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Recap: Harrisburg's Robert Gilliam struck out seven and allowed just three hits and one run in five innings Friday night to lead the Senators to a 9-2 victory over the Reading Fightin Phils in an Eastern League game at Metro Bank Park.

Reading Eagle Music, and the harp specifically, have been used for health and healing since the time of the ancient Egyptians.

"He helped serve our country. He's an American hero, so I'm trying to do whatever we can to help him and give back for what he did for our country," said Andrew Dreibelbis, best friend of Sergeant Adam Hartswick.

Reading police knew there had to be a link between the April 3 burglary of a city bodega where someone cut a hole through the ceiling from the apartment above and an earlier break-in where a hole was cut through the store wall from an adjacent stairway.

Elaine Moreno Raffucci, director of early childhood literacy and higher education at the Daniel Torres Hispanic Center, says the Abriendo Puertas program aims to set children of Spanish-speaking Latinos on the path to English proficiency.

A flowered pottery jar by the late Lester Breininger is among items to be auctioned Saturday at his former residence in Robesonia.

Hamburg police have charged a Reading woman with helping a man wanted on rape and related charges flee the region this month.

A federal judge Thursday prevented Shawnfatee M. Bridges from being released from prison and delayed a pending retrial in the 1996 slayings of two Reading cousins until a U.S. appellate court decides if it will hear prosecutors' appeal of the rulings.

Road projects All projects involve lane restrictions and run from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

Talk of the Town features your comments on an issue in the news. This week, we went to West Reading.

The Reading Health System Board of Directors elected a new chairman, vice chairman and five directors during its annual meeting Thursday.

Wanted: An entity to focus solely on the city's economic development efforts. Needed: Money to fund it.

Hayden Craddolph, executive director of the Haydenfilms Institute, high-fives a student before the start of the screening of public-service announcements created by teens.

Imagine a projectile the weight of an early VW Beetle and the size of a 10-year old child shot the distance from Reading to Hamburg and hitting its target on the bull's-eye. Then imagine pulling the trigger of the gun that shot those projectiles.

On Tuesday, May 7, award-winning young adult author and Reading, Pa. local A.S. King visited Friends Select School and presented to seventh, eighth, and ninth grade students.

A convicted burglar was arrested after probation officers found two revolvers, cocaine and drug paraphernalia in his Reading apartment, police said Wednesday.

Write-in candidates made a strong showing in West Reading's primary races. In the race for four seats on council, incumbent Nathalie R. Kulesa, 66, led the Democratic ticket with 118 votes, followed by 97 write-ins. The third spot was rounded out by Grace M. Craze, 52, an assistant manager at a convenience store, who earned 92 votes.

Up to 56 people could lose their jobs because of budget cuts, Reading School District officials said Wednesday.

Fred Koller of Shillington, who opened a car dealership in Reading in 1898, drives a vintage Winton in center city in this undated photo.

Until the mid-1920s, the Reading Public Museum was housed in the Reading School District Administration Building at Eighth and Washington streets.