Bechtelsville News

Twenty-three students from western Montgomery County - including 12 from Pottstown, three from Collegeville, and one each from Barto, Bechtelsville, Gilbertsville, Limerick, Phoenixville, Spring City, Stowe and Trappe - are among the Montgomery County Community College Class of 2013 named Monday to Who's Who Among Students in American Junior ... (more)

If no party is listed for an office, no one in that party is seeking the office.

A 64-year-old woman from Bechtelsville was bitten by a dog Wednesday while jogging along Old Route 100 in Washington Township, state police said.

A 12-year-old city boy riding a bicycle without brakes was injured Thursday when he rode through a red light and into the side of a car at Fifth and Court streets, Reading police said.

A $17,000 real estate transfer tax bill was hardly the reward the Eastern Berks Fire Department expected after consolidating the Bally, Barto and Bechtelsville fire companies in late 2011.

Duane Howard turned his season around at Grandview Speedway. For the first time in 2013, the defending NASCAR Whelen All-American Series 358-modified champion raced to Victory Lane at the Berks County facility.

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Tonight Big Diamond Speedway, Minersville, 8:15 p.m.: 358-modifieds, URC sprint cars and roadrunners.