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In today's newsletter:

• Could your family qualify for Habitat’s new affordable homes lottery?

Also on today's calendar: Antique Show and Sale and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: I got fired from the M&M factory. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 30 and low of 21 degrees.
• Sunday: Clouds yielding to sun, temps: high: 29, low: 6. ⛄️ Brr!
• Monday: Some sun, then clouds; cold, with a high of 21 and low of 18 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Habitat for Humanity Opens Partner Family Selection for Three New Homes (westfordcat.org) — Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell is opening applications for three new affordable homes, with info sessions including one at their Westford office on January 14. Families earning up to 80% of area median income can apply, complete sweat-equity hours, and enter a lottery for two three-bedroom and one four-bedroom home in Concord. Printed applications are available at the Tadmuck Road office in Westford.
   

📸 Around Westford

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Westford

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday January 4

• Antique Show and Sale
  242 Adams Pl, Boxborough
  10:00 am
• Time for Three in Concert
  Groton Hill Music Center, 122 Old Ayer Rd, Groton
  3:00 pm

Saturday January 17

• The Knickerbocker All Stars
  Bull Run Restaurant, 215 Great Rd, Shirley
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday January 5

• Planning Board Meeting
  Westford, MA Calendar , 55 Main Street , Westford
  7:00 pm

Tuesday January 6

• J.A. Crisafulli School Advisory Council
  Westford, MA Calendar , 13 Robinson Road , Westford
  3:30 pm
• Chakra Yoga
  5 Gould Rd , Westford
  5:30 pm
• Monuments and Memorials Committee
  Westford, MA Calendar , 20 Pleasant Street , Westford
  6:30 pm

Wednesday January 7

• Board of Water Commissioners Monthly Meeting
  Westford, MA Calendar , 60 Forge Village Road , Westford
  9:00 am
• Historical Commission
  Westford, MA Calendar , 4 Boston Road , Westford
  7:00 pm

Thursday January 8

• Westford REV 250 - A Personal Conversation with Martha Washington
  Westford Museum , 2 Boston Rd , Westford
  7:00 pm

Friday January 9

• Cormac McCarthy (PCA Coffeehouse)
  Parish Center For the Arts , 10 Lincoln St , Westford
  7:30 pm

Saturday January 10

• The Hosmer Mountain Boys
  Parish Center For the Arts , 10 Lincoln St , Westford
  7:30 pm

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-- The Patch AM Team

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