Shoemakersville News

A bank once before is now a bank once more. Fleetwood Bank opened the doors of its branch on Main Street in Shoemakersville, Berks County this morning.

If you are a Kutztown University student frazzled with finals this week, you may have moved beyond biting nails to clawing curtains or chewing on furniture.

A $1.2 million insurance settlement was approved Thursday in Berks County Court for the parents of a Hamburg High School honor student and standout athlete who was fatally injured in a crash in Tilden Township.

Poetry inspires Catherine Rittenhouse Good every day: the rhythm, the way the words fit together and the way you can say a lot with just the right words.

Boyer's Food Markets said Tuesday that it plans to close its store in Shoemakersville by the beginning of 2010.

Libraries placed before safety Editor: Since the city can't help the citizens, I suppose it comes down to putting out your own fires since .

State police have charged two men with homicide by vehicle, saying they were racing and weaving in and out of traffic on Route 61 in Windsor Township on July 26 before a crash that killed the brother of one of the drivers.

Customers could receive more than $120. Customers of UGI Central Penn Gas in northern Berks County will be getting a one-time refund in their January bills because the cost of buying natural gas has dropped significantly, the company said Thursday.

"I can remember being scared to deal with death, but actually I've found it less so over the years, and now I find it very rewarding to help others," said Chera Wertz, social worker and volunteer coordinator at AseraCare Hospice near Shoemakersville.

Jamie Wagner, 56, Exeter Township, got in a comfortable position to push 91-year-old Lena Snyder's wheelchair.

Berks County engineer William Z. Westcott thought a new Berne Station Bridge would span the Schuylkill River by now.

Air Force 2nd Lt. Kirk H. Devine, a son of James and Deborah Devine, Cumru Township, has graduated from the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., where he took part in the undergraduate pilot training program.

Road projects Route 61 at Route 662 in Shoemakersville: lane restrictions, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Interstate 176 between Exit 2 and Exit 10 : lane restrictions around the clock.

Northbound traffic on Route 61 in Windsor Township is being slowed by a three-vehicle accident, Berks County dispatchers said.

Reading Eagle: Susan L. Angstadt Sue Hain, owner of Rovin' Hollow Kennels, pets Monty, a German shepherd from New Jersey that was a stray when he was hit by a train.

Northern Berks Recreation Commission representative Art Carelson has asked the Perry Township supervisors to appoint a representative for meetings on a planning study of the area's trails.

An 82-year-old Muhlenberg Township man was pronounced dead Thursday following a three-vehicle accident that closed Route 61 in Windsor Township, between Hamburg and Shoemakersville, for about 2 1/2 hours, according to state police.

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The Perry Township Municipal Authority is refusing to pay Shoemakersville as much as the borough bills it for sewer service.

There's a lot of tradition in the Shoemakersville Fire Company, and as the organization marked its 100th anniversary Saturday, Chief Dennis "Rusty" Wagner was walking in the footsteps of his great-great-grandfather, who led the company when it was founded.