North Reading News

Published in the January 12, 2017 edition

By Bill Laforme

NORTH READING – A proposed medical marijuana dispensary in town has selectmen seeking further information before potentially signing off on the idea. Representatives from the Cardiac Arrythmia Syndromes Foundation made their case for establishing a dispensary at 61 Concord Street, while also emphasizing a potentially…

Published in the January 12, 2017 edition

MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — It’s two weeks into the new year and the North Reading Transcript is eagerly looking for the first baby born in 2017 to a North Reading family.

The Transcript and many other local businesses are poised to shower the lucky first baby of…

Published in the January 12, 2017 edition

BILL LAFORME

NORTH READING – A North Reading resident has taken a lifelong interest in rocketry and outer space and found a unique niche for himself in the world of photography.

Peter Zawistowski photographs satellite launches for SAT Magazine, a publication covering the satellite industry, and its website…

Published in the January 12, 2017 edition

Published in the January 5, 2017 edition

By: BILL LaFORME

NORTH READING – Selectmen have voted to join the town’s community planning commission and economic development in recommending a proposal that could bring 450 new 55 and up housing units to the former Berry property on Lowell Road.

At their last meeting, selectman Michael Prisco…

Published in the January 5, 2017 edition

BY BILL LaFORME

NORTH READING — If you’ve been thinking about making a donation to Christian Community Service this season, it’s not too late. We’re actually fairly close to meeting last year’s fundraising total, and your donations can still help bring us beyond that goal.

The holidays are…

Published in the January 5, 2017 edition

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — The new year is young and the North Reading Transcript is looking for the first baby of the new year to be born to a North Reading family.

The newspaper’s 11th annual First Baby contest is in full swing and the Transcript…

Published in the January 5, 2017 edition

Published in the December 29, 2016 edition

Published in the December 29, 2016 edition

MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — With 2016 soon to be in the rear view mirror, the North Reading Transcript is looking ahead in anticipation of the first baby to be born to a North Reading family in 2017.

While it seems impossible to believe, the newspaper’s First Baby…

Published in the December 29, 2016 edition

By BILL LaFORME

NORTH READING —North Reading’s Christian Community Service organization has been around for nearly four decades – four decades of helping local people in need, all by local people and donations. What an incredible community asset to have.

When you support the CCS, you are helping…

Published in the December 29, 2016 edition

BY BILL LaFORME

January

-On the afternoon of Thursday, January 7, the North Reading Fire Department sent personnel to assist after an explosion at the Dow Chemical facility in North Andover. Five workers were injured in that blast, three of whom suffered injuries serious enough to be sent…