North Reading News

Published November 8, 2018

In honor of the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, November 22, we will have early editorial and advertising deadlines for the Wednesday, November 21 edition of the Transcript.

The deadline to submit press releases and other editorial copy is Friday, November 16, at noon. The deadline to submit advertisements is 3 p.m.…

Published November 1, 2018

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — It’s time. Time to put away the vitriol and the rhetoric and the grandstanding, and get thee to your polling place next Tuesday, November 6.

For those who have an opinion to express on the current state of affairs in our commonwealth and our country…

At Massachusetts Orchid Society show Nov. 2 – 4

Published November 1, 2018

By GAIL LOWE

NORTH READING — Passing through the front door of town resident Robert “Bob” Richter’s home brings visitors to a veritable wonderland.

The interior space contains common living areas as well as separate rooms for his computer servers, piano and…

Published November 1, 2018

NORTH READING — The annual tribute to the town’s veterans will be held on Veterans’ Day on Sunday, November 11 at the top of the town common, near the war memorials, at 11 a.m.

The ceremony will include participation in the National World War I Centennial “Toll the Bell” program.

“We…

150-year-old Wakefield church destroyed after lightning strike

Published in the October 25, 2018 edition

By BOB BURGESS,
MARK SARDELLA and
MAUREEN DOHERTY 

WAKEFIELD — The stately First Baptist Church, a house of worship for generations, home to a nursery school educating hundreds of children over the years and an important part of a classic New England…

Published in the October 25, 2018 edition

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING —Flying under the radar mainly because that is the nature of active litigation, a request to appropriate an additional $300,000 toward special counsel legal expenses related to the Secondary Schools Building Project via a Free Cash transfer was passed by the voters at…

Published in the October 25, 2018 edition

This is the second of three parts examining the referendum questions on the November 6 state election ballot.

By DAN TOMASELLO

A proposed ballot question seeks to begin the process of potentially regulating money in politics.

Question 2 would establish the Citizens Commission Concerning a Constitutional Amendment for…

Published in the October 25, 2018 edition

Published in the October 18, 2018 edition