Sinking Spring News

It's not just ancient mythology. Since time immemorial, men have been from Mars and women from Venus.

A morning car crash in West Cocalico Township claims the life of a man. It happened around 8:40 a.m. when Howard Fisher, 80, of Sinking Spring, drove along the 500 block of North Ridge Road.

Model trains are a serious hobby for three Willow Valley residents. George Baile, Chuck Jones and Don "Santa Claus" Williams spend many hours of their time working with the model train display at Willow Valley Cultural Center.

I already did not agree with Reading officials when they proposed cutting 45 police officers, 35 firefighters and 15 rank-and-file workers in order to save money and help fill the $15 million budget.

The Spring Township Planning Commission has had its first look at plans for a CVS/pharmacy proposed for the site of the Savage Preowned Kia car dealership.

A rally was held Wednesday at the Reading Public Library Northeast Branch, the latest attempt by supporters to save three branches threatened with closure by budget cuts.

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Whenever 86-year-old Pearl Webb mentions her grandson, Army Sgt. Benjamin Potteiger, her eyes well up and her voice cracks with emotion.

Kids of all ages get a kick out of bands, antique cars and the arrival of the jolly old elf himself.

Vestiges of wars past linger as volunteers gather at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6150 in Sinking Spring to fill Christmas gift packages for American troops around the world.

Four students from the Shippensburg University Honors Program gave presentations and moderated a panel session at the 44th annual conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council Oct.

When a lightning strike destroyed their Wyomissing home two years ago, Lynne M. and Bruce M. Morris felt they had no choice but to continue to live where their roots are.

Sinking Spring Borough Council has voted 4-2 not to adopt an anti-nepotism ordinance.

Even as a student at Wilson High, Scott D. Wagner knew he wanted a career in the military.

Incumbent District Judge Ann L. Young defeated challenger Dave Debiec for another six-year term on the bench.

Reading Eagle Several Berks County communities and school boards had contested elections Tuesday.

A pair of Berks County Sheriff Department deputies returned to work today after being hurt in a crash that happened during the course of a DUI checkpoint detail they were conducting in Sinking Spring over the weekend.

Reading Eagle A Sinking Spring woman and her 14-year-old son were injured in a two-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon in Spring Township, police said.

Two Berks County deputy sheriffs and a Wyomissing police officer were injured over the weekend when a suspected drunken driver crashed his pickup truck into a DUI checkpoint in Sinking Spring, authorities said Sunday.

Police have closed a section of Fritztown Road in Spring Township following a two-vehicle crash.