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State Rep. Tom Quigley and the Montgomery County House and Senate Republican Delegation will host a Military and Family Resource Day from 1 to 7 p.m. today, July 22, at the Perkiomen Valley Middle School, 220 ...

SATURDAY, JULY 19 COMMUNITY EVENTS Second Summer Cemetary Walk will be 10 a.m. at Montgomery Cemetery, 1 Hartranft Ave., West Norriton.

Penn State Berks book Party on campus Penn State Berks celebrates its 50th anniversary Tuesday with the following events: 3-5 p.m., campus book store: "We Are Penn State Berks" book signing by three of its ...

Adams County's commissioners met Tuesday with their Frederick County counterparts and discussed the impact a planned military-base realignment and Frederick County's moratorium on land subdivisions could have ...

Comment on This Story / Send This Article to a Friend NewsMakers Fryberger, Buchanan, Smith & Frederick, P.A 6/22/2008 Paul A. Loraas has been recertified by the Minnesota State Bar Association as a MSBA board ...

Frederick O'Malley remembers stopping at a hotel in St. Louis while traveling on business in the 1950s.

A judge has ordered a woman who worked as a substitute teacher at Governor Mifflin High School in Berks County to stand trial on charges she attempted to buy drugs from one of her students.

It's the last thing you'd ever think a teacher would do. A Montgomery County substitute teacher, with ties to Berks, nabbed for allegedly trying to buy pot...from a teenage student.

Competition among communities for open space money could start sooner than expected in Montgomery County.

County commissioners on Thursday said they're considering letting municipalities that spent their original share of the county's $67 million in open space grants come back again if they come up with suitable proposals.

The potential winners: townships such as Upper Hanover, Marlborough or Franconia, which are among seven communities across the county that have used up their allocations under the current program and were not slated to be in line for further money until next year. Read more

“They made it look like something anyone can wear”

As part of their final exam, students create products to assist a young woman with spina bifida to walk and get around campus. via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

A former area hockey coach is awaiting sentencing in Montgomery County Court after pleading guilty to charges that he molested a young boy.

Gary L. Byer, 66, of Lower Frederick Township, pleaded guilty on March 27 to criminal rape attempt of a child and three other first-degree felony crimes, court records show.

Judge William R. Carpenter ordered Byer to remain in Montgomery County Prison without bail while awaiting sentencing.

Byer also must undergo an evaluation by the Pennsylvania Sexual Offender Assessment Board, which helps courts determine if an alleged sex offender is a sexually violent predator. Read more

“He has never actually hurt (the children), but did tell me that the worst thing he could do to me would be to kill the children and not me so I could live without them”

A man who had argued with his estranged wife over the custody of their three children has confessed to drowning them in a hotel bathtub on the night they were to go back with their mother, police said Monday. via Centre Daily Times

Franklin County grew at a faster rate than any of its neighboring counties from 2006 to 2007. via Chambersburg Public Opinion

“We're all going over to our singer's house to watch it together.”

A local hard-rock band plans on soon swapping its style for Christian music, but not before it appears on a show about swapping wives. via Evening Sun

“He's the father of Boeing Rotorcraft. We would not be where we are without his mind and entrepreneural skills”

Frank Piasecki, the aviation pioneer who invented the big twin-rotor helicopter that has carried soldiers into battle and rescued thousands from disaster, died today after becoming ill in his Main Line home. via Philly.com

“We had a sense that we had hit a hot topic and would get a good turnout”

Mark Berg of Highland Township, Adams County, is unhappy with efforts to halt home development in Frederick County, Md. via Chambersburg Public Opinion

“The old buildings will be sold to help us pay for part of the financing for the new schools.”

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is moving forward with its plan to build two new high schools. via WFMZ

“A day on rather than a day off.”

On Thursday, California University of Pennsylvania will present its Fifth Annual Day of Service observing the birthday of Dr. via Herald-Standard

“She didnt care about the consequences for her; she just cared about helping police find Ebony”

The Whitpain Township mother whose boyfriend is accused of fatally beating and sexually assaulting her 14-year-old daughter has been unfairly portrayed in the media, her brother said yesterday. via Philly.com

“The students matter more to me than any other aspect of the job”

John Commito, a professor at Gettysburg College, has been named Pennsylvania Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation. via Evening Sun