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A new sushi restaurant's Massachusetts debut and a retail chain's expansion plans topped Reading business news this weekend. The eatery celebrated its opening with free matcha, caviar samples and a 20 percent app discount, per Reading Patch, while a retailer with more than 80 locations …

Reading's trash and recycling rules are changing, according to a new Town Hall podcast episode released this week. Town Manager Jayne Wellman used the latest installment of her "Reading Between the Lines" podcast, produced with RCTV, to flag adjustments coming to the town's rubbish and …

Reading voters will decide a fiscal 2028 Proposition 2½ override question on the Nov. 3 ballot, town officials announced this week. The town's new FY28 Override Hub lays out the question ahead of the vote, covering a budget year that begins July 1, 2027, though officials have not yet pu…

Patch reported fraud charges against a Merrimack Valley lawmaker this week as Reading's Town Hall renewed its call for resident photos. State Rep. Francisco Paulino is accused of falsely obtaining unemployment funds and SBLI loans, according to Patch's report headlined "Merrimack Valley…

A new Massachusetts law guards libraries against political book bans, with Reading's own Sen. Jason Lewis touting his role. Town Hall's News Flash confirmed the East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project will keep running truck-mounted spraying through the end of summer, per an alert poste…