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By EVA HANEGRAAFF

NORTH READING — The environment remains a pressing concern in the world today. While everyone knows about the worsening condition of the world around them, it is difficult to know what one individual can do to help. 

North Reading High School’s Eco Team seems to have a solution that could both…

By SUCHETA SRIKANTH

NORTH READING — “What I aspire to be is unrealistic, out of touch, at least that’s what people say,” North Reading High School senior Mike Del Vecchio admits. “But, by releasing…

By EVA HANEGRAAFF

NORTH READING — As the seasons change, so does North Reading High School’s drama club, Masquers, transitioning from their fall musical to their winter one-act play.  This year, for a little under a month, starting only Feb. 3, Masquers has been working on their winter show, “Cyrano de Bergerac,” a story of…

NORTH READING — The popular Lobster Bisque Lenten Luncheons at the Union Congregational Church, 148 Haverhill Street, will return this year with the first one scheduled for Friday, March 7.  The luncheon, which includes the pastor’s homemade lobster bisque, breads, beverages and desserts, are held in the church’s Fellowship Hall from noon to 1…

NORTH READING — Applications are being accepted for the 2024 Penney Richards Memorial Scholarships. 

The memorial fund was established by David and Penny Richards of North Reading in memory of their daughter, Penney, a 2001 graduate of North Reading High School. She was killed in a motorcycle crash in November 2009 at…

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — Candidates who wish to run for elective office in the town’s annual election on Tuesday, May 6 have until Tuesday, March 18 at 5 p.m. to return their nomination papers to the Town Clerk’s Office.

At least 50 certified town-wide signatures are required (per MGL c53, §7). Town Clerk…

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — In honor of the 100th birthday of Mary Trullo, a 64-year resident of North Reading, the Select Board voted to proclaim January 19, 2025 as “Mary Trullo Day.”

Mary was initially recognized as the town’s oldest citizen during the annual Senior Citizen Thanksgiving Dinner held…

BOSTON – The North Reading Fire Department has been awarded a $19,000 state Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant through the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security’s Department of Fire Services.

House Minority Leader Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (R-North Reading) and Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester) congratulated North Reading Fire Chief Donald W. Stats, Jr…