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PHOTO: A helping hand for families

March 6, 2022

THE DF1 – Diaper Formula 1 Drive – sponsored by the Masons February 26, was quite a success. Organized by Mason Rich Legier (at left), the diapers and infant formula collected by the North Reading Lodge as well as lodges in Lynnfield, Reading and Winchester, will assist families served by the state Department of Children…

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March 4, 2022

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Hospital’s parent company now Tufts Medicine

March 3, 2022

MELROSE — Wellforce, the high quality, integrated Massachusetts health system, announced today it will be uniting its member organizations under a new name – Tufts Medicine. Tufts Medicine includes Lowell General Hospital, MelroseWakefield Hospital, Tufts Medical Center, Home Health Foundation and a network of more than 2,000 physicians. Local hospitals within the system will operate…

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City launches Community Needs Assessment Survey

March 3, 2022

MELROSE — The office of Mayor Paul Brodeur has launched a Community Needs Assessment Survey in an effort to collect community feedback around the use of the City’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. Community members can complete the four-minute survey, which asks participants to rate a series of community needs and identify projects of…

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Hollywood kingpins return to Bowladrome

March 3, 2022

PROP CREW members work on bringing the Wakefield Bowladrome back to 1970.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Bowladrome at 92 Water St. continues to be a magnet for Tinsel Town film crews shooting movies set in the 1960s and 1970s.

According to Wakefield Bowladrome owner Tom Giordano, film crews have been bringing in…

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PHOTO: Fowl weather friends

March 3, 2022

BUFFLEHEAD DUCKS swim on a warm winter day in the newly open waters of Lake Quannapowitt. (Mark Sardella Photo)

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Front Page: March 3, 2022

March 3, 2022

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Pearce to run for CPC; Noelle Rudloff is 6th candidate for S.C.

March 3, 2022

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — Thirty years after he first stepped forward to serve on the Community Planning Commission, Warren Pearce Jr., 219 Haverhill St., took out nomination papers on Monday for the May 3, 2022 Town Election.

Pearce is the current chairman of the CPC. There are two three-year terms up for renewal…

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Free ‘Guiding Good Choices’ parent workshops this spring

March 3, 2022

NORTH READING — The North Reading Community Impact Team’s Youth Substance Use Prevention Coalition is again offering its “Guiding Good Choices” program in a workshop series free to the community.

This interactive program is open to all parents, grandparents and caregivers of children ages 9-14. In a lively, open and confidential atmosphere, participants will learn specific strategies…

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Masks mandates lifted, including on school buses

March 3, 2022

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — When the town’s schoolchildren, educators and staff members returned from February vacation this past Monday they were free to go mask-less if they so chose.

This meant that for the first time in close to two years they were able to see the smiles on the faces of their…