Reading News

Police have identified Kristina Vetree, 23, of 168 Summer St., Danvers, as the woman behind the wheel of a car that crashed into a tree and burst into flames at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday on Strawberry Hill Lane.

Strong winds may've contributed to a house fire in North Reading. The blaze broke out around 11:30 a.m. at a home on Park Street in North Reading.

As part of a decision that will significantly shape next year's gubernatorial race, Republican Charles D. Baker is reviewing a final list of four potential running mates, including a district attorney, the GOP's two top legislative leaders, and a lawmaker known for her political candor, a campaign adviser said yesterday.

Jessica Flynn is only 11 years old, but she's already literally dancing her way to success.

Austin Drama will present Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance! this weekend.

With highs in the mid-50s today and the upper 40s tomorrow, the preholiday weekend looks beautiful.

She was known to thousands of readers as "PJ," the beautiful, copper-haired girl who was the subject of many humorous and poignant columns written by her mother, former Eagle-Tribune reporter Penny Morang Richards.

Two people were seriously injured when their motorcycle collided with a pickup truck in Reading Thursday morning.

I am a Taurus. Well, that's my sun sign. And I am addicted to astrology. I realized this yesterday, when I had a panic attack.

A Massachusetts man shot in the face during a scuffle with a Rhode Island state trooper in a Lincoln park has been ordered held on $200,000 bail.

A Massachusetts man, who was shot in the face when he fought with a state police detective during a sting at Lincoln Woods State Park, was ordered held on $250,000 bail with surety on Monday.

Music Director Joshua Anand Slater will conduct Fugit, a Boston-based professional chamber group, in a choral concert of works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Antoine Busnois, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Heitor Villa-Lobos today at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary at the First Religious Society, Unitarian Universalist, 26 Pleasant St., Newburyport.

A Reading man died early today after his 2002 Ford Explorer crashed on the exit ramp from Route 128 southbound to Route 28 northbound.

An acclaimed flutist and harpist, who are mother and daughter, will perform at Leominster Public Library on Sunday, Nov.

Reading is a huge key to future academic success and that message will be stressed throughout November's celebration of Family Literacy Month, being celebrated locally with a variety of activities.

Librarian Joel Burdette asks the 10 children in the lunchtime reading group how many read beyond the assigned 60 pages in the adventure story "Swindle." Eight hands shot up.

Faced with the recession, cities and towns are pressing for more liquor licenses to stimulate their economies by attracting new restaurants.

City councilors meet as a committee of the whole at 7 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall to discuss ways to increase revenue.

Spread out around Jessica Bessette's kindergarten classroom were small groups of students sitting on the floor around containers of craft supplies.

There are degrees of being wrong. The Creationists are at the bottom of the scale.