Chelmsford police teamed up with the nonprofit Cops for Kids with Cancer to support a 5-year-old local girl battling leukemia this week. The girl visited Chelmsford Police headquarters, where she explored a police cruiser and toured the department's dispatch center. Chelmsford Patch rep…
Chelmsford School Committee backed a January 2027 town meeting and February 2027 debt exclusion vote for the Parker Middle School rebuild.
A downed utility pole closed Main Street at Wilson Lane in Chelmsford on Tuesday morning, prompting a police-alerted closure, per Chelmsford Patch. The disruption came the same week a statewide report warned of nearly 1,400 expected layoffs in Massachusetts this August, with the state's…
The Historic District Commission unanimously approved exterior structural changes to 2 Bridge St., including a roof dormer, cedar clapboard siding, and kitchen-to-barn breezeway. Property owners Nicholas Tziolis and Sheryl O'Donnell, present at the August 3 meeting, plan to complete the over
This week's obituary column lists three Chelmsford, Mass. residents: Beaudry, Elizabeth Ann, 83, who died July 28; Hamilton, Robert Edward, 88, who died July 31; and O'Connell, Joan, who also died July 31. Full arrangement details were not available in the source notices at publication …
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…
Chelmsford Age-Friendly Committee discussed multiple programs for seniors and youth engagement. The Digital Equity Project, launching August 18, will provide free computer training and Chromebooks to older adults with limited internet access.
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 ("…