Chelmsford's 2026 general obligation bonds earned Wall Street's top AAA grade this week, a marker of the town's financial strength. S&P Global issued the rating in a report published Saturday, Aug. 1, citing confidence in the Massachusetts town's budgeting and reserves ahead of its new …

The Red Cross declared a blood-donation crisis and is urging Chelmsford-area residents to give as supplies fall to a four-year low. Blood donations across Massachusetts have dropped to their lowest summer level in four years and are failing to keep pace with hospital demand, the Red Cro…

A $20,000 winning Mass Lottery scratch ticket was sold at a Chelmsford store, according to Chelmsford Patch, marking the day's lone new development in an otherwise slow news stretch for the town. Coverage of a Flash Flood Watch and potential "life-threatening flood event" carried over f…

A Flash Flood Watch threatens Chelmsford with a life-threatening flooding event as tropical downpours move through the region Thursday. Chelmsford Patch reported forecasters expect more than seven inches of rain in parts of Massachusetts, prompting warnings about dangerous conditions ("…

This week's Chelmsford obituary column carries one notice: Spinello, Marie Angele, 70, who died July 22, 2026, with arrangements under the care of Holden-Dunn-Lawler Funeral Home.