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Books are BA-AA-CK … at the semi-annual Friends Book Sale

April 24, 2025

NORTH READING —Spring! And the first Library Book Sale of 2025, sponsored by Friends of the Flint Memorial Library, is already rolling. Volunteers are lining up, folks are mining their bookcases for new donations, and anticipation is running high.

Mark your calendar now for these Donation Days and

Book Sale Dates.

Donation Days:
Saturday 05/03: 10AM…

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Bittersweet ends and new beginnings for principalship at NRHS

April 24, 2025

By EVA HANEGRAAFF

NORTH READING — With the retirement of beloved North Reading High School Principal Anthony Loprete after a highly successful 15 years in this position, there are big shoes to fill for the individual hired to take his place.

Because of the obvious importance of this position, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Patrick C…

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Paint Like Porter fundraiser for Damon Tavern

April 24, 2025

PARTICIPANTS in the “Paint Like Porter” workshop on Saturday, May 10 will paint a Rufus Porter-style harbor scene similar to this depiction, below the signature “America.” (Courtesy Photo)

NORTH READING — Learn to paint like Rufus Porter, the famous 19th century New England folk artist, in the same ballroom where he painted almost 200…

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Don’t miss the Townwide Yard Sale May 3

April 24, 2025

NORTH READING — North Reading will be the “place to be” for yard-salers on Saturday, May 3 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This annual event, sponsored by the Friends of the North Reading Council on Aging (FONRCOA), is a fundraiser to help continue and build on the efforts of the Friends to support North…

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Median home sales price reaches $920,500 in March

April 24, 2025

LYNNFIELD — The sluggish start to the town’s real estate market continued in March.

According to The Warren Group, there were six single-family homes sold during the month of March that had a medium sales price of $920,500. The median sales price represents a 53.3 percent increase over the three single-family homes sold in…

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Troop 48 welcomes new Scouts

April 24, 2025

Scouts Lynnfield 2025 — LYNNFIELD’S BSA Boy Scout Troop 48 recently held a “Crossing Over” ceremony. Front row, from left, Owen Moreira, Fin Charville, Ethan Bloch, Sebastian Hansen, Owen Ody, Joey Berlinghieri, Elias Saiyed and Patrick Connelly. Back row, from left., Assistant Scoutmaster Patrick Curley, Reece Whitcomb, Alan Curley, Evan Carty, Camden Anderson, Adam Carty, Sanuga Guruge, Michael Cieslewicz

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Stylish!

April 24, 2025

MYKETRANE TYSON and Juaki Powell had a great time at Lynnfield High School’s Junior Prom at Spinelli’s on April 11. (Dan Tomasello Photo)

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The birthplace of American liberty 250 years later

April 24, 2025

THE LEXINGTON Minutemen march off the green toward Concord to participate in “Parker’s Revenge.”

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

LEXINGTON – Thousands of people descended upon the Lexington Green in the predawn hours on Saturday, April 19 to witness the historic battle between the Lexington Minutemen and British regulars that sparked the American Revolution precisely 250…