North Reading News

NORTH READING — Learn to paint like Rufus Porter, the famous 19th century New England folk artist, in the same ballroom where he painted almost 200…

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

LEXINGTON – Thousands of people descended upon the Lexington Green in the predawn hours on Saturday, April 19 to witness the historic battle between the Lexington Minutemen and British regulars that sparked the American Revolution precisely 250…

NORTH READING — All voters are welcome to attend tonight’s “meet the candidates” event at the North Reading Town Hall gym hosted by the North Reading Democratic Town Committee from 7-9 p.m.

It is the first of two opportunities to meet the candidates in the annual Town Election. All candidates have been invited to attend…

NORTH READING — North Reading clergy welcome all the faithful to attend a brief Easter Sunrise Service to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus at sunrise (6 a.m.) on Easter Sunday, April 20, at the top of the hill on the Town Common.

Bishop Aaron Udy from the Lynnfield Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ…

NORTH READING — Superintendent of Schools Patrick C. Daly, Ed.D., announced on Tuesday that Julie Sciamanna has accepted the School Department’s offer to become the next principal of the E. Ethel Little Elementary School.

She will succeed the school’s current principal, Christine Molle, who is retiring at the end of June. Sciamanna and Molle will…

NORTH READING – The 2025 Memorial Day parade, organized by the North Reading Company of Minit and Militia, will step off from the town common at 11:15 a.m., on Monday, May 26, as the town marks observances to honor their war dead.

All units planning to march in the parade must notify the organizers and…

NORTH READING — The North Reading Community Impact Team is launching its first in-town recovery support group. Unlike many group models, this model welcomes both those in recovery as well as the families and loved ones of those affected by addiction in one space.

Drug-Free Communities Grant Director Amy Luckiewicz explained, “Our aim is to…

NORTH READING — The East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project will be conducting a helicopter application of the biological larvicide, Bti (Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis), to control mosquito larvae.

Wetlands currently being evaluated for this application in North Reading are located at or near Batchelder Ave., Chestnut St., Crestwood Rd., Elma Rd., Equestrian Dr., Lakeside Blvd…

For the past 68 years, the North Reading Transcript has offered candidates running for municipal office the chance to tell our readers about themselves. It will be no different in 2025. So now that the Town Election season is in full swing leading up to Election Day on Tuesday, May 6, we would like to…