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By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — The race to the Town Meeting finish line regarding discussions on whether the town should adopt the MBTA Communities Act began Monday night at a joint meeting of the Select Board and Community  Planning Commission (CPC).

They were joined by the town’s legislative delegation, Senate Minority Leader Bruce…

By NEIL ZOLOT

NORTH READING — The School Committee approved an overlapping set of goals for themselves and their work on the Fiscal Year 2026 budget Monday night.

“There are a lot of similarities,” observed Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations Michael Connelly.

The specific budget goals include:

• Continue to explore new opportunities to…

NORTH READING — Who bakes the most scrumptious classic apple pie in town? It is time for our town’s best bakers to dust off their rolling pins and peel their apples because the North Reading Historical and Antiquarian Society wants to find out!

The Society invites all bakers in town—young, old, and in-between—to enter a…

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — The date of the fall Town Meeting has been affirmed for Monday night, October 7 at 7 p.m. by the Select Board.

The issue of possibly holding it on an alternate date was brought up in August by Select Board Chairman Vincenzo Stuto after he learned that he has…