Oley News

Most people who lived through the 1980s have memories of iconic singer Michael Jackson .

Reading Eagle: Ryan McFadden Robert Green of Blandon works on one of his antique washing machines, a Maytag 1922 Gyrafoam Model 80, in a work space he rents in Oley.

After nearly a year on the market, the Oley Township house built by Berks Career & Technology Center students has a buyer.

Let the teachers do their jobs Editor: I am writing in regard to the article, "Oley board settles on controversial text" . I was appalled.

After weeks of debate, the Oley Valley School Board sided with social studies teachers in the battle over a controversial new history book.

Two teachers unions show solidarity with taxpayers The Issue: Educators in two school districts replace existing contracts with new deals that include significant concessions.

Editor: Kudos to D. Bruce Surgeoner who, retiring from Oley Valley School District, had the nerve to tell the school board what he, as a teacher, felt needed fixing in their district.

Rep. David R. Kessler is in his second term representing the 130th House District in Berks County.

Q: A woman was executed in Reading 200 years ago this week. What was her story? And why is she still remembered? It is hard to comprehend thousands of people gathering in City Park to watch someone die.

Reading Eagle The following information was supplied by Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania.

A former Gettysburg College student has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other offenses in the stabbing and choking death of his ex-girlfriend. Police say 21-year-old Kevin Robert Schaeffer admitted killing Roosevelt teen Emily Silverstein in his off-campus apartment early on the morning of April 9. He pleaded not guilty Tuesday at his ...

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Memorial Day events Get in the true spirit of the holiday at a memorial service at 2 p.m. at Aulenbach Cemetery, 2100 Perkiomen Ave., Mount Penn.

Reading Eagle: Ryan McFadden Oley Valley High School students carry equipment into a family cemetery near Limekiln and Oley Turnpike roads.

Courtesy of McGraw-Hill Education "American History: A Survey" is a popular choice in the U.S. for Advanced Placement American history classes but has been challenged as being biased by some Oley Valley school board members.

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

Reading Eagle, Pa. Middle May 17--AS INVESTIGATORS BEGAN to shuffle through the smoldering ashes where two boys had died, a crowd of fi refighters and other emergency personnel stood by and watched quietly.

Rain curtailed Saturday night's NASCAR Whelen All-American Series 358-modified feature at Grandview Speedway.

Reading Eagle State police have cited the Oley Valley School District for having too many false burglary alarms, investigators said Sunday.

How tough is the 358-modified competition at Big Diamond Raceway and Grandview Speedway? Just look at the numbers.