Chelmsford Reps Back West Campus Zoning + Today’s Local Events

Morning, Westford! It's Tuesday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on around town today.

First, today's weather:

Not as cold, becoming breezy. High: 39 Low: 32.

Here are the top stories in Westford today:

1. Six-alarm blaze engulfs three East Boston apartment buildings, 25 people displaced (The Boston Globe)
2. Traffic, safety concerns dog plans for Chelmsford warehouse facility (Wicked Local)
3. Ask Joan: AgeSpan's Money Management Program — It all adds up to making a big difference (Eagle-Tribune)
4. Town-wide survey wrapping up soon, be sure to share your goals for Lexington (Wicked Local)
5. Chelmsford reps back zoning for development at West Campus site (Wicked Local)
6. Rules changes for Medford City Council explored as way to increase political clout (Wicked Local)
7. Fitchburg DPW Weekly Construction Alerts (Sentinel & Enterprise)
8. Happy 10th anniversary Wellesley High School (building) (The Swellesley Report)
9. Harvard Art Museums Implement 'ReFrame' Initiative | News (Harvard Crimson)
10. Clinton High Senior Project: Learning to look beyond the sale (Worcester Telegram)
11. College Government statements of Intent: 2022 election cycle (The Wellesley News)
12. History Cambridge will bring an art installation to Brattle Street to focus on neglected Black past (Cambridge Day)
13. Hit-And-Run In Medford Leaves 22-Year-Old Woman Seriously Injured (CBS Boston)
14. New video shows truck carrying U.S. mail slamming into the icy Charles River in Weston (Boston 25 News)
15. The Chronicle Companion: Week of Feb. 28 - March 6, 2022 (Wicked Local)
16. Hit-And-Run In Medford Leaves 22-Year-Old Woman Seriously Injured, Police Search For Driver (CBS Boston)
17. New Boston Teamsters president takes office as former president elected to lead whole union (Boston Herald)
18. Harvard tries to address neighbors’ concerns as it seeks to develop Allston land. But will it be enough? (BetaBoston)
19. Candlelight Vigil Held in Concord to Show Solidarity for Ukrainian People (NECN)
20. Chelmsford High students qualify for national speech and debate tournament (Lowell Sun)
21. 'Nobody wants this war': Thousands demonstrate in Boston in support of Ukraine (WBUR)
22. Jersey Mike's opens up shop at 50 Summit Drive in Burlington (Woburn Daily Times)
23. Wellesley Climate Action Plan is here—We've got a lot of work to do (The Swellesley Report)
24. Boston health officials to consider ending mask mandates| (Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News)

Today in Westford:

• Baseball Meeting - Westford Academy (2:00 PM)
• School Committee Finance Subcommittee Meeting (3:30 PM)
• Healthy Westford - Town of Westford (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• augustine, Neighbor: "I am a Westford resident looking for someone who has a 3D printer and would print me a 8 inch by 4 inch By 1/8 thick piece of an indoor car race track. I have the 3d digital file and would pay for your time and material. If this goes w..." (Patch)

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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.