Shoemakersville News

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.

Brian Shuey needed a little luck. Shuey entered the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late model point season finale Sept.

Crews on Wednesday completed work on the Route 61 bridge that connects Berks and Schuylkill counties.

Shoemakersville officials want a deed restriction lifted from the borough pool property so they can sell some of the land to finance pool repairs.

Family members of Herbert Rupp Jr. sought an explanation from his killer on Thursday before Santiago M. Robles was sentenced to 12 to 25 years in state prison in the murder over a handicapped parking space.

A Shoemakersville man was injured Tuesday afternoon when his pickup truck veered off Route 61 in Perry Township and went down an embankment, state police said.

Reading Eagle: Ben Hasty Terry Russitano and his 8-year-old daughter, Madison, next to battery pieces that came out of the ground near their Shoemakersville home.

News of 1899 January a Spanish rule ends in Cuba. a The word automobile is used for the first time, in a New York Times editorial.

A 16-year-old Myerstown girl drowned Tuesday afternoon while swimming on a Jackson Township farm, state police at Jonestown said.

A proposal to open an arcade and teen dance club in Shoemakersville ran into a lot of opposition and was rejected Thursday at a borough zoning hearing.

Reading Eagle Five people were injured in a two-car crash that closed the southbound lanes of Route 61 in Hamburg for about 30 minutes Friday afternoon.