North Reading News

NORTH READING — Residents are reminded that because of the annual North Reading Turkey Trot 5K road race on Thanksgiving morning, with up to 1,500 runners rumbling through town, there will be travel restrictions in the town center.

Drivers should be prepared to stop between 8 and 9 a.m. particularly on Park Street (the Route…

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING – The Flint Memorial Library welcomed two new additions on a dual special occasion on Saturday, with a reception for new…

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING – A planned open house for citizens to learn more about the controversial Kinder Morgan natural gas pipeline and its route through town was postponed last week but town officials remain hopeful it will be rescheduled for a later date. In the meantime, North Reading continues to play an active…

By DAN TOMASELLO

NORTH READING — School officials have engaged in discussions about free offering full–day kindergarten in the school system with local parents, but there is no simple solution to the problem.

A group of parents met with the School Committee last month to express their concerns about the cost and availability of seats…

NORTH READING – There was a mistake in this week’s Transcript story about recycling saving the town $33,000.

The DPW’s annual curbside collection of yard waste will be held on Saturdays, Nov. 22 and Dec. 6.

Residents should put their yard waste in tall paper bags by 6:30 a.m. No plastic bags will be accepted…

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING — Balmy temperatures, gentle winds and sunny skies greeted a crowd of about 200 residents, from the very old to the very young, who came to the center of town…

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING – Following up on long-expressed concerns about the safety, particularly in the winter, of the pedestrian sidewalk along the access road leading to the new high school, the Secondary Schools Building Committee last week authorized the expenditure of up to $44,000 to install guard rail with wood posts along the…

NOTICE
Please be advised that the Tennessee Gas Pipeline open house scheduled for 
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at North Reading High School has been postponed.  
No new date has been provided to the Town as of this time.

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING — With control of the Governor’s office, the Sixth District Congressional seat…