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Northshore October 2025
Reading makes it tough to buy and even tougher to sell. By Jack Morris "Reading? Where's that?" Funny though that may seem, it's not an uncommon question heard from "outsiders" unfamiliar with this quiet community 10 miles north of Boston and kitty-cornered by interstates 93 and 95. "Oh, you mean where Jordan's is?" Yes, that Reading. Although if you talk to just about anyone in town, the massive furniture playground that juts out over I-95 comes up less frequently than talk about the recent downtown restoration project, the high school band, and, oddly enough, cougars (see "Venetian Moon,"). Town Manager Peter Hechenbleikner,
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