BURLINGTON - A proposal to construct a three-story addition to an existing office building at 155 Middlesex Turnpike is before the Planning Board as a site plan application.
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READING - Town Meeting recently sanctioned an $141.33 million budget for fiscal year 2025 which maintains the status quo at Town Hall, further… Read moreTown Meeting endorses $141.33M budget in overwhelming fashion
Petition to support naming Winchester Center Commuter Rail Station after former governor Volpe fails
WINCHESTER - A citizen’s petition to support the renaming of the Winchester Center Commuter Rail Station after former governor and Winchester … Read morePetition to support naming Winchester Center Commuter Rail Station after former governor Volpe fails
BURLINGTON - The Fox Hill School Building Committee is working on a schedule to get the schematic design for the new elementary school approve… Read moreFox Hill design progressing along
READING - The townspeople will fill a vacant Select Board seat with a special election on May 14.
WINCHESTER - Town Meeting completed the first step to approving the Community Preservation Act by allowing it to go on the November election ballot. However, the next two steps are much, much bigger. One of those will take place at some point during Town Meeting (possibly tonight) when the b…
BURLINGTON - The Burlington High School (BHS) is being thoroughly evaluated by various entities.
Meet RMHS senior Raymond “Ray” Borawski, a driven and hardworking student and entrepreneur. Before attending Reading Memorial High, Ray was a student at Parker Middle School and Barrows Elementary.
This week’s Senior Profile highlights the amazing Reading Memorial High 2024 senior, Daija Forero. Daija is a smart, talented, and friendly student from Reading.
BOSTON – Representative Michael S. Day worked with his colleagues in the Massachusetts House of Representatives to pass its Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) budget. Funded at $58 billion, the House’s FY25 budget responds to the needs of residents, provides strong support for the Commonwealth’s cities…
BURLINGTON - MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, invests more than €300 million into a new Bioprocessing Production Center in Daejeon, South Korea.
READING - In order to offset an unanticipated jump in premium costs for active municipal workers’ health insurance coverage, Town Meeting members recently slashed by $200,000 the community’s annual deposit into a special Other Post Employment Benefit (OPEB) fund.
WINCHESTER - Town Meeting began in the usual way, with reports from boards, committees, commissions, and town officials.
BURLINGTON - Chief Thomas P. Browne and the Burlington Police Department regret to inform the community that retired Burlington K-9 Havoc passed away on Wednesday, May 1.
READING - Town Meeting members wholeheartedly embraced municipal officials’ $1.9 million plan to overhaul the RMHS Fieldhouse by replacing the athletic area’s buckling flooring and installing new automated bleachers.
WINCHESTER - Town Meeting decided not to take any chances and passed new zoning regulations concerning the new MBTA zoning (or 3A) law. By doing so, they added a new district called the MBTA Overlay District or MOD. The MOD stretches from the Winchester Center Commuter Rail Station north to …
BURLINGTON - The MBTA Communities Zoning Plan earned unanimous support from the Select Board, and it will now head to Town Meeting in May.
READING – The two groups with the most time invested in the town’s search for a new senior/community center met Wednesday night at Town Hall simply to talk.
WINCHESTER - When Town Meeting takes up Article 10 regarding the Community Preservation Act bylaw, most likely on Thursday, Select Board Chair Michelle Prior said a member of Town Meeting could make an amendment to add a member of the School Committee to the CPA Committee.
WOBURN - Congresswoman Katherine Clark’s, D-Melrose, recently joined a strong contingent of state and local officials formally announcing the $959,757 federal grant from the Federal Government to fund a portion of the costs for the City of Woburn to construct a new facility at its water trea…
WINCHESTER - It is National Volunteer Week. Winchester Hospital is celebrated their wonderful volunteers with an event this week, but in the meantime, they wanted to introduce residents to one who has been volunteering with them for 20 years! Her name is Carol Minteer
BURLINGTON - Everbridge, Inc., a global leader in critical event management and national public warning solutions headquartered on Corporate Drive in Burlington, recently confirmed its customized data-driven Situational Awareness and Risk Intelligence reporting is focused on the upcoming Int…
READING - Town Meeting members tonight will resume deliberations on a handful of warrant articles, including a request to appropriate approximately $141.4 million for Reading’s FY’25 operating budget.
READING - The town’s Board of Health will next month consider a proposal to impose a local lifetime tobacco purchase ban for all persons who haven’t turned 21 by Jan. 1, 2025.
By RYAN LAROCHE
BURLINGTON — The best news of the week is the Burlington Fire Department saving three goslings from a storm drain and reuniting them with their family.
READING - The town’s Board of Health will next month consider a proposal to impose a local lifetime tobacco purchase ban for all persons who haven’t turned 21 by Jan. 1, 2025.
This week’s Senior Profile highlights the kind, Reading Memorial High 2024 senior, Aspen Norton.
WINCHESTER - Town Manager Beth Rudolph talked about the FY25 budget during the latest Select Board meeting this week, noting how her budget and the Finance Committee’s differ. She mentioned how the Finance Committee closed her nearly $2M budget gap without using Free Cash by eliminating two …
BURLINGTON - Dynamicure Biotechnologies, a life science company, recently opened hearings for a special permit and minor engineering to renovate its property at 1 Rounder Way, off Wheeler Road.
READING - Earlier this month, the Friends of Reading Scouting (FORS) announced the start of its third annual mulch fundraiser.
WINCHESTER - It could be a free-for-all at Town Meeting when it comes to the Capital Planning Committee, as the Finance Committee and Capital Planning Committee itself both placed articles on the warrant in the hopes of looking at/reviewing the capital process. The Select Board also hopes to…
BURLINGTON - A rezoning request to help see a new police station constructed needed a re-vote due to a language issue in the initial advertisement.
READING - With Town Manager Matt Kraunelis settling into his new corner office, the community’s new CEO has officially begun the hunt for a new second-in-command.
WINCHESTER - It turns out the squeaky wheel does get the grease after all.
BURLINGTON - A redevelopment of the Kent Cottage site at 225 Middlesex Turnpike in Burlington is on the table before the Planning Board.
READING - Former Select Board chair Jackie McCarthy today confirmed two unnamed Town Meeting members in early February tried to coerce her into changing her vote Reading’s next town manager. And in an even bigger bombshell, the Beacon Street resident says former colleague and friend Karen He…
WINCHESTER - Sometime in May, Town Meeting will vote on the FY25 budget (Article 28). A budget hearing, delivered by the Finance Committee, is scheduled for Thursday, April 25 from 5:30 - 7 p.m. at (and on) WinCAM.
BURLINGTON – Lahey Hospital & Medical Center (LHMC) this month furthered its robotic-assisted surgery program with the addition of the state-of-the-art da Vinci 5 surgical system, reinforcing its commitment to advancing innovations in healthcare technology in its mission to deliver extra…
READING - The library will host a program titled “AI @ Work: Getting Started with Artificial Intelligence” on Thursday. The training will be hosted by “AI adoption consultant and trainer” Michelle LeFavor in community room A.
WINCHESTER - While Town Meeting begins on Monday, April 29, the town can’t debate or vote on any financial articles dealing with FY25 until May, according to the town charter. Typically, therefore, the first night of Town Meeting covers zoning articles or anything related to FY24 (the curren…
READING - Lower Haven Street will likely be peppered with carnivores and meat fanatics this weekend as the community’s years-long wait for a new restaurant at the Postmark Building officially ends with the grand opening of the Post 117 Steakhouse.
WINCHESTER - Town Meeting will once again vote on a number of capital projects as ranked and chosen by the Capital Planning Committee. Those projects include: ADA engineering and construction, DPW roads and sidewalks (construction), DPW scissors lift and trailer (equipment), DPW woodchipper …
BURLINGTON - The Fox Hill School Building Committee is working on a schedule to get the schematic design for the new elementary school approved by the School Committee and the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA).
READING – If the Select Board agrees, if Town Meeting agrees, and if voters agree, Reading’s new senior/community center will be at Symonds Way.
WINCHESTER — “An eclipse, at totality, is one of the most beautiful as well as awe-inspiring sights that nature displays.”
BURLINGTON - Seeing the progress made with the new Fox Hill Elementary School statement of interest project, school and town officials are hoping another longtime funding request at Burlington High School (BHS) will get the attention of the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA).
READING - The town’s Recreation Committee recently sanctioned a proposal to erect a six new flag poles commemorating the US Military’s six service branches at Memorial Park.
WINCHESTER - As has been customary over the past few years, the Select Board will again ask Town Meeting to adjust water & sewer rates. The board voted back in early March to adopt a 9.5 percent increase for FY25, plus. $5 service fee increase (per quarter), as well.
BURLINGTON - The Select Board approved a waiver for the town’s construction hours bylaw so overnight work can be on Prouty Road and Wilmington Road.
READING - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s mammography van is coming to Town Hall on Thursday, April 18 from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
WINCHESTER - Two articles on this spring’s Town Meeting warrant deal with the Community Preservation Act: Article 9 and Article 10. The first simply allows the question to go to voters in the fall while the second would amend the general bylaws by adding a new Chapter 25 entitled “Winchester…
BURLINGTON - By next winter, Burlington town officials hope to have community aggregated utility services for residents.
The Woburn High baseball team shook off a two-run top of the first inning by visiting Medford and eventually cruised to a 12-2 win over the Mustangs on Saturday afternoon at Woburn High.
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