Reading is set to get a free, on-demand electric shuttle connecting residents to Wakefield and area hospitals. The Link, an all-electric regional microtransit service, will offer door-to-door rides within Reading and Wakefield plus trips to Winchester Hospital and the Lahey Clinic in Bu…
Reading Center for Active Living site shows fresh construction progress as the town's capital-project pages update this week. Town Manager Jayne Wellman's office flagged the movement at the ReCAL site without detailing specific milestones, while the town continues summer mosquito sprayi…
Reading recorded 17 property transfers between July 31 and Aug. 29, but only five carried a recorded sale price, ranging from $895,000 to $1,510,000 with a median of $950,000. The month's top recorded sale was 84 King St. at $1,510,000, sold by Jeffery R. Putz and Tracey L. Mara to Gregory Mason.
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…
Reading's future senior and community center is taking shape this week as Town Hall touts new progress at the ReCAL site. The project aims to expand services for older residents, and Town Manager Jayne Wellman's office continues posting updates on its progress alongside routine town bus…
Reading recorded 19 property transfers between July 24 and Aug. 22, according to South Middlesex Registry of Deeds filings. Eleven sales had a price recorded, ranging from $625,000 to $1,495,000, with a median of $950,000. The month's top sale was 409 Haverhill St. at $1,495,000, followed closely by
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