Westford School Mask Mandate + Local Events This Weekend

Welcome back, Westford! Let's get you started this Friday with everything you need to know going on around Westford today.

First, today's weather:

Breezy in the afternoon. High: 49 Low: 41.

Here are the top stories in Westford today:

1. The village of Ballardvale is home to an elusive white squirrel population (WCVB Boston)
2. More than 100 New Hampshire children live in group homes as child protection issues in state come into focus (WMUR Manchester)
3. Superintendent finalists visit Shawsheen Tech (Lowell Sun)
4. Price of Tyngsboro Middle School building project to be released (Lowell Sun)
5. Opioid overdose rates in Manchester, Nashua highest since April 2018 (WMUR Manchester)
6. ELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT: Billerica Finance Committee member runs for school committee seat (Wicked Local)
7. What Boston meteorologists are saying about the chances for snow Sunday (Boston.com)
8. Billerica parents organize to renovate school playgrounds (Lowell Sun)
9. NSBORO and SEDP issue joint update (mysouthborough)
10. Flo-Ro Building Cte Seeks Statements of Qualifications for Trades Contractors (grotonherald.com)
11. Expert: Gen Z May reshape Super Bowl Marketing (UMass Lowell)
12. Cassidy Patrice Baracka, 7 | Groton Herald (grotonherald.com)
13. Methuen mayor working remotely due to illness | News (Eagle-Tribune)
14. Cookies for Cassidy | Groton Herald (grotonherald.com)
15. Free Screening of Respect at Christa McAuliffe Library Branch – Framingham SOURCE (framinghamsource.com)
16. Southborough Real Estate – Homes and Properties (mysouthborough)
17. Beyond Wellesley: Great Brook Ski Touring Center in Carlisle, Mass. (The Swellesley Report)
18. Upcoming events at the Leominster Public Library (Leominster Champion)
19. ‘Rocky’ back on ice for 11th annual Leominster Veterans Center Ice Out Contest (Leominster Champion)
20. Westford's School Mask Mandate To Be Discussed Feb. 14 (Westford Patch)
21. Westford Weekend Weather Forecast (Westford Patch)
22. SCAC: Cultural Arts grants awards announced; Call for new members (mysouthborough)
23. This Weekend's Upcoming Westford Area Events (Westford Patch)
24. Melissa Mackey Announces Candidacy For Westford Board Of Health (Westford Patch)
25. 3 New Westford Area Houses On The Market (Westford Patch)
26. Boston's First Sake Bar, the Koji Club, Opens at the Speedway in Brighton (Eater Boston)
27. 10 best events, things to do in Boston for Valentine's Day weekend 2022 (Boston.com)
28. Allure Security Raises $6.8M Seed Round; Company Continues to Progress in $76 Billion Fight Against Digital Fraud (Woburn Daily Times)
29. CTA Construction Provides Grafton Library Staff with Valentine's Day Lunch (Woburn Daily Times)

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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.