West Nile In Middlesex County + Halloween Events

Good morning, Westford! It's Saturday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in town.

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First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy and cooler. High: 62 Low: 52.

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Here are the top stories today in Westford:

1. Hudson business temporarily evacuated as precaution after leak; no one hurt (WMUR Manchester)
2. UMass Lowell receives $12 million donation from Independent University Alumni Association at Lowell (Lowell Sun)
3. Mary L. Levesque, 94, of Marlborough (Community Advocate)
4. Mortgagee's Sale of Raddin Road Property by Public Auction (grotonherald.com)
5. Views of Grotonfest | Groton Herald (grotonherald.com)
6. Student facing charges after fireworks incident at Lincoln-Sudbury football game (WCVB Boston)
7. From harvest to Halloween, here's a sample of fall family fun events (thegraftonnews.com)
8. Another West Nile case in Middlesex County (Sentinel & Enterprise)
9. Acme Theater in Maynard to make its debut after being closed during COVID (Wicked Local)
10. 'Dedicated' Luisa Fernandez a gem in Fitchburg (Sentinel & Enterprise)
11. Parks & Recreation For Grades K-8 In Town Of Westford (Press Release Desk)
12. Guest Column: Warming, declining biodiversity is a real threat to Nashoba Valley and beyond (Worcester Telegram)
13. 'Top Secret Orchard' no longer secret (Lowell Sun)
14. A heart-warming show of support for Pepperell police chief battling colo-rectal cancer (Lowell Sun)
15. Margaret Burrowes Stephanak | News, Sports, Jobs (Nashua Telegraph)
16. Public generosity an inspiration to this Pepperell group (Lowell Sun)
17. Nashua man accused of sexually assaulting juvenile (WMUR Manchester)
18. Hot Property: Weston Colonial has classic features, modern updates (Boston Herald)
19. Watertown asks residents to consider plastic pumpkins so rats don't eat them (Boston Herald)
20. Nashua Board Of Education Meeting Disrupted After Outburst Over Mask Mandate (CBS Boston)
21. Rita O'Brien Dee inspires new Community Teamwork behavioral health program (Lowell Sun)
22. Lahey Hospital PILOT agreement renewed for 3 years | Burlington (Woburn Daily Times)
23. This district's population center is Latino-majority Lawrence. But white Andover residents have long held the state Senate seat (The Boston Globe)
24. Dracut police arrest NH man wanted in attempted carjackings| (Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News)
25. Framingham Police Charge 2 Men With Indecent Exposure (framinghamsource.com)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Saturday! I'll be back in your inbox Tuesday with another update. If you're feeling these newsletters, consider inviting some of your friends and neighbors to follow along. You can send them this link to subscribe.

— 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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