What Was In The Last Town Report That Didn't Include Judy Culver?

Tonight marks the first School Committee meeting since 1982 that will not have Judy Culver on the board.

After she decided not to run, fellow member David Keele gave a stirring farewell at the last meeting before last week's election, remembering what Westford was like when she first joined a board that had Keele's father on it.

Today, we wanted to go one step further and go back to the 1981 Westford Town Report to see some things that were in it before Judy came on board a year later.

• Community access television was "within 18 months away" from being created.
• 1,531 dog licenses were issued and the Highway Department plows were out 28 times over the winter of 1980-'81.
• Melissa Drive, Fieldstone Drive and Whitney Drive came into existence.
• The bookmobile, now out of service, loaned out nearly 10,000 books and other library materials. 
• There were 7,319 voters in town, and seven Town Meetings. Four of them were cancelled due to lack of a quorum, some of the warrant articles included a home rule petition asking for a liquor license for a new store in Graniteville called Parent's, and an article that would forbid the storage of nuclear waste in town.
• In the Westford Academy report, it said that student drug use is on the rise.
• The principal of the Frost School was Rita Miller, namesake of what would become the Rita Miller School in North Nabnasset.

If you were around Westford in 1981 and you have some memories of what town was back then, share them with us in the comments.