One Reading obituary was published this week: Woods, Polly A. (Bamberg), 87, whose notice was posted through Barile Funeral Home via Echovita. No further biographical detail — profession, family, or service arrangements — was available in the source material at press time; readers are d…
Reading recorded 20 property sales between June 19 and July 18, according to deeds filed with the South Middlesex Registry of Deeds. Among the 16 sales with disclosed prices, values ranged from $430,000 to $2,275,000, with a median of $812,000. The month's top sale was 539 Pearl St., wh…
High Street's roadwork closure lifts as state budget delivers a Council on Aging van boost. The town's High Street closure ran July 14-17 for roadwork, while Town Manager Jayne Wellman detailed upcoming trash and recycling changes on the "Reading Between the Lines" podcast. The Fiscal Y…
Reading's Finance Committee voted to recommend two Proposition 2½ override options, $7 million and $9.8 million, to the Select Board.
Reading's Finance Committee sent budget override options to the Select Board this week, according to Reading Patch. Town Manager Jayne Wellman released a new episode of "Reading Between the Lines," the Town Hall and RCTV podcast, focused on the town's ongoing rubbish and recycling chang…
Reading's Select Board debated a $6.5 million override for fiscal 2028 and heard the police chief's retirement announcement.
The Reading Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved two special permits for homeowners to rebuild nonconforming porches and decks deeper into required setbacks.
Reading Library Trustees approved the library as a hygiene-supply donation site in a 5-0 roll call vote.
Reading previewed sweeping changes to trash and recycling collection as the town rolls out a new automated program. Town Manager Jayne Wellman detailed the shift in a new episode of "Reading Between the Lines," Town Hall's podcast made with RCTV. Elsewhere, the East Middlesex Mosquito C…
State Sen. Jason Lewis helped pass a Massachusetts Senate bill to protect healthcare workers from assault. The measure, aimed at hospitals and other healthcare facilities amid a rise in violent incidents against staff, was approved by the Senate, according to Reading Patch, in a story h…