Shillington News

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Age: 16. Address: Shillington. Family: Parents, Rob and Danyelle Curtis; two brothers, Haydn 15; and Chase, 14; and a sister, Gwendolyn, 11.

IMMANUEL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 99 S. Waverly St., Shillington, offers half-day retreat with Doug Wysockey Johnson 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today.

Reading Eagle: Jeremy Drey Ex-Shillington resident Allyshah Powanda Winburn of Honolulu unearths clues to the identity of missing U.S. servicemen and women.

Two men were shot and wounded early Friday at 11th and Cotton streets after an argument with three other men, Reading police said.

Ludgate soft on defendant Editor: Berks County never will be safe as long as judges such as Linda K.M. Ludgate sit on the bench.

Reading Eagle: Ryan McFadden Case facts Plaintiffs: Berks County Second Deputy Coroner Wally A. Woytovich, 65, and former Reading Hospital nurse's aide Margaret M. Marino, 48.

Just call them bundles of boy. Weighing in at a combined 22 pounds and 11.5 ounces at birth, Jeffery, Gavyn and Blayk were born within three months of one another to the Focht sisters.

A Shillington borough councilman is concerned that a borough advisory committee is being controlled by other council members.

Question: President Barack Obama believes a longer school day, or year-round school, may improve student performance.

Berks art on display Berks art on display What: Show and sale of 125 paintings by 19th- and early-20th-century Berks County artists.

This Halloween spending season doesn't seem to be nearly as frightening to consumers as it was last year, according to a few local merchants.

Trends for fall Men By Julia Katerman, owner, Mixx Inc., West Reading a Go for dark jeans with the vintage look and exposed stitching.

The Windsor Press Inc. building in Hamburg is undergoing partial demolition and reconstruction following damage from a March fire that affected 12 other buildings.

Drug trafficking is a problem in all corners of Berks County, District Attorney John T. Adams said Wednesday after teams of county detectives and municipal police officers swept through the county to round up suspects on drug charges.

Borough would pay $372,221 in 2010; deal might save two Reading officers' jobs By Mary E. Young The Reading Police Department would begin providing law enforcement services in Kenhorst at the beginning of 2010 if an agreement can be reached on contract terms, City Council learned Monday.

They ended up nabbing 15 of those they were looking for. >> CHIEF MIKE GOMBAR: They facilitate their sales through the cell phone, they deliver in cars, on their houses, in parking lots, all over the county.

Reading Eagle The Miller-Keystone Blood Center, 2745 Leisz's Bridge Road, Bern Township, has scheduled the following blood drive sites: Wednesday: Reading Hospital R Building, Fifth Avenue, West Reading, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Redner's Warehouse, 3 Quarry Road, Maidencreek Township, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday: Secure-A-Home, 50 S. Museum Road, ...

Reading Eagle: Jeremy Drey The Gov. Mifflin Class of 1974 will hold its 35th reunion on Saturday, Oct.

First fill vacant stores Editor: I read about a 4-1 vote approving plans for the proposed Exeter Rite Aid at the former Fegley's Restaurant site .