Collective Cannabis Opens Local Dispensaries + Mask Mandates End

Good morning, Westford! Here's everything you need to know to get this Friday started off right. Here's everything going on today in Westford.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and cold. High: 30 Low: 14.

Here are the top stories today in Westford:

1. Town manager plans to resign, aims to 'recharge' (YourArlington.com)
2. Crisis Mode As Fresh Start Furniture Bank Inventory Runs Low (Patch)
3. Groton to consider change to town seal (Lowell Sun)
4. Belmont Center's changing business landscape, most vacancies in its history (Wicked Local)
5. Ayer Shirley School mask mandate to end Friday (Lowell Sun)
6. Leominster native pens book about broadcast journalism career (Sentinel & Enterprise)
7. Oliver’s Cafe named best cup of joe for the second year in a row in annual Leominster Coffee Crawl (Sentinel & Enterprise)
8. It Happens Here: Giant Gorilla Greens In Woburn Now A Popular Microgreen Home Delivery Service (CBS Boston)
9. Letter: Support Sandis Wright for Andover School Committee (Eagle-Tribune)
10. Andover Stories: More accused witches here than in Salem (Andover Townsman)
11. Fighting to get off 'Laurie List' under new law can be costly for police (Nashua Telegraph)
12. City Council approves $160M downtown redevelopment project | Local News (The Harvell gazette)
13. 25 Investigates: Cars with junk titles in other states are getting clean titles in Massachusetts (Boston 25 News)
14. Chief Steve Buxton Sworn In As Chief Of Nashua Fire Rescue (Patch)
15. Lynnfield Select Board chair facing a challenge - Itemlive (Daily Item)
16. Collective Cannabis opens first dispensaries in Billerica, Littleton (Lowell Sun)
17. Hudson, N.H., Police seek help in search for bank robbery suspect (Lowell Sun)
18. Arlington-Based Non-Profit ‘Rescues’ Food To Feed Those In Need (CBS Boston)
19. Kerem Shalom & HIAS Refugee Shabbat Service (jewishboston.com)
20. Celebrating Dracut's Legacy of Farms and Freedom (The Valley Patriot)
21. Golden will seek Lowell city manager opening (Lowell Sun)
22. Visiting The Discovery Museum In Acton, MA (MerrimackValley.org)
23. Lawrence to lift mask mandate Friday | News (Eagle-Tribune)
24. Wayland Election 2022: Whos Running For Office? (Patch)

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Today in Westford:

• Barre Stronger this month! Come and try a class (9:00 AM)
• Advisory #6 - Westford Academy (12:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• Town of Westford, MA: "WPS RESPONSE TO WA BASKETBALL INCIDENT: RESTORATIVE JUSTICE SEMINAR" (Facebook)
• Pure Barre: "We’ve got an 80s playlist coming your way all day tomorrow!" (Facebook)
• Westford Recycling Commission: "If you'd like to compost but aren't ready to setup a composter in your backyard, consider a local composting service like @Offbeat compost. Several residents in town use them with success! " (Facebook)
• Parish Center for the Arts: "Lots going on this week at the PCA! 3/3 Sing & Jam 3/4 Dueling Pianos 8p 3/6 Art Gallery open 12-2p featuring “Artist of the Month” Nancy Rich 3/6 Open Jazz Jam 3:30p featuring Steve Ali Scott on sax and Corey Lanum on piano 3/6 Westford..." (Facebook)
• Town of Westford, MA: "Spring 2022 Community Rain Barrel Program" (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Forge Village/Main: "Missing your cat? - Gray striped medium to large cat frequently seen in Cross St and Second St. Wondering if stray or just lost." (Nextdoor)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Friday! I'll see you soon.

— 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.