MA Gas Prices At Record High + Three-Alarm Fire In Tyngsboro

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

First, today's weather:

Afternoon snow, 1-3". High: 37 Low: 28.

Here are the top stories in Westford today:

1. AAA: Massachusetts Gas Prices Set All-Time Record – Framingham SOURCE (framinghamsource.com)
2. Westford Area Pets Newly Up For Adoption: Eloise & More (Westford Patch)
3. Massachusetts Gas Prices Now At New Record High Of $4.24 A Gallon, AAA Says (CBS Boston)
4. 5 Things You Need To Know Today in Framingham: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 – Framingham SOURCE (framinghamsource.com)
5. Marlborough Fundraiser Aids Firefighters After Financial Hit (Patch)
6. New SBIR director joins UMass Lowell's Northstar Campus (The Business Journals)
7. Shawsheen school committee votes for new superintendent (Milford Daily News)
8. Firefighters battle three-alarm blaze at American Legion in Tyngsboro (Lowell Sun)
9. Students learn STEM through app building to Minecraft at Code Wiz (telegram.com)
10. Upcoming events at the Leominster Public Library, for the week of March 14, 2022 (Leominster Champion)
11. Annual Salvation Army volunteer appreciation dinner held March 3 in Leominster (Sentinel & Enterprise)
12. The View from Nason Street: News and tips from the Maynard Public Library (Wicked Local)
13. Andover Schools shed masks | News (Andover Townsman)
14. Anthony Bokousky | News, Sports, Jobs (Nashua Telegraph)
15. Lynnfield puts focus on safety - Itemlive (Daily Item)
16. Malden ranks 5th in the nation in Wordle (Boston.com)
17. Louise Davy Trahan Elementary School in Tewksbury locked down after nearby bank robbery (WCVB Boston)
18. Belmont lifts mask mandate for town and schools (Wicked Local)
19. Man accused of firing gun during altercation with burglar in Nashua (WMUR Manchester)
20. Former corrections officer at Massachusetts prison faces charge in inmate sex case (WCVB Boston)
21. Burglar ransacked businesses in Hudson, police say (WMUR Manchester)
22. Chelsea Ziemba identified as 30-year-old woman who died in Fitchburg fire Friday (MassLive.com)
23. Andover Stories: The conscience of Andover | Opinion (Andover Townsman)
24. Defense Lawyer For Woman Charged In Dracut Hit-And-Run Says Victim Was Partially To Blame (CBS Boston)
25. Windham 2022 Town, School Election Voters Guide (Patch)
26. Police: Lowell Man Steals Vehicle & Breaks Into Framingham Home – Framingham SOURCE (framinghamsource.com)
27. Car wash owner sells Marlborough, Shrewsbury locations for $4.8M (Worcester Business Journal)

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Today in Westford:

• Conservation Commission - Town of Westford (7:00 PM)
• Access to Town Meeting (ATM) Committee (7:00 PM)
• Affordable Housing Trust - Town of Westford (7:00 PM)
• Athletic Booster Meeting - Westford Academy (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Parish Center for the Arts: "Great time yesterday at the 1st Sunday monthly Jazz Jam hosted by Marcia J. Ridings Macres and the Jazz Punishers featuring Steve Linscott on alto sax and Corey Lanum on piano, with many wonderful “jammers” and audience in attendance. We..." (Facebook)
• Parish Center for the Arts: "We have had such an overwhelming response to the No Static concert next week on Sat. 3/19, that we are moving it to a larger venue at the Franco American Club, just 3 miles down the road, to accommodate everyone who wants to attend. And ..." (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.