Patrick Blais

4 days ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

WOBURN - As city officials continue deliberations over a proposed $191 million operating budget for next year, Mayor Michael Concannon tonight hopes to present his second capital improvements plan (CIP) budget to the City Council.

1 week ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

WOBURN - A local superconductor company’s bid to continue its research into developing next-era high-voltage transmission systems at a new Industrial Way testing site ran into little City Council resistance last week. During their most recent gathering in City Hall, councilors generally voiced support for the special permit application from Gill Street headquartered Veir Inc. to establish a new outdoor testing area for its electrical transmission prototypes.

1 week ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

WOBURN - The City Council last week quickly approved a local grocer’s proposal to add a bakery and prepared foods area at its flagship Washington Street location. “Good luck and to your continued success,” said City Council President Jeffrey Dillon after he and his colleagues voted unanimously and without further comment to grant the petition. Back in April, APNA Bazar Inc.

2 weeks ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

READING - The new graduation standards adopted earlier this week by the state’s education board will have no immediate effect on Reading, where the School Committee earlier this spring adopted a nearly identical standard. On Tuesday, the state’s Board of Elementary and Secondary Education approved new “competency determination” regulations that establish a minimum coursework threshold that must be completed by high school students in order to obtain a diploma.

2 weeks ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

If you can measure a community’s morale compass by considering how its people treat local children and the elderly, Reading is certainly the place to be. Last week, Reading’s citizenry certainly proved its willingness to take care of the town’s most vulnerable populations by agreeing to borrow roughly $158 million to construct a brand new elementary school off of Charles Street and an intergenerational center on Symonds Way that will primarily serve local senior citizens.