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Westford Approves All Town Meeting Warrants + Vaccination Updates

Welcome to the Westford Daily! Here's your five-minute guide to all things going on in the area.

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 Friday, people of Westford! Here's everything you need to know in town today.


First, today's weather:

Some sun, then clouds. High: 50 Low: 45.


Here are the top stories today in Westford:

  1. VIO Med Spa Opens First Location in Massachusetts (Woburn Daily Times)
  2. Tripleseat Announces Integration with Event Design Platform Merri (Woburn Daily Times)
  3. Nov. 28: Symphony NH: Holiday Brass at the Dana Center (Manchester Ink Link)
  4. Framingham's Chocolate Therapy gets dream interview with GMA's Robin Roberts (MetroWest Daily News)
  5. Westford approves all warrants during fall town meeting (Lowell Sun
  6. Eye on Art: Togetherness reigns in new LDG show (Sentinel & Enterprise)
  7. Leominster mayoral race heating up ahead of Nov. 2 municipal election (Sentinel & Enterprise)
  8. Letters: Re-elect Leominster Mayor Dean Mazzarella; Support for Leominster mayoral candidate Andrea Freeman (Sentinel & Enterprise)
  9. Nashoba Tech theater students past and present to perform 'All Together Now!' (Lowell Sun)
  10. MassWorks grants work for Lowell (Lowell Sun)
  11. Indian Hill Music announces new Board of Directors (Lowell Sun)
  12. MassWorks grants work for Leominster (Sentinel & Enterprise)
  13. Nashoba committee votes to create its own mask mandate to retain local decision-making (Worcester Telegram)
  14. Wilmington Real Estate Agents & Wilmington Attorney To Donate $10 To WOW For Every Thanksgiving Pie Purchased At Josie's Bakery (wilmingtonapple.com)
  15. Wilmington Youth Soccer Announces Spring 2022 High School Season Registration (wilmingtonapple.com)
  16. THIS WEEKEND: Shawsheen Tech Invites Wilmington Families To 'Trunk Or Treat' Event On October 30 (wilmingtonapple.com)
  17. US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo Selects Middlesex Sheriff Peter Koutoujian To Serve On First Responder Network (FirstNet) Authority Board (wilmingtonapple.com)
  18. Billerica Public Library welcomes new director (Lowell Sun)
  19. Save Nonantum's distortion and unsubstantiated innuendo (village14.com)
  20. Tyngsboro moves to adopt 'town manager' form of government (Lowell Sun)
  21. Surgical Robotics Firm Expands Home Base To 72K SF In Waltham (Bisnow)
  22. Statewide Honor for Angkor Dance & Free Soil Arts (richardhowe.com)
  23. A visit to Wright Cemetery in Westford, dating back to the early 1800s (Wicked Local)
  24. A visit to the Old Pioneer Burying Ground in Westford (Wicked Local)
  25. Chelsea Man Arraigned in Connection with Fatal Shooting in Everett | Middlesex County District Attorney's Office (middlesexda.com)
  26. At 71%, Middlesex is Massachusetts' most vaccinated county (MetroWest Daily News)
  27. StageWorks of Leominster to take part in worldwide theater production, "All Together Now!" (Leominster Champion)
  28. Nor'easter hit Billerica, but not as hard as other area towns (Wicked Local)
  29. Concord joins Ken Burns' campaign to 'Honor Your Hometown' (Wicked Local)
  30. Officials searching for owner of injured dog found on train tracks in Billerica| (Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News)

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Today in Westford:

  • Harvest Parties! - Col John Robinson (12:00 AM)
  • Deans Council - Westford Academy (7:00 AM)

Westford Patch Notebook

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Events:

  • Tuck and Glow! Glowsticks + Killer Playlist + Amazing Workout = tons of fun (October 30)
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  • Tuck and Glow! Costume Contest + Killer Playlist + Amazing Workout = Great fun! (October 31)
  • Save 15 Percent On Boo-tiful Flowers This Halloween! (October 31)
  • How to Talk to Your Parents About Estate Planning (November 4)
  • Open House - Nashoba Tech (November 7)
  • Taxes in Retirement Webinar (November 8)
  • Oak Meadow School Virtual Open House (Grades 1 - 3) (November 9)
  • Oak Meadow School Virtual Open House (Ages 3 - 5 yrs) (November 10)
  • Oak Meadow School Virtual Open House (Grades 7 - 8) (November 10)
  • Oak Meadow School Virtual Open House (Grades 4 - 6) (November 12)
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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Friday. I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow morning with a new update! If you're enjoying these newsletters, consider bringing some friends and neighbors on board. 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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