Billerica’s Mask Mandate Lifted + Middlesex County’s Vaccine Data

Happy Friday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today in Westford.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 48 Low: 39.

Here are the top stories today in Westford:

1. Louisa May Alcott’s revolutionary tale echoes down the decades (The Boston Globe)
2. Allure Security Raises $6.8M Seed Round; Company Continues to Progress in $76 Billion Fight Against Digital Fraud (Woburn Daily Times)
3. CTA Construction Provides Grafton Library Staff with Valentine's Day Lunch (Woburn Daily Times)
4. Massive Boston water main break slows morning commute (WCVB Boston)
5. Shuttle bus veers off road, strikes building in Cambridge's Harvard Square (WCVB Boston)
6. Two finalists chosen in Shawsheen Tech superintendent search (Wicked Local)
7. Finley’s Adventures: Finley inspects Upper Mill Brook (Wicked Local)
8. 'Alive with Birds: William Brewster in Concord' opens in March at the Concord Museum (MetroWest Daily News)
9. Stages: MacDonald as Bombeck: a great fit at the Merrimack Repertory Theatre (Lowell Sun)
10. Eye on Art: New Fitchburg Art Museum shows bring brightness to February (Lowell Sun)
11. Leominster Fire Department receives $10,000 Eagles Heart Fund donation for new defibrillators (Sentinel & Enterprise)
12. Aging Services of North Central Massachusetts gets big sock donation for aging community (Sentinel & Enterprise)
13. George Charles Bougopoulos | News, Sports, Jobs (Nashua Telegraph)
14. UMass Lowell to Pay Volunteers for COVID-19 Tests as Part of Research Project in Haverhill, Lawrence (WHAV News)
15. Lawrence General partnering with Steward | Local News (The Harvell gazette)
16. Suspect arrested in Londonderry car theft (WMUR Manchester)
17. Lowell man arrested for allegedly trafficking fentanyl (Lowell Sun)
18. Greater Lowell Tech hosts eighth grade open house (Lowell Sun)
19. TransMedics to Report Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Financial Results on February 23, 2022 (Woburn Daily Times)
20. Harvard professors drop support for colleague accused of sexual harassment (The Boston Globe)
21. Town Of Westford: Westford Parks & Recreation (Press Release Desk)
22. Mayor Michelle Wu’s push for free buses is spurring other cities and towns to act (The Boston Globe)
23. CBT: Architects and Landlords Should Seek Not Only Unique and Eye-Catching Spaces, but is Also Grounded in Flexibility and Choice (Boston Real Estate Times)
24. Billerica's community mask mandate lifted, state ends school requirement (Wicked Local)
25. Some fans grumble that one of the Boston SmartLess Live shows ‘was a swing and a miss’ (The Boston Globe)
26. Middlesex County COVID-19 vaccine tracker: How many are fully vaccinated? (MetroWest Daily News)

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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.