Patrick Blais

READING - Town Police Chief David Clark claims a local man reeked of booze and blew more than twice the legal limit on a breathlyzer exam administered at the scene of a Main Street traffic stop last week.

WOBURN - Willing to show good faith by even stipulating to limitations on when power tools can be used within the structure, a Horn Pond area couple recently received the City Council's blessing to rebuild a garage on their Arlington Road property.

READING - Appointing five municipal managers to participate in the performance review, the Select Board on Tuesday set in motion the process for evaluating Town Manager Matt Kraunelis’ rookie year

WOBURN - Should a once-in-a-century storm rip through Woburn Center in the coming years, not a single drop of rain will shed onto city roadways from the site of a new mixed-use building proposed for the edge of the community's Walnut Street parking lot.

WOBURN - The City Council recently lodged no objections to several changes being made to signage around the new 445-unit “Station 316” apartment complex off of New Boston Street by the Anderson Regional Transportation Center (RTC) properties.

With nearly identical initiatives now underway in neighboring communities like Woburn and Stoneham, Reading officials earlier this fall showcased the end result of a major wetlands habitat restoration project that should vastly improve major flooding issues along a branch of the Aberjona River.

READING - Setting up a potential contested Select Board's race during next spring's municipal elections, former Community Planning and Development Commission (CPDC) member Anthony D'Arezzo this week pulled papers for one of two seats on Reading's most prominent government body.

WOBURN - It's the annual herculean struggle that gave birth to the “swimming against the current” idiom used to celebrate those who buck convention.

By PATRICK BLAIS Updated Both proposals will be discussed again on Jan. 7… Council continues Bennett St. housing, auto painting use hearings

WOBURN - Building Commissioner Thomas Quinn says a Maywood Terrace homeowner's cooperation with city officials proved short-lived as the landlord failed to set-up an inspection of the trouble property.