One Reading obituary was published this week: Guay, Nancy Hanley, 90, whose arrangements are under the care of Boston Cremation. Full details are available via Echovita's Reading, Massachusetts obituary listings.
Twenty properties changed hands in Reading between June 26 and July 25, according to South Middlesex Registry of Deeds records. Thirteen sales disclosed a price, ranging from $510,000 to $2,275,000, with a median of $710,000. The period's top sale was 539 Pearl Street, which sold for $2…
Reading is rolling out the free Let Grow Summer Independence Challenge for kids this summer, town officials announced this week. The East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project is also running truck-mounted spraying across town to control mosquito populations, and Town Hall is asking reside…
The Reading School Committee voted 5-0 to ask the Select Board to add a $5 million override option to the November ballot.
Reading Square braces for a planned two-day power outage set for July 27-28, even as a separate road resurfacing project begins Thursday, bringing delays and detours across town, according to the town's official alerts and a Patch report. Five town boards, including the Select Board and…
The Reading Select Board postponed a vote on a Proposition 2½ override ballot question, splitting over whether to offer one figure or a tiered menu.
Reading's Conservation Commission voted unanimously to order a stop-work and enforcement action at 10 Brentwood over unpermitted wetland-buffer clearing.
Progress continues at Reading's Center for Active Living project as Town Hall issued a fresh construction update this week. The Massachusetts Senate passed a bill meant to protect hospital workers after a rise in violent incidents at health facilities, action State Sen. Jason Lewis anno…
Reading Town Hall unveiled a shift to automated trash and recycling collection, explained by Town Manager Jayne Wellman in a podcast episode. Mosquito-control crews returned to town July 21, and Reading Patch reported that state Sen. Jason Lewis touted new Senate-passed legislation prot…
Reading Youth Lacrosse has registration open for its 2026 Summer Sixes program, running through July 30 at Reading Memorial High School. Sessions meet two nights a week (Monday, Tuesday and/or Wednesday) and combine 30 minutes of skills and drills with a 30-minute Sixes-style 5-on-5 gam…