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If you’re struggling with a mental health crisis, reach out for help; it can get better

Published June 17, 2021

By MARGARET REGAN 
Honor Essayist

“I really, really didn’t want to write this. It’s a lot of pressure, and I have so much to say. I’m so afraid that I’ll say something wrong, explain something poorly, or forget something, and it’ll hurt someone… But, it feels unfair to leave without saying…

 

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EDITORIAL: Bringing suicide out of the shadows

Published June 17, 2021

By MAUREEN DOHERTY, editor

It’s not often that one can say a graduation speech saved their life or that of a loved one.

But North Reading High School honor essayist Margaret “Meg” Regan may have accomplished just that with her poignant, self-disclosure at Friday’s Commencement Exercises in which she revealed her…

 

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Traditional commencement exercises Friday at NRHS

Published June 10, 2021

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — Commencement exercises for the 64th class to graduate from North Reading High School will be held on Friday, June 11 at 6:15 p.m.

These graduates have plenty to celebrate and they have been anticipating this moment for months. The outdoor ceremony will begin with a…

 

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Hot voters approve $80M operating budget, 32 warrant articles in 70 minutes

Published June 10, 2021

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — The 161 voters attending last Saturday’s annual Town Meeting, held outdoors, were met with a scorching hot day on the Arthur J. Kenney turf field as temperature reach 90 degrees at the start of a four-day heat wave.

The hot temperatures definitely contributed to the…

 

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Ipswich River Community Chorus tribute concert to Nancy Ferretti

Published June 10, 2021

NORTH READING — The Ipswich River Community Chorus (IRCC) is delighted to present an afternoon of free live music dedicated to renowned local music educator, performer and vocal coach Nancy Ferretti.

The concert will be held on Saturday, June 19 at 4 p.m. at the gazebo at Ipswich River Park, 15…

 

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PHOTO: Meet the Court!

THE SENIORS chosen by faculty as members of the Court of the NRHS Senior Prom were (front row, from left): Alison Rabideau, Amelia Horton, Queen Morgan Craig, Grace Gorman, Ange Nahimana and Gina DeGrazia; (back row, from left): Anthony Juliano, Ryan Kay, King John Tramontozzi, Tim Buckley, Griffin Murphy and (missing from photo): Ryan Good.

 

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Attend Town Meeting Saturday morning

Published June 3, 2021

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — Okay North Reading, it’s time to gather for the Greatest Show on Earth, otherwise known as the Annual Town Meeting.

Where else do you get to spend $80M in the upcoming Fiscal Year to keep the town and all its services solvent and balanced? If…

 

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BOH rescinds 3 of 4 COVID-19 mandates

Published June 3, 2021

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — Last Friday morning the North Reading Board of Health (BOH) voted to rescind three of the four local COVID-19 orders that have defined the lives of everyone in town for the past 14 months.

The three-member board of Chairman Gary Hunt and members Pam Vath and…

 

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RSVP for free Business Summit

Published June 3, 2021

NORTH READING — Have you registered yet for the free Annual Business Summit on Tuesday, June 8 sponsored by the Economic Development Committee?

What’s stopping you? It’s open to any North Reading business and it is being held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the open air under the big tent at the…

 

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PHOTO: We remember

“THE SHARP retort of volleying rifles” rang out from the Park Street Cemetery on Memorial Day as the North Reading Minit and Militia honored the many veterans buried there. (Maureen Doherty Photo)

 

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