water bottle on Tadmuck Road. - Westford?" (Nextdoor)
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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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