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Beacon Hill Roll Call: Volume 49 No. 14, April 1-5
THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ votes on roll calls from the week of April 1-5, during which the House met for a total of six hours and 10 minutes and the Senate met for a total of 42 minutes. There were no roll calls in the...
Latest School Dept. FY25 budget proposal 8.1% higher
By NEIL ZOLOT NORTH READING — The School Department presented a modified budget to the School Committee for Fiscal Year 2025 of $40,333,446, which is 8.1% higher than the current FY24 allocation of $37,319,595 at its annual school budget public hearing Monday, April...
NRHS junior wins National H.S. Data Science Competition
NORTH READING — Sucheta Srikanth, a junior at North Reading High School, has won first place in the 2024 National Data Science Competition. The competition challenge was to create an Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) model to analyze a dataset to...
Time change for Candidates Night April 30
NORTH READING — The candidates are: Town Moderator (one-year term): John Murphy; Housing Authority (five-year term): James DeCola (incumbent); School Committee (two three-year terms): Richard McGowan (incumbent), Jennifer Leenders (challenger) and Timothy Sutherland...
Sports
UPDATE: Girls’ outdoor track opens season 2-0 with wins over Triton and Essex Tech
After press time: North Reading defeats Triton 107-38 (April 10) NORTH READING — The NRHS girls’ track and field team opened up their outdoor season on April 1 at home against Essex Tech with a solid victory, 104.5-40.5. It was a great start for...
Ostrowsky walk-off sends Hornet softball to 2-0
By STEPHEN MARTELLUCCI NORTH READING — On Monday afternoon, the North Reading High softball team hosted Cape Ann League newcomer, Essex Tech, for its league opener. The Hornets were able to pull out an exciting 3-2 win over the Hawks. Jocelyn Ostrowsky was the...
Girls’ tennis opens season with wins over Pentucket and Triton
By STEPHEN MARTELLUCCI WEST NEWBURY — The North Reading High girls’ tennis team won its first two matches of the 2024 campaign on Monday and Tuesday afternoon. On Tuesday, the Hornets won at Pentucket, 4-1, up in West Newbury. At first singles, Althea Badley won 6-0,...
Wins over Malden, Pentucket send netmen to 3-0
By STEPHEN MARTELLUCCI NORTH READING — The North Reading high boys’ tennis team improved to 3-0 on Tuesday afternoon as they edged guest Malden, 3-2, in a non-league match. "That was a good win for us," stated Hornets head coach Mark Bisognano. "Malden is always a...
Obituaries
Robert J. Heselton, 54
The life of the party who loved Boston sports and the Special Olympics READING — Robert J. Heselton, 54, of Reading and formerly of North Reading, died on Monday, April 1, 2024 at Bear Mountain at Reading, after a lengthy illness. Born in Melrose on March 18, 1970, he...
Aldeane R. Bennett, 81
Family was her number one love NORTH READING — Aldeane Reed Bennett, 81, (Aldeane Eleanor Reed), born in New London, Conn., on April 15, 1942 and married to Alan Bruce Bennett for 62 years, passed away peacefully surrounded by family at High Pointe Hospice House in...
Paul R. Yahnian, 71
U.S. Air Force veteran who enjoyed bocce, the beach and cooking OKEECHOBEE, Florida — Paul Robert Yahnian, 71, died on March 18, 2024. He was born on January 14, 1953 in Boston. He proudly served our country in the United States Air Force. He was a resident of...