Heidelberg News

ALLENTOWN LIBERTY BELL MUSEUM CELEBRATION Independence Day weekend is a big one at Zion's United Church of Christ, home of a Liberty Bell replica that commemorates the hiding of the real bell in the church ...

Private companies will work for free to help transfer ownership of vacant, abandoned properties to neighboring land owners or community groups under a proposal announced today by Allegheny County officials.

A plan to reinvigorate blighted properties in Allegheny County got a boost Tuesday when a law firm, real estate appraiser and title company said they would provide free services.

Two men convicted of killing a rival drug dealer were sentenced Friday in Berks County Court to life in prison, after a jury deliberated about seven hours and deadlocked on the death penalty.

Reading Eagle: Tim Leedy Peter F. Borelli, 37, formerly of the first block of Glenwood Court, South Heidelberg Township, left, and Alfredo Alicea, 23, formerly of the 100 block of South Fifth Street, head to ...

Numerous York County roads will be closed or restricted next week for roadwork, according to the York Office of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

The future of the Myerstown and Schaefferstown elementary schools continued to be a hot topic at last night's Elco school-board meeting.

Summer jobs appear to be readily available for high school and college students in Berks County this year.

Gov. Ed Rendell announced a plan on Thursday to pump an additional $200 million a year into repairing the state's bridges, a proposal that would fix 1,145 bridges, including more than two dozen in the ...

“But I also like to think of it as capturing a little bit of knowledge about our local scene, too. ... I think you always have to have a challenge in life and, for me, art is that challenge.”

Festival facts What: The Senior Festival of the Arts, sponsored by the Berks County Office of the Aging with support of individuals, businesses and institutional supporters. via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Wright's Seafood Inn's menu includes the Seafood Trio -- lobster tail, crab cake and seared jumbo sea scallops. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Police have found the co-worker of a Lebanon County woman found dead in her car in Berks County over the weekend. via WFMZ

“Information obtained from family and the public led to Lyons being taken into custody”

Glenn Lyons, the man police want to question about the murder of a Lebanon County woman, was picked up Thursday in Philadelphia on a state parole violation, Berks County District Attorney John Adams said ... via The Lebanon Daily News

“I certainly think that consolidation is going to continue in this industry”

A growing New Jersey-based scrap metal recycling company has extended its reach into Western Pennsylvania with the $76 million acquisition of the Snyder Group, a local scrap recycler, headquartered on Neville ... via Pittsburgh Tribune

The York County Rail Trail Authority is progressing with the construction of a 1.4-mile section of the Hanover Trolley Trail. via The York Daily Record

PennDOT reports lane restrictions on the following roads in Lehigh County: Route 863 in Weisenberg Township, between Route 222 and Holben Valley Road, April 28-29 from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. for pipe flushing. via The Morning Call

Sift and resift the results of Pennsylvania's presidential primary and here's the bottom line: Voting groups who supported Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in earlier contests did the same here Tuesday; Clinton won because Pennsylvania is home to more of those groups, and they have bigger numbers.

In the Lehigh Valley, only Easton went for the Illinois senator. Everywhere else -- from Bangor to Bethlehem to Heidelberg Township -- was Clinton Country.

What's unique about Easton? It has more black and more young voters, on average, than the Valley, and both those groups break Obama's way. Lafayette College students in particular turned out in large numbers, said Easton City Councilman Jeff Warren, an Obama supporter. Read more

“Maybe they'll want to change it.”

The organization recognizes schools that celebrate diversity, tolerance and respect for others regardless of differences. via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

“It's ironic that she would borrow the president's tactics in her own campaign and invoke bin Laden to score political points”

Hillary Rodham Clinton invoked Pearl Harbor, the Berlin Wall and Osama bin Laden as she reached for a victory in Pennsylvania's Democratic presidential primary to recharge her comeback effort. via Centre Daily Times

Breakfast buffet, all-you-can-eat, 7 to 10 a.m., Heidelberg Church Fellowship Hall , Colorado Street, Marion; $5 adults, $2.50 ages 6-12. Breakfast buffet, 7:30 to 10:10 a.m., St. via Chambersburg Public Opinion