North Reading News

Published in the April 7, 2016 edition

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING — Town Administrator Michael Gilleberto has announced the appointment of Robert Moylan as acting director of the North Reading Department of Public Works, effective Monday, April 4.

Gilleberto said Moylan’s appointment is for a 90 day period. Meanwhile, the investigations into the DPW…

Published in the April 7, 2016 edition

By DAN TOMASELLO

NORTH READING — The School Committee and 26 members of the public who attended the public hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2017 school budget agreed the proposed fee hikes for next year are the result of a lack of state aid.

Superintendent of Schools…

Published in the April 7, 2016 edition

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING – For the Fiscal 2017 budget year that begins July 1, Town Administrator Michael Gilleberto is requesting funds to restructure the town’s Human Resources Office with the creation of a full-time Human Resources Director position and a 30 hour position of a benefits…

Published in the April 7, 2016 edition

Published in the March 31, 2016 edition

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING — The administrative and criminal investigations into the town’s Department of Public Works are both continuing and there have been no changes in anyone’s status, Town Administrator Michel Gilleberto said Monday. One  DPW employee remains on administrative leave pending the outcome of the…

Published in the March 31, 2016 edition

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING – The presence of lead in water main delivery pipes is much in the news these days, after the troubling news from Flint, Mich. of high lead levels in drinking water supplies as well as some communities in New Jersey have elevated the…

Published in the March 31, 2016 edition

By DAN TOMASELLO

NORTH READING — The School Committee voted unanimously to pilot a hybrid kindergarten program at the Little School for the 2016-2017 school year last week.

Superintendent of Schools Jon Bernard proposed piloting the hybrid kindergarten program at the Little School next year after a group…

Published in the March 31, 2016 edition

Published in the March 24, 2016 edition

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING — The first full day of spring brought about five inches of snow and a challenge for North Reading’s Department of Public Works, currently short–handed following the resignations of nine employees in the last two weeks as a result of investigations into alleged opioid…

Published in the March 24, 2016 edition

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING – About 30 people attended last week’s informational hearing on the town’s plans to secure its water supply future starting in 2019 and for the foreseeable future.

As the Transcript has previously reported, including at last October Town Meeting, the town is eyeing…

Published in the March 24, 2016 edition

By DAN TOMASELLO

NORTH READING — Staring at an initial school budget proposal of $29 million that School Committee member Mel Webster recently called “a fantasy,” the School Committee has chopped the fiscal year 2017 budget request by $543,183.

Superintendent of Schools Jon Bernard recently requested a preliminary FY’17…

Published in the March 24, 2016 edition