READING

First lady Melania Trump’s visit to Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., is a White House tradition that dates back to 1945.

Book publishing had a year like no other in 2020, and yet proved remarkably stable

Federal officials say national reading and math tests used to track what U.S. students know are being postponed from next year to 2022 over concerns about whether such testing would be feasible or produce valid results amid the pandemic

A police officer from Reading, Massachusetts, was arraigned Wednesday for allegedly shooting and killing a 43-year-old resident in 2018. Erik Drauschke, 38, was indicted by a Middlesex County grand jury last month on a charge of manslaughter in connection with the shooting death of Alan Greenough in Reading on Feb. 3, 2018. He pleaded not guilty Wednesday and was released…

A Reading, Massachusetts, police officer has been indicted for allegedly shooting a 43-year-old resident in 2018. Erik Drauschke was indicted by a Middlesex County grand jury on a charge of manslaughter in connection with the shooting death of Alan Greenough in Reading on Feb. 3, 2018. Police had responded that day to a Main Street apartment just before 4 p.m….

A Reading police officer has been indicted on a manslaughter charge for the 2018 deadly shooting of an unarmed man. And although the victim was white, analysts call it a significant step for the Black Lives Matter movement.

Police are reporting an officer-involved shooting in Reading, Massachusetts Saturday afternoon.

For the third time in the past week, a large high school party has forced a Massachusetts school district to move to remote-only learning over fears about spreading COVID-19. Austin Preparatory School in Reading announced that they will go remote after learning of a party attended by students. In the past week, similar incidents have been reported involving the Dover-Sherborn,…

A vehicle hit a person and several other vehicles in a multi-town spree in Massachusetts on Friday, a law enforcement source told NBC10 Boston. The person was hit on Washington Street in Woburn, then more vehicles were hit on the way to nearby Reading. There, the vehicle crashed on Lowell Street, the source said. The source didn’t have more...

Samantha Gibbs, a Reading Memorial High School senior with Down syndrome and a manager of the Pingree School girls’ basketball team, where her dad coaches, is home with her family, but she misses her teammates.

An electrical issue is the cause of a three-alarm fire that broke out at a golf club in Reading, Massachusetts, early Friday morning. Crews were called to the closed Meadow Brook Golf Club just before 3:30 a.m. where flames had consumed the clubhouse. The clubhouse has been standing on Grove Street since its inception in the late 1800s. The building…

Crews remained on the scene dousing hot spots Friday afternoon following a fire at a golf club in Reading, Massachusetts.

Reading firefighters responded to a building on fire at Meadow Brook Golf Club Friday morning.

When you’re looking for something to do, why not pick up a book?! Marika McCoola from Porter Square Books offers some great titles that you’re going to want to add to your spring must-read list....

Many local book stores are closed right now but are open to giving book suggestions and are ready to help you find your next page-turner....

Kaylee Greer has found a way to do what she loves — and be successful. The 33-year-old North Reading, Massachusetts, native is an internationally acclaimed canine photographer, traveling the world photographing dogs for private and commercial clients.

Two people were hospitalized in serious condition Monday morning after being rescued from a 4-alarm fire in Reading, Massachusetts. Fire officials said crews responded to the fire in an apartment building at High and Washington streets around 3:30 a.m. “They started banging on the doors somewhere around 3, maybe a little after,” resident Ron Steenbruggen said. “Fire was coming out…

Two people were seriously injured early Monday morning when a fire broke out at an apartment building in Reading, Massachusetts.

Two people suffered life-threatening injuries in an apartment fire Monday in Reading, Massachusetts.

A Reading man who barricaded himself in his house and drew a heavy police presence was arrested late Sunday afternoon, according to authorities. Residents near the home were asked to shelter in place until the man was brought into custody, Reading police said. He was charged with two alleged counts of possessing a firearm without a license and possessing amunition,…