Westford Extends School Mask Mandate + Events This Weekend

Good morning, Westford! Here's everything you need to know to get this Saturday started off right.

First, today's weather:

A snow shower in the p.m.. High: 36 Low: 18.

Here are the top stories in Westford today:

1. Beginning Feb. 28, Face Coverings Will be Optional on Campus (UMass Lowell)
2. Gov. Charlie Baker names new Sex Offender Registry Board chair (MassLive.com)
3. With divided vote, Westford school board extends mask mandate through March 4 (Wicked Local)
4. Letters: Lowell should implement the CLA ‘roadmap’; Let’s stop the incoming sea (Lowell Sun)
5. Fitchburg Families First provides grocery gift cards and more through community partnership (Sentinel & Enterprise)
6. North Central Mass. Development Corp. approves financing to Fitchburg’s The Break Bike Shop (Sentinel & Enterprise)
7. Rehearsals begin for Medford Community Chorale & Youth/Young Adult concert (Wicked Local)
8. Column: More than just a loan | Opinion (The Salem News)
9. Boylston starts looking at budget issues for next year, including thoughts on senior center (Worcester Telegram)
10. Nashua superintendent announcement expected Monday | Nashua (The Union Leader)
11. Bibianne Pelletier | News, Sports, Jobs (Nashua Telegraph)
12. The mystery of Tab delivery (village14.com)
13. Tewksbury’s Arbogast steps up, Dracut takes 2nd at D4 meet (Lowell Sun)
14. A major windstorm will impact the Boston region overnight. Here’s what local meteorologists say to expect. (Boston.com)
15. Greater Lowell Tech announces December Students of the Month (Lowell Sun)
16. Hudson, N.H., man accused of manufacturing psilocybin (Lowell Sun)
17. ‘All signs are looking good’: Boston area COVID-19 wastewater data shows we’re past the omicron surge (Boston.com)
18. Woman Attacked While Walking Dogs in Winchester (NBC10 Boston)
19. Children’s author Bob Shea paints mural at Tewksbury Public Library (Lowell Sun)
20. $39.1M Dracut school budget to ‘fundamentally change the district’ (Lowell Sun)
21. Essex County District Attorney identifies man killed in early morning shooting in Methuen (WCVB Boston)
22. Wenzel: Woman's Club marks National Wear Red Day (Community Advocate)
23. Southborough Real Estate – Homes and Properties (mysouthborough)
24. Winter Beauty: 22 Photos of New Hampshire's Canobie Lake Park Covered in Snow (wokq.com)
25. Westford senior prom date, venue changed to accommodate unvaccinated students (Wicked Local)
26. Framingham Warehouse Sells For $6 Million (framinghamsource.com)
27. NH Chronicle: Walter Bat Company (WMUR Manchester)
28. Where to Dine Solo in Greater Boston (Eater Boston)
29. Westford Receives $8K Fire Education Grant From State (Westford Patch)
30. Westford Weekend Weather Forecast (Westford Patch)

Today in Westford:

From my notebook:

• Nextdoor Neighbor, Forge Village/Main: "Hi, - I've seen several post on cutting the cable cord which is exactly what I'm trying to do, unsuccessfully I might add. I understand that you have to start with wifi, I currently have Fios but there are too many restrictions, I boug..." (Nextdoor)

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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.