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Reading Town Hall. Since 1944, the municipal government of the town of Reading comprises a representative town meeting, whose 192 members are elected from eight precincts. [28] [29] [30] Prior to 1944, the town was governed by an open town meeting. The town elects a five-member select board by general election, who serve for overlapping three ...
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In 1872, the town of Glastonbury attempted to raise taxes on the two surviving Smith sisters, Julia and Abby, as well as on two other widows in town. [7] The sisters refused to pay the taxes on the grounds that they had no right to vote in town meetings, arguing that the tax levy amounted to the same kind of unfair taxation without ...
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Today's Wordle Answer for #1252 on Friday, November 22, 2024. Today's Wordle answer on Friday, November 22, 2024, is PEARL. How'd you do? Next: Catch up on other Wordle answers from this week.
In April 1971, a fire burned down much of the amusement park. The area now consists of several office buildings and is called "Edgewater Park". [22] The bicentennial of the incorporation of Wakefield took place in 2012, whereas 2018 was the sesquicentennial of the 1868 town name change from "South Reading" to "Wakefield."
North Reading (pronounced, as is with Reading as (/ ˈ r ɛ d ɪ ŋ / ⓘ) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 15,554 at the 2020 census . [ 1 ]
The former Reading Municipal Building is a historic building at 49 Pleasant Street in Reading, Massachusetts. Built in 1885, this two-story brick building was the town's first municipal structure, housing the town offices, jail, and fire station. In 1918 all functions except fire services moved out of the building. [2]