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Grab your family and friends, take advantage of the long summer days, and come down to the Town Common on Saturday, June...
06/11/2025

Grab your family and friends, take advantage of the long summer days, and come down to the Town Common on Saturday, June 21 to celebrate Juneteenth! This is a family-friendly event with music by DJ OxMighty, games and face painting for kids, food, speakers, and a pop-up market.

Saturday, June 21 • 1:00–7:00 PM Reading Town Common Reading, MA — Grab your family and friends, take advantage of the long summer days, and come down to the Town [...]

State Representative Richard M. Haggerty (D-Woburn) and Michael S. Day (D-Stoneham) recently led a legislative briefing ...
06/11/2025

State Representative Richard M. Haggerty (D-Woburn) and Michael S. Day (D-Stoneham) recently led a legislative briefing highlighting the urgent needs teachers face in supplying their classrooms. The briefing spotlighted Mass Teacher Resources (MTR), a local non-profit that provides free, high quality school supplies to teachers at Title 1 Schools in the Greater Boston area.

BOSTON – State Representative Richard M. Haggerty (D-Woburn) and Michael S. Day (D-Stoneham) recently led a legislative briefing highlighting the urgent needs teachers face in supplying their classrooms. The briefing spotlighted [...]

Free Event at Birch Meadow Features Music, Games, Petting Zoo, Food, and Fireworks
06/10/2025

Free Event at Birch Meadow Features Music, Games, Petting Zoo, Food, and Fireworks

Free Event at Birch Meadow Features Music, Games, Petting Zoo, Food, and Fireworks Reading, MA -- Where can you hear great music, race mini cars, climb on Town vehicles, pet [...]

Reading resident Christen Foy was named a recipient of the 2025 MelroseWakefield Hospital President’s Award for Exemplar...
06/10/2025

Reading resident Christen Foy was named a recipient of the 2025 MelroseWakefield Hospital President’s Award for Exemplary Leadership at a ceremony held at the hospital during National Hospital Week.

(L to R) Winners of the 2025 MelroseWakefield Hospital Award for Exemplary Leadership Dianne Koch, Christen Foy, Melissa O’Connor, Interim President Bill Wyman, Lindsey Sauchuk, and Michelle Cox Melrose, MA [...]

Whitelam Books is excited to welcome author and North Reading resident Nancy Parsons, as well as author and Reading resi...
06/09/2025

Whitelam Books is excited to welcome author and North Reading resident Nancy Parsons, as well as author and Reading resident Claudette Sabbag, for a joint book signing on Tuesday, June 10 at 7:00 pm. Nancy will be highlighting her book Old Crow, while Claudette will feature her book, Deer in the Road, at the event.

Reading, MA - Whitelam Books is excited to welcome author and North Reading resident Nancy Parsons, as well as author and Reading resident Claudette Sabbag, for a joint book signing [...]

Where can you hear great music, race mini cars, climb on Town vehicles, pet farm animals, and try your hand at minigolf?...
06/09/2025

Where can you hear great music, race mini cars, climb on Town vehicles, pet farm animals, and try your hand at minigolf? It’s all here and it’s free, at the 20th Reading Friends and Family Day (RFFD) on Saturday, June 14, 2025. All events take place in the Birch Meadow Fields area from 10:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Residents of all ages will enjoy a full day of fun, food, music, giveaways, and demonstrations!

Free Event at Birch Meadow Features Music, Games, Petting Zoo, Food, and Fireworks Reading, MA -- Where can you hear great music, race mini cars, climb on Town vehicles, pet [...]

REF primarily raises the funding used for the grants through the Annual Festival of Trees celebration. Reading educators...
06/08/2025

REF primarily raises the funding used for the grants through the Annual Festival of Trees celebration. Reading educators can submit grant requests for projects or other learning opportunities to the REF grant committee, which then makes the awards.

School Committee hears updates on district goals, potential school renaming, and approves new METCO position during May 29 meeting Reading, MA -- The Reading Education Foundation (REF) reported to the [...]

Old South United Methodist Church is excited to announce the return of acclaimed singer-songwriter Bobby Jo Valentine fo...
06/08/2025

Old South United Methodist Church is excited to announce the return of acclaimed singer-songwriter Bobby Jo Valentine for a special Candlelight Concert on Sunday, June 8, 2025, at 7:00 pm.

Celebrating the Release of His Latest Album, Bobby Jo Valentine Returns to Old South United Methodist Church for a Candlelight Concert READING, MA – Old South United Methodist Church is [...]

Whitelam Books is excited to welcome Author & Reading resident Amanda Rotondo as she celebrates her new book, Place Name...
06/08/2025

Whitelam Books is excited to welcome Author & Reading resident Amanda Rotondo as she celebrates her new book, Place Names in Boston & Beyond

Whitelam Books is excited to welcome Author & Reading resident Amanda Rotondo as she celebrates her new book, Place Names in Boston & Beyond: Tongue-Twisted Town Tales, Sunday, June 8 from [...]

A series of articles by the Reading Antiquarian Society: It is May 1775. The Battle at Lexington Green and at the Concor...
06/07/2025

A series of articles by the Reading Antiquarian Society: It is May 1775. The Battle at Lexington Green and at the Concord Bridge took place less than a month ago. The Colonists drove the British troops back to Boston and surrounded the city. Fortifications are being built. Troops are being organized into an army. But, at the moment, neither side feels they can defeat the other. But Massachusetts is not the only place where there is activity.

A series of articles by the Reading Antiquarian Society Reading, MA -- It is May 1775. The Battle at Lexington Green and at the Concord Bridge took place less than [...]

Many residents from Reading and surrounding communities came with all kinds of treasures to be appraised, including a si...
06/06/2025

Many residents from Reading and surrounding communities came with all kinds of treasures to be appraised, including a silver tea service, a baseball signed by John F Kennedy, a tiny Victorian locket, Japanese porcelain, furniture, cuckoo clocks, and even a Russian Army helmet!

Reading, MA -- The Friends of Reading Seniors 60 Plus held their first two official fundraisers on Saturday, May 31, 2025, at the St Agnes Parish Hall: Treasures from Your [...]

Do you have A Million Dreams of singing on stage? Maybe you’re a Dancing Queen or you’re Dancing Through Life. Come What...
06/06/2025

Do you have A Million Dreams of singing on stage? Maybe you’re a Dancing Queen or you’re Dancing Through Life. Come What May, get ready to Let It Go at Broadway Karaoke at Colonial Chorus Players in Reading, where You Can’t Stop the Beat!

Do you have A Million Dreams of singing on stage? Maybe you’re a Dancing Queen or you’re Dancing Through Life. Come What May, get ready to Let It Go at Broadway Karaoke at Colonial Chorus Players in Reading, [...]

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The Reading Post is committed to providing accurate, timely, and hyperlocal stories relevant to the town and environs of Reading, Massachusetts to the town’s residents and community members, in a primarily digital format. We are committed to providing unbiased and diverse viewpoints on local issues and welcome any and all local contributors from the community. We hope to become the premier source for information on local government, public schools, community events, and daily life.