Planet Fitness and Two Other Workout Facilities Get Waiver to Open at 5 am. Weekdays
Also: So why the post-blizzard clean-up mess?
Early bird gym-goers, take note. Three physical fitness facilities in Reading, including the soon-to-open Planet Fitness on Salem Street, near REI, now hold waivers to open at 5 a.m. weekdays. The Board of Selectmen Tuesday granted Planet Fitness and the Burbank YMCA off Birch Meadow Drive and the Reading Athletic Club on General Way a waiver to open before 6 a.m. weekdays. A town bylaw prohibits retail sales earlier than 6 a.m. The Board of Selectmen can grant a waiver if the selectmen deem sales during those hours “in the interest of public health safety and welfare" or "in the interest of public necessity or public convenience.” The Y and the athletic club have both been opening at 5 a.m. for 12 years, their administrators told the …
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Bill
7:57 am on Thursday, February 14, 2013
I think the Town Manager should be required to publish or communicate EXACTLY what steps he has taken to make sure this does not happen again. He is hoping this gets blown over and people forget about it and go away. The residents should hold him and the DPW accountable and should be held responsible to report on what they have done, and what changes they will implement to avoid this in the … more ›