Last Chance: Deadlines You Need to Know This Week

Welcome to Last Chance, a new feature that will provide a list of upcoming deadlines that you may want to know about.

We’ll feature the latest deadlines to take a class, apply for a scholarship or register to vote.

Here is a list of important dates that Reading and North Reading residents will want to know this week.

Mother's Day

Take a look at the best places to take your mom for Mother's Day brunch.

Scholarship

The Lowell Spinners and the New York-Penn League (NYPL) announced that the league’s philanthropic arm, the New York-Penn League Charitable Foundation, will sponsor a scholarship program allowing area high school seniors to compete for one of three $2,500 grand-prize awards.  

The program is open to any graduating senior from a public or private high school, who has been accepted at any two or four-year college or university, vocational or technical education institution or program. Academic performance, volunteer and extracurricular activities, and the impact the Spinners and Minor League Baseball have had on their lives will be taken into consideration.

There will be a local round and a divisional round. Local applicants will compete against each other to determine one winner who will represent Lowell in the final round. During the divisional round, the Spinners’ representative will compete against the winners from the Connecticut Tigers, Tri-City ValleyCats and Vermont Lake Monsters for the Stedler Division’s $2,500 award. Those who do not win the top scholarship will receive $250.     

Contacting the Spinners at (978) 459-2255 or visit the official website of the New York-Penn League for applications. The deadline is June 22 and finalists will be selected in late July and honored at an August home game.    

Election

The annual election is May 8. Vote at St. Theresa Parish.

Mother's Day

Take a look at the best places to take your mom for Mother's Day brunch.

Scholarship

The Lowell Spinners and the New York-Penn League (NYPL) announced that the league’s philanthropic arm, the New York-Penn League Charitable Foundation, will sponsor a scholarship program allowing area high school seniors to compete for one of three $2,500 grand-prize awards.  

The program is open to any graduating senior from a public or private high school, who has been accepted at any two or four-year college or university, vocational or technical education institution or program. Academic performance, volunteer and extracurricular activities, and the impact the Spinners and Minor League Baseball have had on their lives will be taken into consideration.

There will be a local round and a divisional round. Local applicants will compete against each other to determine one winner who will represent Lowell in the final round. During the divisional round, the Spinners’ representative will compete against the winners from the Connecticut Tigers, Tri-City ValleyCats and Vermont Lake Monsters for the Stedler Division’s $2,500 award. Those who do not win the top scholarship will receive $250.     

Contacting the Spinners at (978) 459-2255 or visit the official website of the New York-Penn League for applications. The deadline is June 22 and finalists will be selected in late July and honored at an August home game.

DPW

The  has started the North Reading townwide spring cleanup:

• Street sweeping has begun starting in the downtown area with anticipated completion before June 15. They will then start at the northeast part of town working south and then west ending at the Martin’s Pond area. Sidewalks on main roads will be swept by the DPW. Residents on streets other than main roads are asked to sweep the sand, etc from the sidewalk and grass strip to the edge of the street for sweeper pickup.

• Townwide roadside trash and debris removal is ongoing year round.

• Town park and cemetery cleanup also ongoing.

• Townwide repairs of minor road defects are ongoing. Road paving will start later in the spring. Private gravel road grading started in March.

• The Compost Site at the DPW Complex, 166 Chestnut Street will be open daily starting April 1.  Residents can take household quantities of compost and drop off grass clippings and leaves. No branches are accepted. No contractors. Normal hours are Saturday from 8AM-4 PM but residents can call the DPW at 978-664-6071 for approval for site access during the workweek. 

• The town’s Special Waste Collection (oil, batteries, propane tanks, etc) will be in June and the Household Hazardous Waste Day will be held after Labor Day. We will publish the dates when they are confirmed.

Please call or visit the DPW in Town Hall, 235 North Street at 978-664-6060 if you have questions.