North Reading News

BY BILL LaFORME

Published in the December 22, 2016 edition

NORTH READING – Selectmen will begin the new year by taking a look at the handful of proposals that have been received for redevelopment of the 34+ acre Berry Property on Lowell Road.

At Monday night’s meeting, Selectman Michael Prisco reported to fellow board members…

Published in the December 22, 2016 edition

By BILL LaFORME

NORTH READING — Selectmen narrowly voted Monday night to allow a North Reading businessman three more months to find a buyer for the beer and wine license he has been holding since the former Tedeschi’s convenience store closed.

Chris Pendleton, who has been seeking either…

Published in the December 22, 2016 edition

By DAN TOMASELLO

NORTH READING — The school department has made a decision not to extend recess time for elementary students, Superintendent of Schools Jon Bernard informed the School Committee last week.

Sandra Road resident Tracy Conlon, a mother of two children currently attending the Batchelder School, appeared…

Published in the December 22, 2016 edition

Published in the December 15, 2016 edition

By DAN TOMASELLO

NORTH READING — The school department is going to award $11,250 in stipends to eight school administrators for “special projects” undertaken, but the practice looks to be coming to an end.

Superintendent of School Jon Bernard recently proposed awarding the stipends to school administrators for working…

Published in the December 15, 2016 edition

By BILL LaFORME

NORTH READING — The effort to resolve the status of a liquor license  held by the former Tedeschi’s Food Market on North Street will continue Monday night when the Board of Selectmen holds a show cause hearing that could set the stage for the license reverting…

Published in the December 15, 2016 edition

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING — More than any other time of year, the holiday season evokes memories of Christmases past and lost loved ones who have departed throughout the years. One of the most touching aspects of compiling the annual list of donations to the Transcript’s annual Neighbor…

Published in the December 15, 2016 edition

Published in the December 8, 2016 edition

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING – The planned repairs to the drainage system of the new high school and middle school were not able to be completed on schedule and will have to be continued in April, members of the Secondary Schools Building Committee learned last week.

Gilbane…

Published in the December 8, 2016 edition

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING  — People sometimes wonder how their donations to the Neighbor Helping Neighbor Fund (which go directly to the Christian Community Service) are used to help our neighbors here in town who are experiencing difficult times. This is an actual story of a mother’s…

Published in the December 8, 2016 edition

 By BILL LaFORME

NORTH READING  –  Bishop Mark O’Connell has had a busy 2016, having become pastor at St. Theresa Parish in North Reading while also being elevated to the rank of bishop and serving as a judicial vicar in canon law for the Archdiocese of Boston…

Published in the December 8, 2016 edition