The Town of Reading invites you to help shape the future of Walkers Brook Drive. We will share project updates, potential design alternatives, and next steps. Your input is key to guide this phase.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Highway Division has announced that it will host a Virtual Design Public Hearing to present plans for major safety and accessibility improvements along Oakland Road near Reading Memorial High School and Arthur W. Coolidge Middle School.

The Reading Symphony Orchestra (RSO) will launch its 2025-2026 season with Soul and Steel, an exciting program taking place on Saturday, November 22, 2025, at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium at Galvin Middle School in Wakefield. The evening features an eclectic mix of contemporary and classical works, including Anna Meredith’s Nautilus, Judith Weir’s Still, Glowing, and Shostakovich’s powerful Symphony No. 5.

The Town of Reading invites you to help shape the future of Walkers Brook Drive. We will share project updates, potential design alternatives, and next steps. Your input is key to guide this phase.

The Reading Democratic Town Committee (RDTC) held its annual fundraising dinner on Friday, October 17, at the Old South Church. The event drew a strong turnout of more than fifty attendees, including Senator Jason Lewis, Representative Richard Haggerty, and Reading Select Board member Karen Gately Herrick.

This meeting will provide members of the Reading community with an opportunity to become fully acquainted with the MBTA’s proposed Reading Turnback Track and commuter rail service improvement plans associated with it. The meeting will also address questions raised by attendees at a public meeting addressing this project held in February of this year.

The Reading Bylaw Committee will hold two upcoming public forums to gather input on a potential Snow Shoveling Bylaw.

• Tuesday, September 16 at 7:30 pm - Virtual only

• Wednesday, September 24 at 7:30 pm - Hybrid (in-person at the Reading Public Library Community Room and virtually via Zoom)

Residents are invited to join town officials and project leaders for an important virtual community forum on two major initiatives coming before voters this spring: the Killam Elementary School Building project and the Reading Center for Active Living (ReCAL) project.