Hello, Burlington, and Happy Monday!

Friday was the final day to return nomination papers for the April 1 election, and there is mixed news from this. I’m going to hold off on updating the official Buzz article until I hear from the Town Clerk’s office, but it appears as though there will be a contested race for both Recreation Commission and School Committee, along with Town Meeting Precincts 2, 5, and 7 3-year seats. However, it looks like we lack enough candidates to fill upen seats in some other precincts. You can see the details here, and I’ll update the official article when I hear confirmation that the information I have is final.

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Today in Burlington

Meetings and Events

• 12:00 PM - Shawsheen Safety Subcommittee at Shawsheen Tech, during which they’ll discuss pool safety, card access, and anything else that comes up.
• 6:00 PM - Select Board will meet at Town Hall and online. They’ll approve some police, fire, and conservation appointments, discuss a draft Alcohol policy, and talk about the future of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work at the Select Board level.
• 7:00 PM - Teen Advisory group at the library (Register here!)
• 7:30 PM - ISSAC will keep discussing the implementation of the Cybersecurity Policy (Virtual)

Sports and Activities

Basketball scores from Friday are in, and the boys took home a close and hard-fought 64-59 win against Wakefield. Girls fell 61-30.

We also have some State Wrestling qualifiers in our midst: Marcus Tucci and Ahmad Kiswani finished 2nd and 3rd at sectionals. Alex McGillivray finished 5th and will be an alternate!

Finally, Boys Varsity hockey lost one and won one this weekend against Waltham. In the Ed Burns Tournament, the Red Devils fell 1-2 on Saturday but came back for a 4-2 win on Sunday.

✅ Girls’ Gymnastics is on the calendar for today, but I don’t have any other information about time or location. Varsity Girls’ Hockey is happening at Wayland HS at 7:00!

I’ll leave it there for today. Have a great one, Burlington!

Nicci