Reading City Council voted 5-2 to appoint its new vice president, with Jaime Baez and Melissa Venture opposing the choice.

Reading City Council will have some new representation on various boards and committees that impact everything from shade ...

City Council’s first committee of the whole meeting of the new year focused on ethics, governance and organization. Council members received training on the City Charter and Code of Ethics at the ...

Service past, present and future was the theme Monday as Reading welcomed new and returning City Council members during its 2026 inauguration ceremony. The ceremony, held at Reading Area Community ...

Reading has a new police chief. City Council, in a special meeting Monday, unanimously confirmed Javier Ruiz as chief of the city’s police department. Ruiz, a lifelong city resident and 25-year ...

Editor’s note: This story has been revised to correct an error in characterizing the action council took. A change to Reading’s zoning ordinance would regulate ...