✍️ LTE: Residents Advocate MBTA Communities Proposal
Residents Advocate Housing Production Plan Priorities in MBTA Communities Proposal Dear Town of Reading CPDC members, We write in response to your interest in, and request for input regarding, a…
✍️ LTE: Equitable is not Green, Don’t be Fooled
Dear Editor, I am a town meeting member, and watched as Karen Herrick stood up at Town Meeting during an instructional motion on the new water rates and said, “I do…
✍️ LTE: Supporting the Reading Business Community
Thank you Select Board members Jackie McCarthy, Christopher Haley and Carlo Bacci, for supporting the Reading Business Community in your vote to set the commercial shift for property taxes in town…
✍️ LTE: McDonald’s Proposal
McDonald’s at 413 Main Street is planning to demolish its existing building and replace it with new construction with at least double the drive-through lane capacity in the heart of…
✍️ LTE: Thank You Reading
Because of our incredible community and volunteers, the "Dunk the Readings" dunk tank at the Fall Street Faire, was able to raise a grand total of $1052 split between the…
✍️ LTE: Snow Shoveling/Town Meeting Correction and Pickleball
(Note from author – this is a copy of an email I sent to the Select Board this morning. Because the Select Board does not include either a list of…
✍️ LTE: ACLU Claim
Since emails are no longer in the Select Board packet, I thought I would forward this as a Letter to the Editor. Hi Reading Residents, I think it is important for residents…
✍️ LTE: Library Landscape Committee Concerns
Dear Board of Library Trustees and Town Manager Maltez: I am writing with several questions/concerns that I hope one or both of you can address. I am writing in my…
✍️ LTE: Stay on Point
Dear EditorHow did the Pride Story time, LGBT community and DEI office get dragged into a letter about policies and procedures pertaining to the library? Not only did I not…
✍️ LTE: Seeking Transparency in Town Government
On Monday night Town Meeting was asked to approve a request by the Select Board totaling $900k to enable DPW to purchase new rubbish and recycling carts for distribution to…
