Patrick Blais

2 weeks ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

Long treated like a financial elephant in the room, municipal officials in several area communities have started getting serious about addressing their massive Other Post Employment Benefit (OPEB) liabilities.

2 weeks ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

WOBURN - The School Committee on Tuesday night affirmed that the city’s transportation policy, which entitles all students who live more than 1.5 miles away from their school to free busing, will not be altered next year.

2 weeks ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

WOBURN - Pickleball might be all the rage right now, but a world-renowned badminton coach believes more athletically gifted and agile sports enthusiasts will flock to his new indoor complex off Olympia Avenue. During a meeting last week in City Hall, the City Council voted unanimously to grant a special permit to LJB Badminton Club Inc. that will allow the new Woburn company to vastly expand its new indoor sporting complex in East Woburn by the corner of Olympia and Wildwood Avenue.

2 weeks ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

READING - Reducing the number of residential dwellings in the complex to 12 two-bedroom apartments, Boardwalk Real-Estate owner James Jolly’s proposal to redevelop his 346 Main St. business gained some Community Planning and Development Commission (CPDC0 supporters on Monday night.

2 weeks ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

WOBURN - The City Council last week sanctioned a proposal by Tesla Inc. to install 12 electric vehicle charging stations in a parking field at the Kohl’s-anchored Washington Street shopping center by Mishawum Road and the Reading line.