North Reading News

Fire tore through the attic of a Fossen Way house collapsing a portion of the roof during yesterday afternoon's thunder and lightning storm.

For the fourth year in a row, American Thunder will provide the art in the sky for Fourth of July.

A four-run sixth inning by the host Mountaineers broke open a tight two-run game as Vermont rolled to 9-2 win over the Lowell All-Americans in last night's New England Collegiate Baseball League game in Montpelier.

A town-owned site in Middleton could play a role in meeting the region's electrical needs.

In the artistic heart of Haverhill, about a block from where they first entered the public's eye, members of the local theater group Spotlight Playhouse have been readying for their second public performance.

Crowe Paradis Services Corp. will relocated its Massachusetts offices from Danvers to North Reading following a lease deal for 41,200 square feet at 400 Riverpark Drive.

Momentum is building on Beacon Hill to do away with Evacuation Day and Bunker Hill Day, two little-known holidays for state employees celebrated only in Suffolk County, including the Statehouse.

Gov. Deval Patrick , House Speaker Robert DeLeo, and Senate President Therese Murray said they'd be clocking in on Bunker Hill Day, an event celebrated only in Suffolk County.

The Boston College math and music major said she claimed her place in line at 11:30 p.m. Thursday.

The show will go on. The annual Kingston Days celebration wouldn't be the same without a fireworks display, so Garry Deblasis and Warren Pearce got a little fired up when they heard that Kingston voters had rejected $5,000 to pay for this year's show.

It's a bitter splash of cold water on a tradition that dates at least as far back as the first anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 1777, when wartime Philadelphia celebrated with Roman candles.

Experienced paddlers and some people who have never paddled a canoe or kayak will row down the Merrimack River Saturday in the 31st Annual Lou Marcel Memorial Canoe Race to benefit Special Olympics of Massachusetts.

Superintendent David Troughton last night advised the class of 2009 to "paddle as a team, watch those rapids and enjoy the ride" through the river of life.

The corruption indictment of former House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi contains what critics are calling an unflattering behind-the-scenes look at Governor Deval Patrick's administration, depicting its officials as bowing to political pressure to award a $13 million computer software contract that was allegedly rigged.

Former House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi allegedly received secret payments totaling $57,000 and could face up to 145 years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to illegally secure multimillion-dollar state contracts for a computer software company, according to a federal grand jury fraud indictment.

Ita s a place many parents feel is a safe place to send their children, the local YMCA So when a local coach and YMCA employee was recently arrested for child rape and a slew of other charges, many were left asking, how could this happen? James Conner, 51, was arrested North Reading home on Feb.

Click here to read a legal order related to the case. Click here to read an investigation related to the case.

TRIBUTE TO WOMEN, the YWCA of Greater Lawrence hosts its annual event from noon to 2 p.m. at the Andover Country Club.

Town Meeting voters flocked in record numbers Tuesday but left most of the warrant unfinished.

These days, being poor is like winning the lottery. That's what welfare is. But to what end? Why is that in this current economic crisis, Governor Deval Patrick still wants to give welfare recipients free cars? Gov.