West Reading News

West Reading, PA - Tucked behind the Curious Antiques and Consignments shop at 605 Penn Ave.

As we prepare to celebrate the birth of our nation, one local community is celebrating the rebirth of a neighborhood.

When RiverPlace Development Corp. announced plans to revitalize the Reading riverfront, one goal was to link the downtown to West Reading with a walking path.

West Reading man wanted in fraud case Crime Alert Berks County, a citizen crime-fighting group, is offering cash rewards of as much as $5,000 to anyone supplying tips that lead to an arrest in this or any other case or crime.

Logic lacking in West Reading Editor: Medicare and Social Security are running out of money.

Courtesy of Courtney H. Diener-Stokes Ryan Laubach, 4, Aidan Sharkey, 4, and Kaya Laubach, 3, are instructed by Amy Sharkey to do a downward facing dog pose.

Sentences Judge Linda K.M. Ludgate presided over the following cases: Sheila Ringgold, 33, of the 900 block of Franklin Street was sentenced to two years of probation after pleading guilty to receiving stolen property in Reading.

Faced with the prospects of rising health care costs, West Reading Borough Council voted 4-1 Tuesday night to support a single-payer system.

Reading Eagle: Tim Leedy Victor M. Frederick III, Pottstown, leaves Thursday from the Scottish Rite Cathedral in West Reading on a cross-continent trip to raise money for the 32nd Degree Masonic Learning Centers.

Reading Eagle Robert A. Stricek, 15, son of Arthur F. and Leslie M. Stricek, Spring Township, has received the rank of Eagle Scout.

Half the charges against a Berks County constable accused of theft were dismissed at a preliminary hearing Monday.

Question: How would General Motor Corp.'s bankruptcy influence your decision to buy one of their vehicles? Talk of the Town features your comments on a current issue in the news and reader comments that were posted at readingeagle.com. This week we went to Broadcasting Square shopping center in Spring Township.

A West Reading policeman was injured and a homeless woman led police on a brief car chase after she was stopped for a traffic violation, police said Friday.

West Reading's Elm Street program announced Wednesday that it has received a $375,000 state grant for revitalization work in the program area.

Reading Eagle The Sinking Spring Planning Commission is looking at the planned demolition of the former Boscov's West store at Penn Avenue and Shillington Road to kick-start the borough's revitalization.

West Reading is considering installing parking meters along Penn Avenue to raise revenue in the face of increasing municipal costs.

By Courtney H. Diener-Stokes Reading Eagle correspondent Berks County, PA - The sound of blow dryers in high gear indicated a busy day at Tina's Salon and Spa in West Reading.

Reading Eagle: Ryan McFadden Walter R. Bortz of Lower Heidelberg Township collects tabs from aluminum cans and recycles them for money to donate to the Shriners Hospital For Children in Philadelphia.

Three men were arrested Monday morning after they robbed a West Reading gas station and led Reading police on a brief vehicle chase through the city, police said.

Reading Eagle Michael C. Izzo, 16, son of Domenic C. Izzo Jr. and Linda L. Izzo, Wyomissing, has been awarded the rank of Eagle Scout.