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The Wish Project in North Chelmsford + Local Holiday Closures
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Morning, people of Westford! Annie Sandoli here with the latest edition of the Westford Daily.
First, today's weather:
Rain and ice in the morning. High: 39 Low: 24.
Here are the top stories in Westford today:
- City of Framingham Delays Refunds For Months To 1000+ Residents (framinghamsource.com)
- MLK Community Breakfast Will Zoom To Belmont On Jan. 17 (The Belmontonian)
- Westford Area Pets Up For Adoption (Westford Patch)
- Ruth E. Minnucci, 91, of Marlborough (Community Advocate)
- Antonio Sousa Bairos, 78, formerly of Hudson (Community Advocate)
- Eliassen Group Further Expands Its Professional Services Capabilities with the Acquisition of Fidato Partners (Woburn Daily Times)
- Tenant association seeks voice in housing authority decisions (YourArlington.com)
- Woburn police seek help in search for missing woman| (Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News)
- PFAS 'forever chemicals' in Acton and Boxborough water leads to mitigation efforts (Wicked Local)
- Beware of parking tickets in Boston's North End, West End and Leather District (Boston Herald)
- The Wish Project in North Chelmsford depends on donors to help families in need (Wicked Local)
- Sudbury teen's wish will buy new freezer for Open Table in Maynard (Wicked Local)
- Leominster Fire Department Santa parade a festive success (Sentinel & Enterprise)
- Lancaster's Christmas on Runaway visitors donate to The Joseph & Leslie Carr Foundation Inc. (Sentinel & Enterprise)
- Alert Innovation promotes COO Fritz Morgan to CEO, John Lert to become executive chairman (Boston Business Journal)
- Lawrence to ring in new year with inauguration (Eagle-Tribune)
- Joann Dolores O'Brien | News, Sports, Jobs (Nashua Telegraph)
- In Day 5 of Trial, Investigators Say Lieber's Alleged False Statements Impeded Federal Inquiries | News (Harvard Crimson)
- SWAT team again called to Lynnfield home - Itemlive (Daily Item)
- 2 Boston researchers urge CDC to encourage short-term restrictions in areas of high omicron spread (WBUR)
- Shawsheen Tech SkillsUSA students top their 2019 Toys for Tots drive collection record (Wicked Local)
- Key COVID indicators in Burlington continue to spike (Woburn Daily Times)
- Arlington Minuteman sophomore among those reciognized in term 1 (YourArlington.com)
- UTEC receives $500,000 for woodworking program (Lowell Sun)
- Building Blocks preschool in Tewksbury puts kids on the Polar Express (Lowell Sun)
- Locals dump on Wellesley Square CVS's exit strategy (The Swellesley Report)
- Boston's New Vaccine Mandate for Indoor Venues: Read the Guidelines (NBC10 Boston)
- Boston is handing out a half-million free rapid COVID-19 tests. Here's where you can get them. (Boston.com)
- More projects on the way for Andover Community Trust (Andover Townsman)
- Chance To Win Super Bowl Tickets By Donating Blood Near Westford: Red Cross (Westford Patch)
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From my notebook:
- Westford Police Department: "Logan Paradis enjoyed a visit to the police station this past Saturday, December 18th. Logan is a 1st year Cub Scout in Pack 96 and was looking to earn his "Hometown Heroes" adventure belt loop. Logan got a full tour of the police statio..." (Facebook)
- Pure Barre: "Huge congratulations to Samantha and Nancy! Samantha wins our Fun Holiday Hat raffle and Nancy wins the Pure Cheer 5 Classes in 10 Days Challenge raffle!" (Facebook)
- Pure Barre: "We're celebrating Day 7 of Pure Cheer with a holiday playlist today!" (Facebook)
- Parish Center for the Arts: "Rockin' January coming up!" (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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