Five Things You Need to Know For Presidents' Day

Hello Westford! Here are your Five Things for Monday, Feb. 20.

#1. Fire Chiefs in the House: Fire Chiefs from across the Commonwealth attended the fifth annual Fire Chiefs Association of Massachusetts Legislative Luncheon at the State House recently to exchange ideas, honor colleagues and advance the cause of fire safety.

Pictured from are Westford Fire Department chief Richard Rochon (left), State Representative James Arciero (center) and Chelmsford Fire Department chief Michael Curran.

#2. Coming Up:  Westford's Molly Salans will leading a session of Business Matters down in Boxborough in March.

#3. Grey Ghost Classic Recap from Coach Russ Coward:

"Top Ranked, Undefeated, two-time defending state champion Andover beat us tonight. Nicole Boudreau, who is headed to Boston College to play hoops next year, had 39 points. Sam Hyslip had 22 and 8 rebounds for us, followed by Hannah Hackley with 13 and 9 rebounds."

"We had a strong start, and I'm happy with the way we stayed close to Andover, but we had too many stretches of bad passes and bad defense mixed with some good play to beat a team like Andover."

"Letting Boudreau, who we know is the top player in Massachusetts, get 39 is the result of poor coaching on my part and lack of communication by the defense.  If our entire team does not improve in this area, we will not be as successful as we want to be.  Our effort and intesity is there for the most part, but we have to become smarter."

For more, see our box score of the two semi-final games.

#4: Want to Learn to Make Bread?: Head on down to the Fat Moon Farm on Gould Road later this week.

#5. Rabies Clinic: The town has announced there will be a rabies clinic on March 31 at the central Fire Department offices in the Town Hall complex.