North Reading News

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

Posted on: Friday, May 28 at 10:30 a.m.

NORTH READING — On 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…

Published May 27, 2021

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — While COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the town’s annual Memorial Day parade for the second consecutive year, this setback does not mean that the town’s current or past veterans have been forgotten.

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Published May 27, 2021

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — It’s the beginning of the end of COVID-19 restrictions and a return to normalcy as the North Reading Board of Health (BOH) will meet on Friday, May 28 at 9 a.m. to rescind four major BOH orders that have defined the lives of everyone in…

Published May 27, 2021

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — If it were solely up to the Select Board and the Community Planning Commission, local resident Sergio Coviello would get his wish to re-zone the former Seven Acres Turkey Farm from residential to Industrial/Office (I/O) at June Town Meeting.

As discussed throughout last year’s process…

Published May 27, 2021

Inside the pages of today’s Transcript be sure to check out dozens of drawings and messages from our town’s kindergarteners and second-graders on what Memorial Day means to them, in their own words. To keep their responses authentic we did not correct their spelling.

Published May 27, 2021

Memorial Day is Monday, May 31 and we want to remind everyone of our early deadlines for editorial and advertising content.

All press releases, photographs and editorial content for inclusion in our June 3 edition must be emailed to the North Reading Transcript by noon on Friday, May 28. Please send them to the attention of the…

Published May 20, 2021

NORTH READING — The Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth (MPY) has awarded the North Reading High School Social Activism Club its top honor in the high school division of this year’s Public Service Announcement (PSA) Project.
Participating students at the high school and middle school levels from across the state were challenged…

Published May 20, 2021

NORTH READING – The public is invited to attend traditional Memorial Day services to be conducted live on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, by the North Reading Minit and Militia at the following cemeteries and memorial:

7:00 a.m.: Riverside Cemetery

7:45 a.m.: Harmony Vale Cemetery

8:30 a.m.: Ipswich River Park Blue…

Published May 20, 2021

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — The Select Board will hold its informational hearing Monday night, May 24 at 8 p.m. on the 32 warrant articles slated for the June 5 Town Meeting. During this hearing, which will be held virtually, the public may ask questions on any of the articles…

Published May 20, 2021

Every year, the Transcript publishes a supplement highlighting North Reading High School graduates. To celebrate the Class of 2021, we would like to include photos of seniors taken in individual or group settings, both in and out of class, from this academic year.
To do so, we need your help, since due to…