North Reading News

Published October 31, 2019

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — Compassion for the town’s veterans and a dogged determination to work on their behalf has earned statewide recognition for Director of Veterans’ Services Susan Magner.

Magner is known to go to the mat to assist veterans and their qualified family members in obtaining the benefits…

Team Oligo co-captain Brett Johnson continues advocacy to defeat brain tumors

Published October 31, 2019

By JILLIAN STRING

NORTH READING — It was a crisp autumn day on October 20 when North Reading resident Brett Johnson assembled the members of his Team Oligo at Carson Beach in South Boston for the 10th Boston Brain Tumor…

Published October 31, 2019

By MICHAEL GEOFFRION SCANNELL

NORTH READING — Joy, a hallmark of the Christmas season, can be fleeting for children living in extreme poverty in developing countries.

But last Wednesday, local third-graders spent a few hours of their time ensuring poor children their age who live in developing countries such as Guatemala…

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Published October 24, 2019

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By MICHAEL GEOFFRION SCANNELL

NORTH READING — On a perfect fall evening, hundreds of happy ghosts, goblins and characters galore descended upon the Haunted Playground at L.D. Batchelder School Saturday night.

Judging by the success of the event it is…

Published October 24, 2019

The following story was submitted by Paul Truesdale of Peabody (a former school bus driver in North Reading) and his grandson Trevor Wilson, a 2019 graduate of North Reading High School and current freshman at Villanova University.

NORTH READING — In how many states can you be in one day? Well…

Published October 24, 2019

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — With the bulk of the debate at the town’s October Town Meeting focused on a few big ticket items, the remaining warrant articles were handled efficiently.

Once the debates concerning Articles 7 and 10 were over, the rest of the meeting’s business was retired relatively quickly. Voters…

Police asking anyone who may have been victimized to come forward

Published October 17, 2019

NORTH READING – Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and North Reading Chief of Police Michael Murphy have confirmed that Daniel Feener, 35, of Peabody, was arraigned Tuesday, October 15 in Woburn District Court on charges of rape and indecent assault…

Published October 17, 2019

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING —The action taken Thursday night by the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) was swift and uncomplicated.

Acting Chairman James Demetri and ZBA members Jennifer Platt and Joseph Keyes voted unanimously to appeal the decision by the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to deny…

Published October 17, 2019

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — The fate of a proposal to pave Swan Pond Road took as many twists and turns as the 2,700-foot private gravel road itself.

Whenever it comes up for discussion, be it at a Town Meeting, a Select Board meeting or a workshop with the neighbors…