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August 13, 2020

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Town Meeting voters defeat turkey farm purchase

August 13, 2020

Published August 13, 2020

TOWN MEETING with a twist. Over 200 voters, spaced six feet apart in the open air of the football field, made their opinions known on whether the town should purchase Seven Acres Poultry Farm Saturday. The measure failed to secure the required 2/3rds majority, with 116 in favor, 87 opposed. (Maureen Doherty

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Celebrating the centennial of the 19th Amendment: Women’s right to vote

August 13, 2020

Published August 13, 2020

A WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE parade in New York, May 1912. Despite Abigail Adams encouraging her husband, and future president, John Adams, to urge the members of the Continental Congress to “remember the ladies” while drafting the Declaration of Independence in 1776, American women would not win the right to vote nationwide until

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By 5-0 vote, School Com. approves hybrid re-opening plan

August 13, 2020

Published August 13, 2020

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — By a 5-0 vote last Friday morning, the School Committee approved the district’s finalized re-opening plan for submission to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). As expected, it favors a hybrid model combining in-person and remote learning for most students.

About half of students…

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Front Page: August 6, 2020

August 6, 2020

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Special Town Meeting Saturday 9 a.m.

August 6, 2020

Published August 6, 2020

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — Four out of five Select Board members supported the acquisition of the 14-acre Seven Acres Poultry Farm at 14 Concord St. and will recommend in favor of the passage of Article 1 at Saturday’s Special Town Meeting.

The majority opinion was offered during Monday night’s…

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John Friberg: A man for all seasons

August 6, 2020

Published August 6, 2020

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

There are few times in a person’s life when you are dealt a heart wrenching blow that stops you in your tracks. July 28, 2020 was that day for many of us.

In a year filled with unbearable loss, the North Reading community and this newspaper lost a…

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Hybrid plan alternates in-person and remote learning for most students

August 6, 2020

Published August 6, 2020

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — The School Committee voted 3-2 last Thursday morning to submit the school district’s preliminary reopening plan to the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) by the July 31 deadline. All districts in the state must submit their final plans by next Monday, August…

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Editorial: Our seminal moment

August 6, 2020

Published August 6, 2020

By MAUREEN DOHERTY
Editor

Imagine the town of North Reading today without Ipswich River Park or the grounds of North Reading High School without its modern track, turf field and stadium bleachers at Arthur J. Kenney Athletic Field.

It seems nearly impossible to think that not too many years ago, neither…

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PHOTO: Three centuries of history

August 6, 2020

STATE REP. Brad Jones (left) and state Senator Bruce Tarr (right) recently presented Rev. Dr. Richard A. Hughes with proclamations celebrating the 300th anniversary of the town’s Union Congregational Church in a recognition ceremony at the State House. (Courtesy Photo)

Published August 6, 2020

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Support the Blue rally Aug. 12

August 6, 2020

Published August 6, 2020

NORTH READING — All are welcome to attend a non-political rally to thank local law enforcement officers for their service to the community next Wednesday, August 12.

Participants will gather at the Support the Blue rally with their signs on the Town Common from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and wave to…