MELROSE — The City of Melrose is sharing the following updates for the upcoming week:
Memorial Day observances and volunteer opportunities
The City of Melrose Veterans Services Office and the Veterans’ Advisory Board invite residents to attend Memorial Day observances this weekend. On Saturday, May 24, volunteers are invited to place American flags…
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NORTH READING — Each year since 1958, the North Reading Transcript has published a special keepsake graduation supplement featuring every graduate of North Reading High School to commemorate this milestone.
This year, any senior who used a photographer other than the official yearbook portrait photographer for their yearbook photo will be required to email their…
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MELROSE — The Servant Heart Food Pantry through Faith Evangelical Church is hosting a food drive sponsored by the Melrose Affordable Initiative. Items in desparate need are small jars of jelly, no grape; pudding snacks; beef stew; small boxes of cereal all types; zip lock bags quart/gallon; Chef Boyardee in cans; and instant coffee. Please…
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NORTH READING — In advance of Memorial Day, the North Reading Veterans Department is seeking the assistance of community members of all ages to help them plant 500 U.S. flags on the Town Common today — Thursday, May 22 — at 3 p.m. in honor of the town’s heroes.
This is an “all hands on…
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Paper towels are daily “necessities,” aren’t they? It’s so easy to grab one – or many. But should we?
Think of how you use them. A spill on the floor or counter. Drying a just-washed piece of fruit. Washing windows or cleaning anything. Consider using a small cloth for…
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NORTH READING resident Daniel Fleury (4th from left) poses with Haitian students holding posters of NRHS senior soccer players Max and Duncan Gulino and Matt Fleury. Daniel traveled to Haiti to personally deliver soccer gear collected by the Hornets. (Courtesy Photo)
Published May 22, 2025
By EVA HANEGRAAFF
NORTH READING — Every fall, North…
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THE COTA Family Funeral Home is proud to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its location in North Reading this month. Staff members are (standing, from left) Sloan Coulter, Office Manager; David M. Sullivan, Type 6 Funeral Director; Meaghan R. Baker, Type 6 Funeral Director/Manager; and (seated) Philip J. Cota, Type 3 Funeral Director/Funeral Home Owner.
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With the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, May 26, the Transcript will have early deadlines for editorial and advertising content for the May 29 issue.
All press releases, photos and editorial content must be emailed to the North Reading Transcript by Friday, May 23 at noon. (Exceptions will be made only for obituaries, which should…
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NORTH READING — The North Reading Human Rights Group is excited to sponsor its fourth annual Black & Brown Owned Market on Saturday, May 31 at the Ipswich River Park Gazebo.
The market will be held from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. and will feature local vendors that are all people of color. The products for sale…
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LUCY FISHER, NRHS Class of 2024, was awarded Girl Scouting’s highest honor, the Gold Award, in a ceremony at Camp Cedar Hill in Waltham last Sunday afternoon. Fisher’s project, titled “‘Draw’ Attention to Recycling,” used student-generated art to bring awareness to recycling in the elementary, middle and high schools in North Reading. Completed last summer,
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WAKEFIELD — As reported in yesterday’s Daily Item, on Monday night, the Town Council named the seven members of the screening committee that will help determine the short list of candidates to be the next Town Administrator.
But there’s a problem. It has been pointed out, and the Item has…
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