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Council voted down a proposed ordinance that would have required an elected councilmember to also sit as a voting member of the Reading Parking Authority.

City policy requires council approval for purchases over $35,000, but three recent payment requests skipped that step.

Twenty-three small businesses will receive grants to totaling $652,800, with individual amounts ranging from $25,000 to $50,000.

Reading City Council will decide whether to grant College Manor Pool $65,000, but some councilmembers said the money should be invested in public pools.

Reading City Council will decide whether to grant College Manor Pool $65,000, but some councilmembers said the money should be invested in public pools.

Reading City Council will consider an allocation of $652,800 in grants to 23 small businesses, as well as $65,320 for repairs to the College Manor Pool.

A leucistic Canada goose in the Roselle, red fox in Downers Grove and poet Wendell Berry on snow are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

Reading City Council signed an agreement for three historic properties in the 400 block of Penn Street to be sold to Philly Office Retail.

The buyer, Philly Office Retail, proposes mixed-use development of the properties in the 400 block of Penn Street. A purchase price has not yet been determined and will be based on the properties’ assessments, City Auditor Maria Rodriguez said.

The 65-year-old neighborhood pool experienced financial difficulties during the pandemic and needs infrastructure repairs, the president of the pools board said.