Westford Annual Town Meeting Minutes + Tewksbury Break-In Arrests

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

First, today's weather: Humid and partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 88 Low: 61.

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Here are the top stories in Westford today:

1. An Invitation to Share Rosh Hashanah 5782 | JewishBoston (jewishboston.com)
2. Tripleseat Wins Bronze Stevie® Award in 2021 International Business Awards® (Woburn Daily Times)
3. Head Of Mass. Superintendent Group Applauds School Mask Mandate (WBUR)
4. Tewksbury Police: Investigation leads to fentanyl trafficking charges for Essex County men (Lowell Sun)
5. Tyngsboro looks to Chelmsford for animal control services (Lowell Sun)
6. 2 finalists remain for next Methuen police chief | Merrimack Valley (Eagle-Tribune)
7. State concludes investigation into Clean River Project finances (The Harvell gazette)
8. Crash involving garbage truck snarls rush-hour traffic on I-495 in Chelmsford| (Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News)
9. Dancers Tap Into Joy In Cambridge Park (WBUR)
10. Maynard Fest returns; annual event set for Oct. 2 (Wicked Local)
11. Weston METCO scholarships announced (Wicked Local)
12. Burlington Board of Health says no mask mandate for now, but that could change (Wicked Local)
13. Fitchburg's Mill Street is becoming the city's go-to location for cultural events (Sentinel & Enterprise)
14. Salem in need of high-level hires | New Hampshire (Eagle-Tribune)
15. Anti-mask activists lobby Lowell School Committee to disregard mandate (Lowell Sun)
16. Driver of stolen Amazon van arrested in Wellesley (The Boston Globe)
17. Hand carved, functional pieces of art by John Francis Designs and learn how to become an artist with Art Prof (WCVB Boston)
18. Town Of Westford: 2021 Annual Town Meeting Minutes Available Online (Press Release Desk)
19. 'Black Panther 2' star Letitia Wright injured while filming stunt in Boston (WCVB Boston)
20. "Pop-up" vaccine clinics scheduled in Lawrence | News (Eagle-Tribune)

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Westford Patch Notebook

• Westford Police Department: "Route 129 In Chelmsford to be detoured this entire weekend. Seek alternate routes." (Facebook)
• Westford Conservation Trust: "Backyard Invasives Webinar - Join SVT's Kristin O'Brien for Zoom webinar on SEPT 15th from 7-8:30PM to learn about invasive plant species in your gardens and yards. Invasive plant species crowd out native plants, destroy wildlife habitat..." (Facebook)
• Town of Westford, MA: "2021 Annual Town Meeting Minutes Available Online" (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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