Westford Seeks Volunteers For Town Manager Search Committee
Westford is recruiting residents to serve on a new Town Manager Search Committee, opening what will be a defining hiring process for the town's top administrative post. The call went out through the town's News Flash system as several boards convene this week and the town marks International Overdose Awareness Day.
TOWN HALL
The town is asking residents interested in shaping the search for its next town manager to apply for the newly forming Town Manager Search Committee, according to a notice posted to the town's News Flash system. Separately, the town is recognizing International Overdose Awareness Day this week, part of a broader public health push.
Public works notices piled up on the town's alert feed: crews have upcoming waterline construction planned on Groton Road (Route 40), and the town announced that the Stony Brook Track and Athletic Court Improvement Project has been completed. Tadmuck Lane also has a road closure in effect, per the town's alerts. Separately, the town has launched an official Instagram account as part of its communications push. Public Works crews are also expecting delivery of PFAS treatment plant components at the Nutting Road facility this week, a project the town's News Flash has tracked in recent days.
COMMUNITY & ARTS
The J.V. Fletcher Library, still operating from its temporary home at 515 Groton Road during the building project, will close for the Labor Day holiday from Saturday, September 5 through Monday, September 7, and reopen Tuesday, September 8 at 10 a.m.
ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS
"MA State Primary 2026 Voter Guide: Races, Poll Times, How To Vote," per Westford Patch. The outlet's roundup flags the U.S. Senate Democratic primary between Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Seth Moulton as the marquee race on next month's ballot (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/westford/s/kojch/ma-state-primary-2026-voter-guide-races-poll-times-how-to-vote).
"Patch AM: Westford resident joins heartfelt vigil for Nepal flood victims," Westford Patch reports. The item notes a local resident's participation in a community vigil honoring flood victims overseas (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/westford).
COMING UP
Tuesday, September 1: the Health Insurance Trust Fund, and a joint meeting of the Select Board, School Committee and Finance Committee, both meet, alongside the Board of Registrars; the library's Adult Nonfiction Book Club also meets that day at the temporary Groton Road location.
Wednesday, September 2: the Affordable Housing Trust Fund meets, and the library hosts a virtual job-search session for residents 50 and over focused on self-assessment and mindset.
Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.