Town of Reading, MA
Rebecca Kyle has extensive experience in administrative and financial roles, currently serving as the Assistant Town Clerk for the Town of Reading, MA since November 2015. Prior to this, Rebecca held multiple positions at Galway Realty LLC from December 2010 to November 2015, including Bookkeeper, Office Manager, and Home Stager, where responsibilities included financial record keeping and operational management. From 1995 to 2010, a significant tenure at Fidelity Investments involved roles such as Project Manager, where Rebecca led IT project implementations affecting thousands of employees, as well as Telecom Analyst and TOPS Regional Analyst, coordinating communication services across the organization. Rebecca holds a BA in Economics from Binghamton University, completed in 1995, and is a graduate of Liverpool High School.
Town of Reading, MA
Town north of Boston, MA Reading's original settlers came from England in the 1630's to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Many arrived through the ports of Lynn and Salem. In 1639 some citizens of Lynn petitioned the government of the Massachusetts Bay Colony for "place for an inland plantation." The General Court granted them six square miles, then an additional four. The first settlement called Lynn Village was on the south shore of the Great Pond, what is now known as Lake Quannapowitt. On June 10th, 1644 the settlement was incorporated by the House of Deputies as the Town of Reading, taking its name from Reading, England. The first church was organized soon after the settlement, and the first parish, later known as South Reading, became Wakefield in 1868. A special grant in 1651 added land north of the Ipswich River to the Town of Reading. This area in 1853 became the separate Town of North Reading. During its early years, the area which is currently the Town of Reading, was known as Wood End, or Third Parish.