PennDOT Road Projects in Berks: April 21, 2024
Long-term/upcoming • Through May 3: Route 422, Monocacy Hill Road to Rega Road, Amity Township, shoulder work/widening, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. • Through June 28: Route 100, Mill Street to Chestnut Street,...
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Boyertown’s Coming Out of Hibernation event welcomes spring
Thousands flooded to Philadelphia Avenue for Building a Better Boyertown’s annual Coming Out of Hibernation event to welcome spring on Saturday, April 20. “Our very first Coming out of Hibernation was...
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70th annual Boyertown Gala honors Citizens of the Year
BOYERTOWN — A crowd of 120 friends and family, community supporters and sponsors came out to the 70th Annual Citizen of the Year Gala to recognize recipients of the Boyertown Citizen of the Year Awards...
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Berks high school sports honor roll: April 22, 2024
Baseball Oley Valley sophomore pitcher Timothy Fries struck out 10 batters and recorded an RBI to help the Lynx to a 5-4 win over Kutztown. Boys lacrosse Wyomissing freshman Beckett Redner had 11 goals...
View ArticlePuerto Rico Republicans award Trump all 23 of their delegates
By DÁNICA COTO (Associated Press) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's Republican Party held a district assembly on Sunday and awarded former President Donald Trump all 23 of their national...
View ArticleDelco Athletes Hall of Fame: George Schmitt will never forget his NFL experience
UPPER CHICHESTER — A chunk of the crowd at the 84th Delaware County Athletes Hall of Fame ceremony Sunday at the Ballroom at the Phoenix didn’t have the pleasure of living vicariously through George...
View ArticleTrump tried to ‘corrupt’ the 2016 election, prosecutor alleges as hush money...
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump tried to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election by preventing damaging...
View ArticleWith homelessness on the rise, the Supreme Court weighs bans on sleeping...
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and CLAIRE RUSH (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court wrestled with major questions about the growing issue of homelessness on Monday as it considered whether...
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Berks Nature has evolved over its 50-year history
The early 1970s were heady times nationwide for the fledgling environmental movement: The first Earth Day was celebrated; the first issue of the Mother Earth News went to press; the Environmental...
View ArticleBiden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal solar power...
By ALEXA ST. JOHN and WILL WEISSERT (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving...
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The Hardware Center in Paoli is going out of business
PAOLI — After 72 years, longtime local community mainstay and business anchor — The Hardware Center — is closing. What some refer to as Paoli Hardware, first opened in October of 1951. The father of...
View ArticleSouthbound Route 183 in Berks closed due to crash
Route 183 southbound is closed at Palisades Drive in Bern Township due to a motor vehicle accident, according to Berks County emergency officals announced Monday morning. Southbound traffic is being...
View ArticleGuest commentary: Housing, not handcuffs — What it takes to solve homelessness
As someone who has worked in homeless services in Montgomery County for the last ten years, I often get asked: How do we solve homelessness? Candidly, the people asking that question are often thinking...
View ArticleBudget committee recommends 2024-25 tax increase for Reading School District
The Reading School District may have to increase the property tax rate in order to balance the 2024-25 budget, according to administrators. Many districts across Berks County and the rest of the state...
View ArticleDaily docket: April 22, 2024
Daily thought “Then God said, ‘Let the land sprout with vegetation — every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and...
View ArticleNFL mock draft: Will Eagles take a familiar name with 22nd pick?
The 2024 NFL Draft kicks off at 8 p.m. Thursday. After an eventful free agency period, all 32 NFL teams will look to add more talent to their rosters. There will surely be some excitement on draft...
View ArticleBulletin board: Street art festival coming to Muhlenberg Township
The Berks Street Art Festival: Kindness & Creativity is scheduled for Saturday, May 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Reading-Muhlenberg Career and Technology Center, 2615 Warren Road, Muhlenberg...
View ArticleSupreme Court will take up the legal fight over ghost guns, firearms without...
By MARK SHERMAN (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns that had been...
View ArticleColumbia cancels in-person classes as demonstrations sprout up on US campuses...
By NICK PERRY and DAVE COLLINS (Associated Press) Columbia University canceled in-person classes on Monday and new demonstrations broke out on other U.S. college campuses as tensions continue to grow...
View ArticlePrimary 2024: What you need to know before you head to the polls
Voters across Berks County will head to the polls Tuesday. They will help decide who will win party nominations for president, U.S. senator, several state row offices, representatives in Congress, half...
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