North Reading News

Published in the January 14, 2016 edition

By DAN TOMASELLO

NORTH READING — The Turf Field Committee is looking for community members to assist with the group’s fundraising efforts for a new turf field.

The School Committee unanimously approved the creation of the Turf Field Committee last month. The committee will be charged with raising…

Published in the January 14, 2016 edition

Published in the January 7, 2016 edition

By DAN TOMASELLO

NORTH READING — An unexpected debate over the proposed Transgender Protections Bill, HB 1577, took place during the public input portion of the School Committee’s meeting Monday.

A dozen concerned residents appeared at the school board’s meeting to outline their opposition to the Transgender Protections…

Published in the January 7, 2016 edition

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING – The weather has been mild so far this season but as we all recall from last year, there’s still a long 10 weeks of winter ahead of us. Still, it’s not too early to start thinking about spring and specifically, the May…

 Published in the January 7, 2016 edition

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING – With the dawn of every new year, when it’s time for the final accounting of the Transcript’s annual Neighbor Fund appeal, we are amazed and reminded for the extraordinary generosity of the North Reading community in general and of Transcript readers in…

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Published in the December 31, 2015 edition

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING – In the United States today, suicide is the 10th leading cause…

Published in the December 31, 2015 edition

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING – Gilbane Construction, the main contractor on the high school-middle school project, has notified the Secondary Schools Building Committee they are seeking to carry the work on the school’s lower softball field and drainage into 2016 due to the presence of ledge at…

Published in the December 31, 2015 edition

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING – Well done, North Reading.

The holiday mail brought another $4,000 in donations to the Transcript’s Neighbor Helping Neighbor Fund, raising to over $31,000 the amount to be distributed by the North Reading Christian Community Service, the volunteer organization that operates the town’s…

Published in the December 31, 2015 edition

Published in the December 31, 2015 edition

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — With 2015 soon to be in the rearview mirror, the North Reading Transcript is looking ahead in anticipation of the first baby to be born to a North Reading family in 2016.

While it seems impossible to believe, the newspaper’s First Baby…

Published in the December 24, 2015 edition

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING — Although it’s a step they’ve taken before, the Board of Selectmen formally voted Monday night to serve notice to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that the town of North Reading will become and Intervenor in the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline approval…