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North Heidelberg Water Co. customers may see rate hike
North Heidelberg Water Co. customers would see rates increase 40 percent if the company is sold to the Reading Area Water Authority.
Char Valley educator out, but now runs for school board
Chartiers Valley School District Assistant Superintendent Tammy Whitfield turned in her keys and cleaned out her office after a judge refused her request to work beyond the expiration of her contract.
The statue stares out ominously, muscles all red-orange and eyes blotted out. He is crouched up and angled forward on his skateboard, but there is no mistaking that he is a cadaver, pouncing at the audience almost ghoulishly.
Dan Hartzell: Road Warrior Ways to avoid plowing into farm vehicles
Q Enclosed are photographs of the kind of farm equipment I've seen on area roadways.
Chartiers Valley School Board incumbents try to hold onto seats
Five people are running for four seats on the Chartiers Valley School Board in the Nov.
Scott officials approve amended streetscape plan
Scott commissioners last night voted unanimously to shift the parking along busy Carothers Avenue in Glendale from the left side to the right as part of a tri-community street revitalization project aimed at spurring business development.
South Lebanon commits fire police to help at swine-flu clinics
The South Lebanon supervisors Tuesday night approved the use of the township fire police to assist in traffic control in coordination with the state Department of Health for H1N1 mass vaccination clinics.
Road projects Route 222 between Business Route 222 in Ontelaunee Township and Berkshire Boulevard in Wyomissing: overnight lane restrictions, 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Route 422 in Lower and South Heidelberg townships: single-lane conditions around the clock.
One man was injured in a three-vehicle accident Monday at Route 419 and Prescott Road in Heidelberg Township, police said.
W. Pa. Police Say Texas Hold 'Em Game Held Up
W. Pa. Police Say Texas Hold 'Em Game Held Up Share + Oct 20, 2009 10:06 am US/Eastern W. Pa.
1 Hurt In Heidelberg Fire Department Robbery
Police in Allegheny County are investigating a violent robbery at a local fire station.
For some Halloween attractions, rain offers a real scare
Girls bundled up against the rain and cold run from a chainsaw-wielding monster at the Haunted Mill Scream Park in Heidelberg Township on Saturday.
Volunteers sought for Conrad Weiser Homestead operations, funding
Judge: Woman's animals must go
Five sheep, four llamas, 10 chickens, 14 rabbits, four chinchillas and an African Sulcata tortoise.
Siren test Exelon Nuclear will conduct its monthly test of the emergency sirens surrounding the Limerick Nuclear Generating Station in Montgomery County today at 2 p.m. Residents may hear a steady three-minute alarm.
Nazareth Area's Angelica Elizabeth Fox recalled as bright student
Nazareth Area School District officials will have counselors and school psychologists on hand for students today in the wake of a Saturday car crash that killed a senior.
3-vehicle Eastern Pa. Crash Kills 2 Teens
Share + Sep 27, 2009 5:04 pm US/Eastern GERMANTOWN, Pa. Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say a three-vehicle crash has killed two teenagers and injured two others.
Two dead in Heidelberg Township accident, police say
Two people were killed in a wreck this afternoon on Mountain Road west of Bake Oven Road in Heidelberg Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
15 arrested in drug-trafficking sweep in Berks County; 7 still at large
The suspects Authorities said the following were arrested on drug-trafficking charges Wednesday during a countywide roundup by the district attorney's drug task force: a Jeffrey Anderson, 20, of the 800 block of Hartman Avenue, Muhlenberg Township.
Lehigh Township to consider blocking factory farming
A citizens group hoping to block factory farming in Lehigh Township will get to see elected officials vote on the matter soon.