Snow, Sleet In Forecast + Free Covid Test Kits In Westford

Annie Sandoli
Updated ·4 min read

Up and at 'em, Westford! Let's get you started this Thursday with everything you need to know going on in town today.

First, today's weather:

Fog with rain at times. High: 47 Low: 27.

Here are the top stories in Westford today:

  1. What forecasters are saying about the snow and sleet on Friday (Boston.com)

  2. MBTA zoning guide could revamp East Arlington, writer says (YourArlington.com)

  3. Parallel Wireless Opens New State-of-the-Art 5G Research and Development Center in Ottawa, Canada (Conway Daily Sun)

  4. Boston Scientific: Q4 Earnings Snapshot (Trumbull Times)

  5. Westford voters will weigh funds for new fire-training site; must be moved from Town Farm Road property (Wicked Local)

  6. What is going on with 200 Moody St.? Developer wants to turn Waltham lot into a hotel (Wicked Local)

  7. Woman hospitalized after 2 rescued from Framingham house fire (WCVB Boston)

  8. Former Weston High teacher Marky Kauffmann selected as Hot 100 Photographer (Wicked Local)

  9. For Framingham High's students, 'In the Heights' feels like more than a musical (MetroWest Daily News)

  10. Board decides Hosmer House will be demolished to make room for police station (Wicked Local)

  11. Avidien Technologies Receives $4M Investment from BroadOak Capital Partners (Woburn Daily Times)

  12. Leominster Schools receive $11 million from American Rescue Plan Act and additional state funding (Sentinel & Enterprise)

  13. Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis delivers PPE to Fitchburg, Leominster senior centers (Sentinel & Enterprise)

  14. A developer wants to build garden apartments. Then he found a glitch in the building code. (SouthCoastToday.com)

  15. Lawrence General partnering with Steward | Boston (Eagle-Tribune)

  16. 5 Things To Do In Wilmington On Wednesday, February 2, 2022: Wildwood School Building Committee To Hold Virtual Meeting (wilmingtonapple.com)

  17. POLICE LOG for January 23: Driver Arrested; Complaints Of Dirt Bikes On Silver Lake (wilmingtonapple.com)

  18. Shawsheen Tech Announces Finalists In Superintendent Search (wilmingtonapple.com)

  19. WEEKLY LEGAL NOTICES: Wilmington Conservation Commission To Hold Several Public Hearings on February 2 (wilmingtonapple.com)

  20. ‘Never Give Up': Former NFL Player Hopes to Make Change as Wayland's Superintendent (NBC10 Boston)

  21. Gitschier on board with Lowell bookmobile (Lowell Sun)

  22. Odd ordinances still around on the books in the city of Marlborough and the town of North Andover (WCVB Boston)

  23. Free Coronavirus Home Test Kits In Town Of Westford (Press Release Desk)

  24. Framingham Police Investigating Filmed Assault in Girls' Bathroom At Framingham High – Framingham SOURCE (framinghamsource.com)

  25. Overturned truck prompts 'heavy delays' on 495 in Marlborough (Community Advocate)

  26. Hospital Capacity In Westford Area: See The Latest (Westford Patch)

  27. PerkinElmer: Q4 Earnings Snapshot (Trumbull Times)

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From my notebook:

  • Westford Police Department: "Happy Lunar New Year and the year of the tiger. Thank you to Bamboo Fine Asian Cuisine for the lucky red envelopes which are given out as a symbol of good luck and prosperity for the coming year." (Facebook)

  • Westford Recycling Commission: "Ground Hog Day!!! Time to think about spring. Will this be the year you start composting? The Westford Recycling Commission offers residents Earth Machine composters at a reduced rate of $25." (Facebook)

  • J. V. Fletcher Library: "In honor of Black History Month, Kanopy has curated a collection of films that offer various perspectives on the Black experience in America. This collection of narrative and documentary film shines a light on influential individuals inc..." (Facebook)

  • J. V. Fletcher Library: "Hoopla Bonus Borrows are back! From February 1st through February 28th, when you borrow a Bonus Borrows title, it will not be debited against your monthly borrows. Check out the entire Bonus collection here: https://www.hoopladigital.com..." (Facebook)

  • Town of Westford, MA: "DEI Statement on WA Incident" (Facebook)

  • Town of Westford, MA: "SNAP households who lost food due to storm power outages are eligible for replacement benefits" (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.

This article originally appeared on the Westford Patch