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TRADITIONAL IRISH STEP dancers from the McGonagle School of Irish Dance in Wakefield wowed the crowd at the Horseshoe on St. Patrick’s Day. (Maureen Doherty Photo)

NOTEORIOUS is a Top 10 finalist in the ICHSA and heads to NYC to compete in the finals for a shot at the international championship title. Group members are (front row, l-r): Vinny Costantino, Colin Chin, Lucy Wagner, JJ Pruisken, Katie Leach; second row, l-r): Mason Murray, Piper Kirwin, Sophie Donavan, Dylan Mills, Fahd Benhafoune…

TWO THUMBS UP for Girl Scoaut Troop 70415, represented by Connie Taylor (left) and Vivianne Dearborn, for donating one dozen boxes of cookies to the Friends of the Library Raffle. (Courtesy Photo)

NORTH READING — The Friends of the Flint Memorial Library is sponsoring a raffle for a basket of a dozen varieties of…

RORY TOSI sports a happy grin while making a perfect snow angel. (Nikki Tosi Photo)

THE FINAL RESTING PLACE of George Frederick Root in his family plot at Harmony Vale Cemetery was still and peaceful after the last snowfall. Root’s upbringing on a North Reading farm influenced his prolific musical career which included “The Haymakers,” the first secular American cantata, and more than 30 Civil War songs. His obelisk tombstone…

AFTER SETTING a new world record with the highest score ever attained at the ICHSA quarterfinals of 452 out of 465 points, the NRHS a cappella group, NOTEorious, advances to the semifinals on Saturday, March 12 at Mechanics Hall in Worcester at 3 p.m. (nrmusic.weebly.com/noteorious). NOTEorious members are: (front row, l-r) JJ Pruisken…

JACKSON FARM, a classic New England clapboard farmhouse and shingled barn with cupola – framed by towering pines more than twice its height and covered in snow under a bright blue sky – stands proudly on Haverhill Street, greeting visitors and residents alike at the town line with Reading. (Maureen Doherty Photo)

THE DF1 – Diaper Formula 1 Drive – sponsored by the Masons February 26, was quite a success. Organized by Mason Rich Legier (at left), the diapers and infant formula collected by the North Reading Lodge as well as lodges in Lynnfield, Reading and Winchester, will assist families served by the state Department of Children…