Person Killed By Tractor-Trailer In Chelmsford + Covid Stats

Annie Sandoli
·3 min read

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

First, today's weather:

Clouds breaking and cold. High: 24 Low: 16.

Here are the top stories today in Westford:

  1. Crews fight fire at apartment building in Nashua; 1 hurt (WMUR Manchester)

  2. Acton Boxborough Regional School District creates survey asking what mascot should be (Wicked Local)

  3. Chelmsford warehouse plan 'DIV Riverneck' opposed, petitioned by residents (Wicked Local)

  4. Westford Academy team studies in preparation for GBH's High School Quiz Show competition (Wicked Local)

  5. Pepperell’s Lawrence Library adds ‘Little Free Library’ to local food pantry’s ‘Books to Keep’ program (Lowell Sun)

  6. Youngsters enjoy Leominster Public Library plant slime workshop (Sentinel & Enterprise)

  7. Letter: Kudos to Andover home test kit distribution (Eagle-Tribune)

  8. Female Methuen firefighter promoted following Civil Service ruling (Eagle-Tribune)

  9. Shawsheen Tech’s Application Deadline For Class Of 2026 Is February 1 (wilmingtonapple.com)

  10. Young Mother Injured in Fitchburg Hit-And-Run (NBC10 Boston)

  11. PHOTOS: Westford Academy gymnastics defeated Cambridge Rindge and Latin School 135.3-107.1 (Wicked Local)

  12. Concord Middle School building project passes at special Town Meeting (Wicked Local)

  13. Lowell CPC approves $1.5 million bond for Rollie’s Farm acquisition (Lowell Sun)

  14. Lombardo supports $55M state supplemental budget focused on COVID-19 relief (Wicked Local)

  15. Gaping pothole on I-95N in Waltham leaves drivers with flats (Boston 25 News)

  16. Westford Academy students receive 4-H Key Award (Wicked Local)

  17. Westford Events Calendar: See What's Happening In The Area This Weekend (Westford Patch)

  18. PHOTOS: Hike Beautiful Billerica crunches through the snow (Wicked Local)

  19. UMass Lowell is Working to Freeze-Dry COVID Vaccines (UMass Lowell)

  20. ELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT: Darlene Torre to resign from school committee and run for select board (Wicked Local)

  21. Robert Burns Scottish Dinner at Urban Hearth - Boston Restaurant News and Events (bostonchefs.com)

  22. Person Struck And Killed By Tractor-Trailer In Chelmsford (Chelmsford Patch)

  23. Rage Against the Machine drops out of 2022 Boston Calling Music Festival (WCVB Boston)

From my notebook:

  • Nextdoor Neighbor, Forge Village/Main: "Fireplace Tools - We need new inside fireplace tools--what we have are pieces of two or three sets that have somehow accumulated. I would like buy them local so I can actually pick them up and hold them to make sure they work for me. ..." (Nextdoor)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed. See you all Tuesday for another update!

— 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.

This article originally appeared on the Westford Patch