The Town of Reading announced a new episode of its podcast, Reading Between the Lines, featuring Town Manager Jayne Wellman with Deputy Chief Christine Amendola and Officer DaLonn Pearson discussing community policing.
Reading's October update on the Killam Elementary School project details ongoing excavation, soil removal and temporary drainage work, with environmental monitoring continuing as crews prepare the building footprint.
Reading's Conservation Commission continued a hearing on removing 21 trees at 589 Pearl Street, pushing for more canopy and fewer shrubs.
The Reading Select Board voted 4-0 to send a letter challenging an MWRA sewer overflow plan that could raise the town's cost to $68.4 million.
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.
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's Board of Health moved toward a full ban on kratom sales and tighter tobacco penalties.
Reading's Finance Committee postponed its free cash and capital spending vote until November 5, a day after voters decide a town override. Chief Financial Officer Sharon Angstrom reported an estimated $14.52 million in free cash and a $9.75 million structural deficit projected for fiscal 2028.
Reading's Select Board tabled a $600,000 Driscoll Field lighting project to spring Town Meeting, citing budget strain ahead of a $6.5 million override vote.
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