Good morning and happy weekend, Burlington!

Lots of events happening in town this week, but first, some notes.

• The MSMS Student Council food and necessities drive is going on from now until February 14. If you have a middle schooler in your life, ask them what you can bring to help their team in supporting the community.
• There are textiles collection bins at all Burlington schools where you can drop off your unwanted textiles. This keeps textiles out of landfills, and when Bay State Textiles picks them up, the schools get a monetary donation.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters is also doing residential textile collection by appointment.

This Week in Burlington

Meetings and Events

Monday, January 30

• 7:00 PM - Town Meeting at BHS
• 7:00 PM - Virtual Trivia through the library (Register)
• 7:00 PM - Teen event - Chocolate Olympics at the library (Register)
• 7:15 PM - Town of Burlington Scholarship Fund (TOBSF) at Grandview Farm

Tuesday, January 31

• 1:00 PM - English At Large Discussion Group at the Library
• 7:00 PM - Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC)

Wednesday, February 1

• Fox Hill Walk, Bike, & Roll to School Day
• 8:30 AM - Planning Board Sculpture Park Subcommittee
• 6:00 PM - Public Meeting Regarding Blanchard and Wheeler Rd Corridor Plan - This is the first of two public meetings to discuss the Vision Plan for this area of Burlington.
• 6:00 PM - Shawsheen Policy Subcommittee
• 7:00 PM - Teen Event - Sushi Candles at the library (Register)

Thursday, February 2

• 4:00 PM - Comic Craze: Grades 3-8 at the library (Register)
• 6:30 PM - Family Night of Computer Science at MSMS (Register)
• 6:30 PM - Planning Board

Friday, February 3

• 4:00 PM - Tween Smash Bros Tournament at the library (Register)

Saturday, February 4

• 1:00 PM - Afternoon Off Doll Club at the library

Sunday, February 5

• 12:00 PM - Read With STRIDE special Book Club event: When We Were Mothers with Nicci Kadilak. Free book with class. (Register)
• 3:00 PM - Sacred Symbols and Devilish Details: Northern Renaissance Painting from Campin to Bosch at the library

Sports and Activities

Our girls gymnastics team pulled out wins over Woburn and Wakefield last week. Varsity Boys’ Basketball also won their game on Friday, coming out over Wilmington 72-40. Girls, on the other hand, fell to Wilmington 49-30. Our Lady Devils Hockey team shut out Belmont yesterday 3-0.

More hockey today, with Varsity playing in Tewksbury at 1:30 and JV playing Wilmington at the Ice Palace at 4:30. We’ve got a variety of winter sports on tap this week, from wrestling and hockey to gymnastics and basketball. Looking forward to a great week!

Have a lovely week, and don’t forget to pull your nomination papers!!!

Nicci