North Reading News

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Posted on: Wednesday, March 25, 2020

• Governor Baker extends the closure of schools until May 4, 2020.  North Reading Public Schools will be closed until that date.

Posted on: Tuesday, March 17, 2020

• Tonight’s scheduled Community Planning Commission (CPC) meeting will be held via remote participation, and will not assemble at Town Hall.…

Posted on: March 23, 2020

Gatherings limited to 10 people

BOSTON — Monday morning Governor Charlie Baker issued an emergency order requiring all businesses and organizations that do not provide “COVID-19 essential services” to close their physical workplaces and facilities to workers, customers and the public as of Tuesday, March 24 at noon until Tuesday,…

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Posted on: Thursday, March 19, 2020

Published March 19, 2020

NORTH READING — Volunteers in North Reading are banding together to mobilize those who wish to help in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, even as our level of need in North Reading is not yet known.

To support the North Reading Senior Center, Food Pantry, Youth Services and Veterans’ Affairs, a…

Published March 19, 2020By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — Minutes after the 5 p.m. deadline passed on Tuesday to submit nomination papers for inclusion on the ballot in the annual Town Election, Town Clerk Barbara Stats announced that all five candidates had met the qualifications as candidates for public office.

John Murphy, Christopher Hayden, Mary…

Published March 19, 2020By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — In response to the uncharted territory posed by the unprecedented shut down of town government undertaken to stem the spread of COVID-19, local officials have held two virtual meetings this week and have scheduled at least one for next week to keep the wheels of…

Published March 19, 2020By JILLIAN STRING

NORTH READING — At its March 2 meeting, the School Committee approved a proposed warrant article for the June 8 Town Meeting to establish a school rental revolving account for solar arrays.

Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations Michael Connelly explained that the fund will be used for…

Posted on: Monday, March 16, 2020

WINCHESTER/BURLINGTON – Winchester Hospital and Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, both of which are part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, are closely monitoring the rapidly evolving situation with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Robust processes and protocols were enacted as of Friday, March 13 to ensure staff can assess and…