Reading’s Finance Committee, Select Board, and School Committee are joining forces for a Joint Financial Forum on Thursday, June 25, at 7:00 pm at the Reading Public Library Community Rooms.

Whitelam Books is delighted to welcome back children's author Monica Acker as she celebrates her new picture book The Legend of Leo: a Dandy-Lion Tale, Sunday, June 28 at 3:00PM.

The East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project will be conducting mosquito larvicide spraying in Reading during the final week of June.

Reading Public Schools, the Reading Coalition for Prevention and Support, the Reading Recreation Division, Reading Public Library, and the Reading Police Department are launching the Let Grow Summer Independence Challenge.

The Reading Board of Library Trustees is accepting letters of interest from residents seeking to fill a vacant seat on the board, with an expected start date of August 1, 2026.

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The Town of Reading has issued a community alert advising residents of upcoming construction near the intersection of Main Street and Salem Street beginning Monday, June 22, 2026.

The southern half of Chute Street will be closed for utility work in the coming weeks, including the replacement of a water main found to be in poor condition, the town announced.

Community members in Reading will gather on Wednesday, July 1 at 6:30 pm for a public reading and facilitated discussion of Frederick Douglass’s landmark 1852 speech, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”

Our creative community is strongest when many voices are heard. If you feel inspired, please consider submitting your own work to The Reading Observer.

The Reading Public Library marked two milestones on the evening of Thursday, June 4, 2026, as the Reading Public Library Foundation hosted a 30th anniversary reception ahead of the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the library’s new outdoor terrace.

Friday’s route will run as scheduled on June 19, no delay this week, despite the Juneteenth holiday.

The library’s Community Room is hosting a World Cup watch party on June 17 - snacks included, no registration required!

The 8-week program returns to Coolidge Middle School is open to ages 10-15, no experience required.

Reading Memorial High School’s Internship Program is doing exactly what it was designed to do: putting students in real workplaces, giving them real responsibilities, and sending them into the world better prepared for what comes next.

The Reading Public Library is hosting Quabbin: Yesterday and Today, a photographic exhibit that pairs historic images of the Quabbin Reservoir's creation with contemporary landscape and wildlife photography from the region.

With 50 venues lined up for Reading PorchFest on June 27th , and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence just around the corner, an overlap was bound to happen.

Community members turned out on Saturday for a car parade, moving speeches, and a message that has only grown louder since 2021: you belong here.

With the Division 3 state championships behind them, Reading’s Track and Field athletes changed their focus from helping their team win a meet to competing individually against the best in the state.

The New American Leaders Action Fund (NALAF) today endorsed Tram Nguyen’s campaign for Congress, saying she is “a proven leader who has dedicated her career to fighting for New Americans and those at risk of being left behind.”