Letter to the Editor · 2023

35 Articles

✍️ LTE: Equitable is not Green, Don’t be Fooled

Dear Editor, I am a town meeting member, and watched as Karen…

✍️ LTE: Supporting the Reading Business Community

Thank you Select Board members Jackie McCarthy, Christopher Haley and Carlo Bacci,…

✍️ LTE: McDonald’s Proposal

McDonald’s at 413 Main Street is planning to demolish its existing building…

✍️ LTE: Thank You Reading

Because of our incredible community and volunteers, the "Dunk the Readings" dunk…

✍️ LTE: Snow Shoveling/Town Meeting Correction and Pickleball

(Note from author – this is a copy of an email I…

✍️ LTE: ACLU Claim

Since emails are no longer in the Select Board packet, I thought…

✍️ LTE: Library Landscape Committee Concerns

Dear Board of Library Trustees and Town Manager Maltez: I am writing…

✍️ LTE: Stay on Point

Dear EditorHow did the Pride Story time, LGBT community and DEI office…

✍️ LTE: Why Don’t We Care?

Dear Editor, I recently attended the Board of Library Trustees meeting (BOLT)…

✍️ LTE: Seeking Transparency in Town Government

On Monday night Town Meeting was asked to approve a request by…

✍️ LTE: Thank You For Your Support

Dear Reading Residents, I wanted to take a moment to express my…

✍️ LTE: Hello Reading residents, My Name is Sarah Bacci

Hello Reading residents, My name is Sarah Bacci, and I’m the middle…

✍️ LTE: The Fearmongers are Back: It Must be Election Season in Reading

It happens every election. A few years back the catcalls were about…

✍️ LTE: Herrick, Bacci, Murphy & the Truth about our Tax Policy

To the Editor, This letter is in response to a rebuttal letter…

✍️ LTE: Support of Brian Curry for Board of Library Trustees

My name is Paul Koslowski, and I am writing in support of…

✍️ LTE: Consideration for the Impact on Small Businesses

Recently, there was a LTE published that discussed Reading's residential property taxes,…

✍️ LTE: Qualities a Leader of this Town Should Have

When I think about what and who should represent the Reading residents…

✍️ LTE: Supporting Brian Curry for Board of Library Trustees

My name is Ann Marie Massaro and I am writing in support…

✍️ LTE: We Must Not Allow Our Children to be Exposed to Pornography in Our Town Library

Dear Reading Residents, During the televised Board of Library Trustee Candidate forum…

✍️ LTE: Bacci, Murphy, McCarthy, Dockser & Haley

I was once like many of you reading this. I’d drive through…

✍️ LTE: BOLT Has Become a Political Bloodsport

To the Editor and the Voters of Reading, Something as seemingly mundane…

✍️ LTE: Accountability & Transparency for BOLT

Please join me in voting for two new candidates, Michael Terry and…

✍️ LTE: Karen Herrick For Select Board

Dear Editor, With the Reading Select Board election rapidly approaching, I’m pleased…

✍️ LTE: Herrick Endorsement

Dear Reading neighbors, In most years, the rhetoric around our Select Board…

✍️ LTE: Melissa Murphy for Select Board

Dear Reading Voters, We need new blood on the Select Board and…

✍️ LTE: Time for Efficient & Quality Leadership

To All Reading Voters: When I think of a Select Board leader…

✍️ LTE: A Time to Heed “Facta Non Verba”

As a resident of Reading for forty-four years, presently a Town Meeting…

✍️ LTE: Carlo Bacci for Select Board

Recently my husband and I attended a Recreation Committee Meeting with over…

✍️ LTE: Dockser supports Herrick for Select Board

I am writing this letter in strong support of Karen Herrick to…

✍️ LTE: Reading Town Meeting Precinct 2 Endorsements

Dear Reading Community & Precinct 2 Voters: I am writing this letter…

✍️ LTE: A Unifying Force for the Town of Reading

I am writing to express my enthusiastic endorsement for Melissa Murphy's candidacy…

✍️ LTE: Melissa Murphy for Select Board

Dear Reading Neighbors and Friends, It is with great excitement and hope…

✍️ LTE: A Choice Leadership or Grievance for Select Board

Dear Reading neighbors, If you want to see the true colors of…

✍️ LTE: 8 Million Dollar Lie

Last night at the RCTV forum, it was asked of Karen Herrick…

✍️ LTE: What A LTE Got Wrong & a Candidate Gets Right

I was very troubled to see the recent LTE by Genady Pilyavsky,…