Bob Holmes

READING – For the third straight year the Reading Select Board voted to increase the split tax rate and make Reading businesses pay more.

READING – The dirt is clean. That simple statement was probably the important reveal at Monday's meeting of the Permanent Building Committee for the Reading Center For Active Living project.

READING — Down 18-13 with 44 seconds left in the Division 3 state quarterfinals, Reading turned to a combination that had played hero before.

Tyson-Paul farce was a KO win for social media hype over true sport.

By BOB HOLMES Updated READING – It's unanimous, Symonds Way is the choice.

READING – It was a night to celebrate, a night to look ahead, and a night to ponder questions only a lawyer could answer.

It involves finding just the right proteins. With new ingredients and processes, the next generation of substitutes will be not just more egg-like, but potentially more nutritious.

READING – In the never-ending pursuit of greener grass and lower water bills, the Select Board voted, 3-2, last Tuesday in favor of starting a 500-unit second water-meter pilot program.

Court Report Warranty Deeds Bob Holmes to Curtis G. Chapman. Gary Clay to Nature Conservancy. Alvin Cooper Jr. to Jay Allen Gann.

READING – Matt Kraunelis may privately support a new Center For Active Living, a new Killam School, the adoption of the Community Preservation Act, and even the passing of the town's first override since 2018. But you will never hear an endorsement coming from his lips, or the lips of any other town official.