North Reading News

NORTH READING — Come to the “Mother of all Breakfasts” this Saturday at Aldersgate between 8 to 10:30 a.m.

Bring mom to enjoy the special menu item for the month: quiche! This is in addition to the monthly breakfast menu of pancakes, eggs, sausage, bacon, fruit, toast, Boston Baked Beans, cereal, juice, milk and coffee…

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Write–ins may spark interest

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING – The late entry of three write–in candidates may provoke a little more interest in next Tuesday’s annual town election than would otherwise be expected. But voter turnout is still expected to be light, with most of the candidates for office on the May 5 ballot…

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING – Things got a little testy in Room 14 of town hall last Tuesday night when the Community Planning Commission held a public hearing on a citizens’ petition submitted for the June Town Meeting to change the zoning for 16 parcels of land on Pluff Avenue and Fairway Road.

The…

By DAN TOMASELLO

NORTH READING — The School Committee voted 4–0 to appoint Cynthia Conant as the school department’s next Pupil Personnel Services Director on Monday.

Conant’s appointment is contingent on successful contract negotiations. She is scheduled to take over the PPS department on July 1.

The school department has been searching for…

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING — The Selectmen are in the process of scheduling a meeting with representatives of Kinder Morgan, the company planning a natural gas pipeline going through town, in May, possibly on May 18.

North Reading is one of numerous communities affected by Kinder Morgan’s plans for a lateral gas pipeline from…

NORTH READING — School and district administrators have been informed by Gilbane Construction that paving, concrete and stone work will begin in the front of the high school on May 1. The impact of this work will eliminate the formal “front” of the building as an entrance or egress until the completion of the work…

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING – A crowd of over 30 residents from the Peter and Anthony roads neighborhood, along with some from Andover, turned out for…

By DAN TOMASELLO

NORTH READING — After two years in the making, the school department’s long running search for the next Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) director is scheduled to come to an end on Monday, April 27.

The school department has been searching for a permanent PPS director to lead the special education department since…

By DAN TOMASELLO

NORTH READING — The School Committee is scheduled to approve the recommended fiscal year 2016 school budget on Monday, April 27.

The proposed modified level services school budget unveiled by Superintendent of Schools Jon Bernard last month totals $27,886,226, representing a 4.2 percent increase over FY’15’s budget of $26,764,015. While the school…