Patrick Blais

6 days ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

READING - The Community Planning and Development Commission (CPDC) on Monday will resume its deliberations over a controversial plan to erect a new two-story daycare facility within a residential area off Main Street.

6 days ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

WOBURN - A Wilmington landlord recently told the City Council that an alleged problem tenant recently refused to vacate a Maywood Terrace residence that has now been subject of a seven-month long public nuisance proceeding. During the council’s regular meeting in City Hall on Tuesday night, Wilmington resident Deborah McLaughlin explained that she is now seeking an eviction order from the court system.

1 week ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

WOBURN - The local School Committee last week quickly adopted its $96.4 million version of the FY’26 budget after hearing no feedback from the general public about the spending proposal. Following a public hearing that lasted just over 10 minutes, the School Committee without any comments of their own voted unanimously to forward a FY’26 budget that calls for a $6.035 million increase in year-over-year funding to Mayor Michael Concannon’s office for approval.

1 week ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

READING - Spending conscious Town Meeting members found themselves in quite the pickle on Monday night after attempting to find an alternative funding mechanism for a series of pickleball courts but running the risk of creating unintended legal issues that would kill the project. Ultimately deciding it was best to regroup and retackle the $1 million borrowing article another day, the citizen assembly voted overwhelmingly in favor of tabling a final vote until this coming Thursday night.

1 week ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

WOBURN - Ever feel like you’re being watched? Over the next few months, that intuition just might prove true if you’re driving across the city, as local police plan on installing around a dozen fixed license plate scanners along high-traffic corridors.