On Saturday, October 29th, Westford residents gathered at the town common to peacefully protest the building of the asphalt plant. The protestors marched from the town common down to the Abbot school, flashing their signs to passing cars.  

On a frosty fall night, the Westford Board of Selectmen and the planning board held a joint public meeting in the Westford Academy auditorium at 7pm. The meeting was called in order to address the recent settlement of an asphalt plant, including addressing the longstanding concerns of laws being broken...