Post-Thanksgiving Travel Surges + Santa Is Back At Local Malls

Happy Tuesday, Westford! Let's get this day started off right. Here's what's going on today in Westford.

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First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and breezy. High: 41 Low: 29.

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Here are the top stories in Westford today:

1. Public forum on Wellesley's Open Space and Recreation Plan (The Swellesley Report)
2. Commissioner of Medford Department of Public Works asked to resign by administration (Wicked Local)
3. Hiding in plain sight: How one of the country's most wanted fugitives led a quiet life in Lynnfield (The Boston Globe)
4. Horror movie filmed at 1936 Concord estate scheduled for demolition (Wicked Local)
5. Man accused of sexually assaulting jogger at Fells Reservation faces charges (WCVB Boston)
6. Newton chief emphasizes community policing, looks to future after first six months (Wicked Local)
7. Susan Tedeschi returns home for the holidays with Tedeschi Trucks Band in tow (WBUR)
8. Santa's coming to town: Jolly old elf returns to Central Massachusetts shopping malls (Worcester Telegram)
9. Medford mask rules questioned, up for review with post holiday cases (Wicked Local)
10. Heartbreaking Thanksgiving message from Boston woman found killed in Lowell (Boston Herald)
11. Community members gather for the North Andover Christmas Parade (Wicked Local)
12. Here's which areas of Massachusetts saw the biggest post-Thanksgiving travel surges (WCVB Boston)
13. Police investigating serious crash in Medford; driver suffers life-threatening injuries (Boston 25 News)
14. 1 person injured following fight, shooting at Waltham hotel overnight (Boston 25 News)
15. Police Respond to Fight at Embassy Suites Hotel in Waltham (NECN)
16. Sholan Farms' expanded Holiday Light Show features 1,000 more lights (Leominster Champion)
17. Boston parking lots are turning into 'ghost kitchen' delivery hubs (BetaBoston)

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Today in Westford:

• Express Yourself Gifting Holiday Open House (11:00 AM)
• Board of Assessors - Town of Westford (9:00 AM)

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Westford Patch Notebook

• Pure Barre: "Holiday retail is here! Stop by the studio to pick up some great gifts for friends & family (or yourself, we won't tell 😉)" (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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