Hamburg News

Berks County engineer William Z. Westcott thought a new Berne Station Bridge would span the Schuylkill River by now.

A manufacturing company in business for more than 60 years locally has cast its last iron.

A New Jersey woman accused of providing the gun that killed Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Joshua Miller now faces federal charges.

Two Hamburg Borough Council incumbents who won re-election said Wednesday that their immediate focus is passing a budget that does not increase property taxes.

The makers of ''The Men Who Stare At Goats'' have planted this epigraph before the movie: ''More of this is true than you would believe.'' But I heard one young man emerging from a preview saying, ''I don't think any of this is true.'' Who in their right mind would buy a story about a visionary Army officer embracing Eastern martial arts and West ...

PERRY TOWNSHIP Berks County Woman reaching for phone flips her car, police say A Northampton driver's sport utility vehicle flipped Monday night when she reached for her cell phone on Route 61 in Berks County, police said.

In 2006, Bon Jovi released a song called "Who Says You Can't Go Home." Three years later, former Reading Phillies reliever Nick Evangelista is headed back to his alma mater.

Reading Eagle A 10-year-old Hamburg girl was injured Sunday when her motorized scooter was struck by a car in the borough, Hamburg police said.

By Michelle Park Many hours of volunteer labor and more than 1,500 pounds of material were used to create a footbridge that makes it safer to use two trails in northern Berks County.

Reading Eagle The 2009 King Frost parade will begin Saturday at 7 p.m. at North Third Street and Port Clinton Avenue in Hamburg.

Road projects Interstate 176 between Exit 2 and Exit 10 : lane restrictions around the clock.

The swine! Online salesmen are trying to take advantage of your fears about swine flu .

Food Lion's plan to open a store in Sinking Spring marks its return to Berks County five years after closing its store in Hamburg, and the developer of the shopping center where it will be located said the location should be a perfect fit.

Drinking water sources throughout Pennsylvania and likely Berks County are in jeopardy because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the federal Clean Water Act, conservation groups say.

In hilly, wooded Tilden Township, about 10 miles north of Reading, the McDonald's restaurant has antler chandeliers.

An 82-year-old Muhlenberg Township man was pronounced dead Thursday following a three-vehicle accident that closed Route 61 in Windsor Township, between Hamburg and Shoemakersville, for about 2 1/2 hours, according to state police.

The woman who bought a gun Daniel Autenrieth used to kill Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Joshua Miller has been charged with lending a prohibited firearm and other offenses.

With gold prices seemingly remaining comfortable above $1,000 an ounce, the phone was ringing nonstop Monday at Muller Rare Coins & Fine Jewelry as customers locked in prices to sell their gold.

By Oct. 21, the Berks County commissioners should have the results of five public meetings held to gather input on the countywide study of police operations.

Columbus Day What's open, what's closed Monday for the holiday: a State offices: closed.