The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) issued a statement on Sept. 27, stating that mask requirements in schools will be extended until Nov. 1. However, as of Oct. 15, if a school verifies that over 80 percent or more of their students and staff are vaccinated, then they will be...

For all of last year and this year, students have been required to wear masks at school. However, the Oct. 1 mandate on masks has now been extended indefinitely by the Westford Board of Health. The Ghostwriter interviewed students to get their opinions on how they felt about being required to wear masks...

Last night, the Westford Board of Health voted unanimously to issue a new indoor mask mandate for all public spaces in Westford regardless of vaccination status. This mask mandate is effective Oct. 1, for everyone two years or above. This mask mandate applies to all businesses, public buildings, and...

When thinking of the past eighteen months, many images may come to mind — the endless weeks of quarantine, never-ending online calls and assignments, and perhaps even the chaos that was the 2020 election. But what about wearing a mask?  Although the pandemic has lasted for about a year and a half,...

After eighteen months of school being affected by COVID-19, everyone is ready to go back to normal. However, the pandemic is far from being over. The Delta variant, which is the highly contagious variant of the virus that swept through India, is responsible for most of the new cases in the United States...