Elverson News

Question: How do you feel about potentially adding slot machines at the Crowne Plaza Reading hotel in Wyomissing? Talk of the Town features your comments on an issue in the news.

One man was killed and another was taken to the hospital after a head-on crash in Berks County.

Thomas Gramigna of Tavistock Country Club and Anthony Martire of the Seaview Resort are the only two South Jersey representatives left in the 109th Philadelphia Amateur, taking place at Stonewall in Elverson, Pa.

Question: What do you think about the Twin Valley School District's teachers union giving up pay raises to help the district balance its budget? Talk of the Town features your comments on a current issue in the news and reader comments that were posted at readingeagle.com. This week we went to Caernarvon Township.

About church mission trips Berks-area churches are gearing up for mission trips in the coming months.

If you live in a town with two barbers, you go to the one with the worse haircut, because it's probably the other barber who did the job.

While BookExpo might have been found somewhat lacking by publishers and booksellers, many school librarians were tickled pink to be there.

You are in the mood to grill. But wait. All you have is a slab of unmarinated meat.

A group trying to preserve a section of the Horse-Shoe Trail in Berks County hopes to convince local residents to provide easements so it can move 3 miles of the trail off local roads.

An independent Chester County, Pa. filmmaker's comedy called Kicking the Dog was released on DVD on Tuesday.

Despite its dismal finances, Elverson EMS will stay in business if it can raise $116,000 in cash this year, according to the company's accountant.

Reading Eagle: Bill Uhrich Worshippers string prayer beads while the Encounter Worship Band plays following the message during the Encounter service at the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts.

Buckle up and live! Berks traffic toll 2009 2008 Total killed to date 14 12 District judges Before Ann L. Young: Case waived into court: Ricky L. Emerich Jr., 25, of the 200 block of Woodrow Avenue, Sinking Spring, public drunkenness and possessing drug paraphernalia.

Twin Valley Fire Department has told Warwick Township, Chester County, officials that the township must make its annual payment by June 30 or the fire department will stop responding to calls there.

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Reading Eagle: Lauren A. Little Elverson EMS Chief Nathan Z. Spece of Honey Brook in the company's station in Elverson.

Most Philadelphia School District students were happy to head home three hours early yesterday due to teacher professional-development sessions.

Project highlights Project highlights Replace washed-out bridges along former Route 82 with pedestrian bridges strong enough for service vehicles.

Just before Christmas, a technician fried 350 eggs, one after another, in the same pan.

Fluoropolymer coatings manufacturer Whitford Corp. has reached an agreement to acquire the nonstick coatings division of Amsterdam, the Netherlands-based AkzoNobel BV, with an anticipated closing date of March ...