North Reading News

READING — In celebration of National Public Power Week Oct. 6-10, the Reading Municipal Light Department (RMLD) is holding its annual Open House today, Thursday, Oct. 9, from 3 to 6 p.m. at the RMLD Garage, 218 Ash St., Reading.

All ages are invited to this free, family-friendly event which includes face painting, balloon art, a…

NORTH READING — Earlier this year, Andover resident Bob Frishman generously donated his services to restore the Flint Memorial Library’s antique Caleb Wheaton longcase clock, now ticking and striking the hours on the building’s second floor.

The public is invited to join Frishman for an illustrated presentation about the clock and his work on it…

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — Proof that time is fleeting: one minute you’re basking in a lounge chair on a sunny deck in the back yard and in the blink of an eye you’re sitting in an uncomfortable plastic chair in the high school gym rubbing elbows with several hundred neighbors.
Is it time…

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By NEIL ZOLOT

NORTH READING — School Committee members are taking a wait-and-see attitude on the Nicotine-Free Generation proposal before the town’s board of Board of Health and the state Senate bill 1568/House bill 2562, An Act to Create a Tobacco Free Generation  now before the legislature.

Both initiatives are moving forward independent of…