Government

Baker-Polito Administration Files New Housing Legislation to Increase Housing Production in Massachusetts

Legislation will enable communities to pursue sustainable housing development and support the administration’s goal to produce 135,000 new housing...

House Approves $8M in Funding for Rape Kit Testing

The House of Representatives has approved $8 million for the State Police Crime Laboratory to help pay for the...

House Passes $135 Million Supplemental Budget

Heating Assistance, Homeless Shelters Among Key Initiatives Funded Representative Richard Haggerty D-Woburn joined his colleagues in the Massachusetts House...

Select Board Eyes Parking and Traffic Changes

Deputy Police Chief David Clark, representing the Parking Traffic Transportation Task Force, shared several proposed changes to the town’s...

Select Board Closes Town Meeting Warrant

The Select Board, by a vote of 5-0, closed the warrant for April Town Meeting at its meeting on...

Coram Appointed to School Committee

Four-time budget parent Geoffrey Coram was appointed by a joint session of the Select Board and School Committee to...

Reading Police Arrest Man on Firearms Charges Following Shooting Incident

Reading, MA — Deputy Chief David Clark reports that the Reading Police Department arrested a man early Wednesday morning...

CPDC Reviews Plans for New Subdivision

Andrew Street, Civil Design Consultant for Infrastructure Holdings LLC, presented plans for a six-lot subdivision off of Howard Street...

Doherty Updates Kindergarten Placement Plans

Superintendent of Schools John Doherty presented his revised 2019-2020 school year kindergarten plan to the School Committee at its...

Rep. Haggerty Welcomes Local Veterans’ Service Officer to Annual Legislative Luncheon

Representative Richard M. Haggerty (D-Woburn) recently welcomed Reading Veterans’ Services Officer Kevin Bohmiller to the State House for the...