Top Five Stories of the Week, Including 30 Haven and Hollingsworth Field

Here are what we thought were the five most important stories in Reading this week. What do you think should have been on the list?

Football field to bear Hollingsworth name. In a unanimous decision that was unexpected even by some of its members, the Reading Public School Committee to overturn its February decision to not name the high school’s football field after former coach and educator John Hollingsworth. The decision delighted the approximately 25 Hollingsworth Field supporters at the meeting, some of whom had about Mr. Hollingsworth.

30 Haven project still in question. The Board of Selectmen and Reading Housing Authority met this week to try to reach some kind of agreement with Oaktree Development. The developer had requested $400,000 to keep its project solvent. While the boards didn’t hammer out an agreement, they did identify some core principals and appointed a subcommittee to create a .

RMHS drama performs musical written, in part, by part of ABBA. While the cast’s first performance is over, you can still catch the show tonight or tomorrow. And, if you want a preview of the play, we have a .

That’s some discussion. Our started this week with opinions about how Reading parents would deal with the budget cuts in Reading schools, and took a turn into the relative merits of the METCO program. If you’d like to join in, feel free.

Reading’s bats beat Melrose. Reading and softball had a strong week, with both teams defeating Melrose. The , in particular, laid a shellacking on its opponent.