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Free Link Shuttle launches door-to-door rides

Free on-demand Link Shuttle service launches connecting Reading residents to Wakefield and area hospitals. From our own coverage: Reading home sales span $511,000 to $1.5 million as August closes out. Also in today's brief (10 items): Free Link shuttle launches connecting Reading and Wa…

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Obituaries

Obituary notices, week of September 14 through September 20, 2026

This week's Reading obituary notices column carries four names: Berry, Karen L. (Nelson); Chambers, Anna M. (MacGauley); McMahon, Virginia L.; and Williams, Samuel H. Jr. Chambers was a longtime Reading resident who died at her home following a battle with lung cancer. Berry, of Reading…

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Real Estate

Reading Home Prices Hold Above Half-Million as August Median Hits $798,000

Reading recorded 19 property transfers between Aug. 21 and Sept. 19, with 13 carrying a sale price so far, ranging from $511,000 to $1.5 million and a median of $798,000. The month's top sale was a Talbot Lane condominium unit that sold for $1.5 million on Aug. 24, followed by a $1.25 m…

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Morning Brief

Reading Voters to Decide FY28 Override in November

Reading voters will decide a fiscal year 2028 operational override on the November 3 state election ballot, town officials announced this week. Superintendent Dr. Turner's district posted its own FY28 override summary as Reading Public Schools ties its budget picture to the same ballot …

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Government · Council on Aging

Council on aging taps duo for furniture review

Reading's Council on Aging voted to nominate Jean Prato and Kathleen Harrington as a two-member team to represent seniors on the town's new furniture-selection working group for the RECAL building project.

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Obituaries

Obituary notices, week of September 7 through September 13, 2026

Three Reading, Massachusetts obituary notices appeared this week: Kleponis, Marie A.; Nitzsche, Curt Jeffrey; and Paquin, Linda (Flodin) M. Kleponis, 95, was a 68-year Reading resident who died September 13 at her daughter's home in North Reading. Nitzsche, 60, of Reading, died August 2…

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Real Estate

Reading Home Prices Span $466,900 to $2.25 Million in Latest Deed Filings

Reading recorded 19 property transfers between Aug. 14 and Sept. 12, with disclosed prices ranging from $466,900 to $2.25 million and a median of $962,000 among the 11 sales with reported figures. The month's top sale was 885 Main St. at $2,250,000, sold by Joseph P. Norden to Reading E…

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