North Reading News

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — As an official Purple Heart Community, North Reading will commemorate national Purple Heart Day on Thursday, August 7.

On that day, townspeople will see the town’s Purple Heart flag being flown on the Town Common flag pole beneath the Stars and Stripes and the bandstand on the Town Common…

NORTH READING — The North Reading Police Department recently received…

NORTH READING — The School Department finished FY25 with a surplus of $862.89, representing the difference between the budget of $39,171,090 and an expenditure of $39,490,019.

Additionally, $31,088 remains “committed” but unspent.

“We experienced a smooth and successful close out of Fiscal Year 2025,” wrote Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations Michael Connelly in his…

NORTH READING — A special invitation is being extended to the town’s veterans to attend Veterans Movie Night tonight, Thursday, July 31, from 5-8 p.m. at the Edith O’Leary Senior Center, 157 Park St.

The movie featured is “To Hell and Back” starring Audie Murphy (1955).

During the event, the town’s outgoing Director of Veteran…

BOSTON — The town’s ongoing rehabilitation of the 112-year-old Park Street bridge is the beneficiary of a $500,000 state grant.

House Minority Leader Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (R-North Reading), Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester) and North Reading Town Administrator Michael P. Gilleberto announced this week that North Reading was awarded the $500,000 grant through…