The Reading Council on Aging voted 4-1 to commit up to $12,000 from the Burbank Trust Fund for weekly community lunches and monthly birthday lunches through June 30.
Free, on-demand electric shuttle service begins linking Reading, Wakefield and area hospitals this fall. From our own coverage: Family trust sales highlight September Coolidge Road deal.
This week's Reading obituary roundup includes two notices: Petrocelli, Mary (Donahue), 91, of Reading and Gloucester, who died October 7, 2026, and was predeceased by her husband, Neil Domenic Petrocelli.
Coolidge Road sale tops $2.1 million as September deed records reveal family trust property transfers. From our own coverage: Conservation panel OKs Parker turf field order; Finance Committee takes up sidewalk snow bylaw.
Reading recorded 18 property deeds from Sept. 18 to Oct. 17, but only six carried a sale price as of this report, ranging from $625,000 to $2,150,000 with a median of $750,000 among those six.
Reading School Committee endorses yes vote on November 3 override as warnings of deep cuts mount. From our own coverage: Conservation panel weighs Parker turf field wetlands dispute; Finance Committee weighs sidewalk snow removal bylaw.
The Reading School Committee voted 5-0 to formally endorse a "yes" vote on the town's November 3 operating override.
The Reading Finance Committee voted 7-0 to recommend a townwide sidewalk snow and ice removal bylaw for Subsequent Town Meeting, shifting clearing duties toward property owners after the town was warned of state fines up to $1,000 a day per violation.
Reading's Conservation Commission voted 4-2 to approve replacement of the artificial turf field at Parker Middle School over a commissioner's objection that the project violates wetlands buffer rules.
Reading receives $500,000 state grant to redesign a major roadway corridor through state program. From our own coverage: Trail certificate fight tests conservation panel's budget. Also in today's brief (15 items): Reading wins $500,000 grant for roadway redesign; Trader Joe's opens firs…