North Reading News

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING — Kay’s Baptism…

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING — The town budget season is slowly coming into focus, with hearings on the individual department budgets scheduled to begin Saturday, Feb. 28.

Last week, the Selectmen got an update on the process and a clarification of how things will unfold between now and final adoption of a town spending…

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING — School Committee members heard an upbeat assessment of the state of the school lunch program, which has rebounded in terms of student participation and meals served in the past couple of years.

Anna McGovern and Chris Callahan from Chartwells, the food service company serving North Reading, said the school…

In addition to the record snowfall we have received in North Reading, the unusually cold weather is causing problems with water services feeding homes and businesses.  The depth of the frost in some areas is reaching over four feet, and is extending down to the depth of the water service supplying homes and businesses.

When…

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING — The second Blizzard of 2015 – heck, it was the second…

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING — Joe Foti won’t be seeking a second term on the Board of Selectmen.

Foti, whose term ends in two months, sent word that he won’t be a candidate for re–election the town’s May 5 annual town election. The announcement was made by Selectmen Chairman Robert Mauceri at the Jan…

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING – School Committee members expressed regret over the recent resignation of member Karen Errichetti, who stepped down from the school board effective Feb. 15 after nearly six full years.

At the same time, the unanimous consensus of the remaining four committee members was not in favor of appointing a temporary…

NORTH READING — The Fire Department has the following safety tips for local residents to safely get through this month’s record–breaking snow storms:

1. Clear gas meters, air intakes and air exhausts of accumulated ice and snow.

2. Clear a three foot radius around hydrants near your home.

3. There is a serious danger of…

NORTH READING — The unprecedented weather events have caused some unusual events to occur in town. Ice has been freezing air intakes, gas meters, and vents. In addition falling ice has come down and severed gas lines causing immediate major gas leaks. Frozen gas meters have caused heating systems to not run properly and gas…

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING – Father Thomas Gillespie, pastor of St. Theresa’s Church, was put on administrative leave Sunday by the Archdiocese of Boston after the archdiocese received an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor.

The allegation concerns conduct alleged to have occurred in the late 1970’s and was recently reported to the…