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Off to Broadway!

AS ONE OF NINE finalists out of a national pool of 200 high school a cappella groups, NOTEorious will represent North Reading in the prestigious ICHSA/Varsity Vocals competition in late April. To help NOTEorious get to NYC, the Music Boosters, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is hosting an online fundraiser to offset travel costs and accommodations for

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FY26 budget won’t be finalized until late April 

By NEIL ZOLOT

NORTH READING — State Sen. Bruce Tarr and State Rep. Bradley Jones gave the School Committee a report about funding in the Fiscal Year 2026 state budget and future years that was optimistic in some ways and pessimistic in others, at the their meeting Monday, March 24.

Hopefully, North Reading will receive…

 

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North Reading Robotics’ teams finish 2024-25 season on a high note

THE YOUNGEST of four new FLL Explore teams for students in grades K-3 launched this year by North Reading Robotics is Ocean Lego #31800 comprised of (l-r): Attie Potter, Sean Lynch and Pat Lynch. (Courtesy Photo)

 

NORTH READING — The North Reading Robotics organization finished the 2024-25 competition season boasting qualifier wins and multiple…

 

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Building unlikely connections: The power of restorative circles

A GROUP OF Middle School students have participated in a new initiative with a group of senior citizens at the Senior Center this year called a Restoration Circle that serves to the bridge generational divide. Back row, from left: Melissa Solimine, Hailey Ye, Maria Serra, Carol Shiner, Paula Lucas, Caitlin Cahill, Kathy Sumner, Lisa Ditrapano,

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Garden Club’s Silver Tea fundraiser April 9 open to all

NORTH READING — The North Reading Garden Club announces the return of its annual Silver Tea, “A Floral Journey from East to West” on Wednesday, April 9 at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) at the Moose Lodge,140 North St.

The featured presenter is Thelma Shoneman,  a wonderful floral designer who will have guests…

 

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District Art Show April 4-17

NORTH READING — The North Reading K-12 District Art Show will be held Friday, April 4 through Thursday, April 17. It features the best artwork produced by students of all ages throughout the district this school year.

The art show will be featured on Main Street at North Reading Middle/High School and features an Artists’ Reception…

 

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Big weekend ahead for NRHS Performing Arts Dept.

Published March 27, 2025

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — The Masquers travel to Boston tonight to compete in the State Finals of the Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild’s One-Act Drama Festival.

“Cyrano de Bergerac” has already won multiple awards for the thespians and the crew in both the preliminary and semifinal rounds. The Masquers are…

 

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Audience moved by Holocaust survivor’s life story 

HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR Helga Melmed, 97, kept an audience of more than 850 people transfixed by her recollections of growing up in Berlin before and during WWII, witnessing Kristallnacht, losing her parents, and surviving both Auschwitz and the death march to Bergen-Belsen prior to liberation by the Allies in 1945. (Neil Zolot Photo)

 


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Little School principal search panels April 1 and 2

NORTH READING — The search process for the next principal of the E. Ethel Little School is progressing. 

In the next step in the process, the school district will be holding panels with the three finalists, who will be announced in the coming week.

These panels will be held on Tuesday, April 1 from…

 

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Best wishes!

SANDY QUINLAN was the guest of honor recently at her retirement party, which was held at the fire station. She worked for the town from 2007 to 2025, starting at the Town Hall before becoming the administrative assistant to the Fire Chief in 2016. At right is Fire Chief Don Stats. (Courtesy Photo)

 

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Car crashes into UPS Store on Main Street

THE DRIVER of this 2018 Toyota Rav 4 drove through the facade of the UPS Store at 25 Main St. last Friday morning. No injuries were reported. (NRPD Courtesy Photo)

 

 

NORTH READING — Police Chief Mark Zimmerman and Fire Chief Don Stats report that the North Reading Police and Fire Departments responded Friday…

 

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