As America’s birthday celebration falls on Tuesday, July 4, the Transcript will have early deadlines for both editorial and advertising content for the July 6 edition.

All press releases, photographs and editorial content must be emailed to the Transcript by 10 a.m. on Friday, June 30. The only exception to this deadline will be for the submission of obituaries which must arrive by noon on Monday, July 3. Editorial content should be emailed to northreadingnews@wakefielditem.com (please note the new email address).

All advertising requests should be reserved and submitted by Friday, June 30 at 10 a.m. The Advertising Department can be reached via email at ads@wakefielditem.com or by calling 781-245-0080 and requesting to speak to Chris Ellison or Jon Pinkney.

The Transcript appreciates your cooperation with these early deadlines and wishes our readers a fun, safe and happy Independence Day!