Mask Mandates, Updated Schedules, and Remote Learning Information
A Look into the Updated Plan for School Reopenings in Reading Reading, MA – On August 14, Superintendent Doherty...
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Outside the Box Mural Project Debuts Downtown
Reading, MA – Birds mid-flight. A collection of diverse faces. An oncoming train, whistling past an old blacksmith shop....
Reading’s Boys #7: June-July 1944, Part 2
Sherwood Emory Collins Jr. (June-July 1944) On February 3, 1941, Sherwood Collins Jr. got the call: the 29th Infantry...
Reading’s Boys #7: June-July 1944, Part 1
Introduction Seventy-five plus years on, on West Street, as the clock turns from 11:59 PM on June 5 to...
Select Board Tackles Downtown Parking
Reading, MA — Downtown parking issues were a primary point of concern for the Select Board on August 11....
Reading’s Boys Special Edition #1: James Francis Arsenault is Captured
In my last article, I discussed the two months leading up to the invasion of Normandy, but before we...
CPDC Approves South Main Street Development
Reading, MA — The site plan for proposed condominium development at 259-267 Main Street was approved by the Community...
Board of Health Statement Regarding Mail-in voting for 2020 Elections
Board of Health urges residents to vote by mail for 2020 elections as means to minimize the potential spread...
Reading’s Boys #6: April-May 1944
Willard Fielding Perkins (April-May 1944) After Willard’s participation in Operation Leader off the coast of Norway aboard the aircraft...
RPS to Begin the Year with Hybrid Model
Reading, MA — The School Committee voted 6-0 to approve Superintendent John Doherty’s proposal for reopening schools at its...