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Published in the North Reading Transcript on May 28, 2026

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — “Attend Town Meeting Monday!” It’s the favorite four words in every resident’s vocabulary. (And you thought it was “School’s Out For Summer!”)

Where else can you spend a perfectly fine June night among several hundred friends and neighbors divvying…

Published in the North Reading Transcript on May 28, 2026

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — Monday’s morning rain failed to dampen…

Published in the North Reading Transcript on May 28, 2026

NORTH READING — A free talk open to the public on preservation carpentry will be hosted by the Historical and Antiquarian Society tonight, Thursday, May 28, at 7 p.m. at the Flint Memorial Library (lower level Activity Room). Walk-ins welcome, but registration for planning purposes…

Published in the North Reading Transcript on May 28, 2026

NORTH READING — The community is invited to the 5th annual Craft Market with BIPOC vendors on Saturday, May 30 at the Ipswich River Park gazebo. The market runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will feature local vendors who are all people of…

Published in the North Reading Transcript on May 28, 2026

70 YEARS AGO
May 24, 1956

In the beginning… Another field trip to the Elm Street–Swan Pond Road area was made by the School Land Committee on May 16 in an effort to decide upon a suitable piece of land for a future school in…

Published in the North Reading Transcript on May 28, 2026

NORTH READING — There’s always something new to do at the Edith O’Leary Senior Center! “Our Place on the Hill” is located at the top of the Town Common, 157 Park St. Drop by for lunch and meet up with old friends or make some…

Published in the North Reading Transcript on May 28, 2026

NORTH READING — The North Reading Fire Department battled a two-alarm house fire overnight on the Memorial Day holiday.

On Monday, May 25 at about 11:32 p.m., the North Reading Fire Department was dispatched to 22 Wright St. for a report of a house…

Published in the North Reading Transcript on May 28, 2026

NORTH READING — A dispatcher from the North Shore Regional 9-1-1 Center informed police on Thursday, May 14 that a blue 2020 Dodge Durango SUV was stolen in Reading and the telematics company tracking it was reporting it to be located within a half-mile…