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23 hrs ago | Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Books face stiff battle for Berks children's free time

By David Mekeel Ayahna Clark stood beside a miniature table in the Mifflin Area Community Library, her focus intensely on the pages in front of her.

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Related Topix: Shillington, PA, Video Games, Reading, PA, Reading Metro

Mon Aug 04, 2008

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Moral magic: Berks County pastor-illusionist spreads faith

LAL The Rev. Michael L. Reist, pastor of Bethany Lutheran Church, Stony Creek Mills, hands out million-dollar bills to, from left, Fadima N. Jum, 4, Sinking Spring; Miranda C. Miller, 6, Exeter Township; and ...

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Related Topix: Mount Penn, PA, Reading, PA, Reading Metro, Reiffton, PA, Berks County, PA

Sat Aug 02, 2008

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Former Miss Reading Fair volunteers with her daughters

Sherry L. Nowotarski has a soft spot in her heart for the Reading Fair. Thirty years ago, at age 17, she was crowned Miss Reading Fair.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Hamburg, PA, Reading, PA, Reading Metro

Thu Jul 31, 2008

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Name change needed to get stimulus check

Samuel and Elaine Vilardo of Sinking Spring were looking forward to spending the $1,200 tax stimulus check they were expecting.

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Related Topix: Shillington, PA, Personal Finance, Social Security, Reading, PA, Reading Metro

Tue Jul 29, 2008

The York Daily Record

Police: Citations issued for trucks on Glen Rock street

Two drivers and a business face citations after their overweight trucks traveled down the restricted, steep Church Street hill in Glen Rock, according to Southern Regional Police.

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Related Topix: Glen Rock, PA, Reading, PA, Reading Metro

The York Daily Record

Police: Citations issued for trucks on Glen Rock street

Two drivers and a business face citations after their overweight trucks traveled down the restricted, steep Church Street hill in Glen Rock, according to Southern Regional Police.

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Related Topix: Glen Rock, PA, Reading, PA, Reading Metro

Sun Jul 27, 2008

The York Daily Record

Police: Citations issued for trucks on Glen Rock street

Two drivers and a business face citations after their overweight trucks traveled down the restricted, steep Church Street hill in Glen Rock, according to Southern Regional Police.

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Related Topix: Glen Rock, PA, Reading, PA, Reading Metro

Mon Jul 21, 2008

LancasterOnline

Copper thieves caught in high-wire act

A report that "three suspicious males were cutting cables off power poles" sent West Hempfield Township police to Chickies Rock County Park near Route 441 on Tuesday morning.

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Related Topix: Berks County, PA, Reading, PA, Reading Metro, Mohnton, PA

Sat Jul 19, 2008

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Children find classics at giant used-book sale at Leesport Farmers Market

By Ron Devlin WATCH: Video from the book bonanza Andrew Schell bypassed a vintage copy of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," and didn't even give J.R.R. Tolkien's "Fellowship of the Ring" a second look.

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Related Topix: Bernville, PA, Leesport, PA, Harry Potter, Books

Thu Jul 17, 2008

LancasterOnline

Cops: Teens took wire from power poles

Thieves targeted copper wire in one of two metal-theft incidents earlier this week in West Hempfield Township.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Mohnton, PA, Reading Metro

Fri Jul 11, 2008

The Lebanon Daily News

9 placed in special probation program

Nine people were placed in the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Palmyra, PA, Drugs, Myerstown, PA

Wed Jul 09, 2008

WFMZ

Ruptured Gas Main in Sinking Spring

A repair man's mistake makes a big mess. Tuesday morning a contractor working in the 3800 block of Penn Avenue cut through a gas line.

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Sat Jun 28, 2008

The Morning Call

Those sued in alleged Ponzi scheme

The state attorney general's office sued the following people Friday in Berks County Court, alleging they cheated hundreds of consumers out of $40 million in a Ponzi scheme: Wesley A. Snyder of Oley, Berks ...

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Related Topix: Berks County, PA, Oley, PA, Worcester, PA, Montgomery County, PA

Thu Jun 26, 2008

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Jason Brudereck,

Jim Giuffrida fulfilled a lifelong dream last September when he opened Jimmy G's Railroad House sports bar in Sinking Spring.

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Related Topix: US Marine Corps, US News

Tue Jun 24, 2008

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Kenyan visits Berks YMCA, touts objectives

There is only one public swimming pool in all of Kenya, a humid, tropical East African country where the average temperature is in the mid-80s. Eric Kinuthia, general secretary of the YMCA of Kenya, hopes to ...

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Related Topix: Berks County, PA, World News, Kenya, Africa, Reading, PA, Reading Metro

Tue Jun 17, 2008

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Sinking Spring will star in slide show

Paul Miller's favorite part of Sinking Spring is the train station that a dedicated group saved from destruction 30 years ago.

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Sun Jun 01, 2008

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Sinking Spring man hurt when motorcycle hits car

A Sinking Spring man was injured when his motorcycle collided with a car in South Heidelberg Township, officials said Sunday.

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Related Topix: Reading, PA, Reading Metro, Pen Argyl, PA, Northampton County, PA

Fri May 30, 2008

WFMZ

Man Charged with Indecent Assault of 14-Year-Old Girl

Man Charged with Indecent Assault of 14-Year-Old Girl Berks County Detectives have charged a man with Indecent Assault on a 14-year-old girl.

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Related Topix: Berks County, PA

Wed May 28, 2008

GantDaily.com

AG Announces Lawsuit Against Nine People Involved in Mortgage and Investment Scheme

Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced the filing of a consumer protection lawsuit against nine individuals who were allegedly involved in a wide-reaching mortgage and investment "ponzi" scheme that ...

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Lancaster Metro, Lancaster, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Lansdale, PA

Mon May 26, 2008

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Too cool for the pool?

With the recent cool weather and rain, it's been hard to have warm thoughts about swimming in an outdoor pool.

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Related Topix: Kenhorst, PA, Weather, Memorial Day, Life, Holidays

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