North Reading News

Published January 10, 2019 with updates from the print edition

 By MAUREEN DOHERTY

BOSTON — A thrill of a lifetime was experienced by the Chelsea High School choral students of Peter Pappavaselio who were hand-picked by Gov. Charlie Baker to perform at the inauguration of his second term in office at the State House…

Published January 10, 2019

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — Donations totaling $2,824.24 received in the past week have enabled the Transcript to close out its 29th annual Christmas fundraiser in support of Christian Community Service (CCS) at just over $39,000.

The final tally of $39,011.24 makes the 2018 Neighbor Helping Neighbor Fund drive one of our…

Published January 10, 2019

By DAN PAWLOWSKI

NORTH READING — The story of Rocco Balliro is interesting enough to fill a book.

He was a Boston mobster who was involved in a deadly shootout on Feb. 2, 1963. In Balliro’s words, it was a hastily planned rescue mission that went downhill in a hurry as…

Published January 3, 2019

Published January 3, 2019

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — The clock continues to tick on the timetable in the public comment period to MassHousing on the Ch. 40B comprehensive permit application of Nick Yebba (d.b.a. NY Ventures, LLC) at 20 Elm St.

As of today, abutters, town officials and all others interested in stating…

Published January 3, 2019

By DAN TOMASELLO

NORTH READING — Education funding and tax relief for senior citizens are among the biggest priorities for state Rep. Brad Jones once the legislative session convenes this month.

Jones, who represents North Reading, Lynnfield and sections of Middleton and Reading, was first elected to the State Legislature in…

Published January 3, 2019

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — Thank you North Reading! Our generous readers responded to the challenge, enabling the Transcript’s 2018 Neighbor Helping Neighbor Fund to surpass its goal of raising $35,000 for Christian Community Service (CCS).

In just the past week these friends and neighbors have donated another $3,065 to the Neighbor Helping Neighbor Fund (NHNF),…

Published January 3, 2019

By MICHAEL GEOFFRION SCANNELL

NORTH READING — Owen King, the son of best-selling novelist Stephen King, recently made the three and a half hour journey from his home in upstate New York to North Reading at the request of Flint Memorial Library Director Sharon Kelleher. 

She had invited him specifically to…

Published December 27, 2018

Published December 27, 2018

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — The town was “this close” to meeting its goals for affordable housing, as in about four-tenths of one percentage point shy of the 10% ideal the state has established as the threshold for when a community can decline additional Ch. 40B comprehensive permit applications by…