North Reading News

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — We’re entering the final stretch of the local election season.

On Monday night, the Select Board voted to sign the Town Election warrant for Tuesday, May 2. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the town’s centralized polling place, the Parish Hall of St. Theresa…

By NEIL ZOLOT

NORTH READING — The 2023 Drug-Free Community Project Core Measurement Report will include additional survey questions about recently legalized or common activities such as gambling and use of nicotine pouches, which are similar to chewing tobacco.

This new information will give school and town entities a baseline of information on such activities…

THERE’S NO age limit on fun as the Easter Bunny brought smiles to the young and the young-at-heart during Sunday’s annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Batchelder School sponsored by the Union Congregational Church. (Shelley Gullotti Photo)

By NEIL ZOLOT

NORTH READING — The initial estimate for the Fiscal Year 2024 School Department budget is $37,768,204, an increase of $2,058,874 (5.8%) from the FY23 budget of $35,709,330.

A preliminary budget presentation made to the committee recently by Superintendent Dr. Patrick Daly and Michael Connelly, the Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations, termed…

THE EASTER BUNNY arrived to the children’s Carl Cutlip Memorial Easter Egg Hunt in style aboard Engine 3, with assistance from Firefighter/Paramedic Jimmie Casaletto on Sunday at the Batchelder School. The UCC-sponsored event attracted hundreds of youngsters. (Shelley Gullotti Photo)