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Conrad Weiser Homestead abuzz with preparations for patriotic concert
Just days before the Conrad Weiser Homestead's biggest annual event, the site's two employees are rushing to prepare for the patriotic concert.
Slices of life: Bethany Children's Home gets new garden
Shillington, PA - Bryce I. Sakach, 16, of Shillington, a junior at Gov. Mifflin High School, recently completed designing and building the Horn Garden at Bethany Children's Home, Womelsdorf, as part of working toward becoming an Eagle Scout.
Judge sentences Womelsdorf driver to probation
A Womelsdorf man was sentenced last week to probation for 312 years for drunken driving, simple assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
Local religion digest : Tulpehocken historical society sets church tour
Congregations in Stouchsburg, Womelsdorf and Wernersville are included. Opera presentation planned.
Talk of the Town: What should be offered at the Conrad Weiser Homestead?
Question: The state has cut the Conrad Weiser Homestead budget and will only maintain the grounds.
Person of the week: Mae K. McNear
Womelsdorf, PA - Age: 68. Address: Womelsdorf. Family: Son, Lance McNear, and his wife, Becky, Boyertown; one granddaughter, Stephanie NcNear, 18, Womelsdorf.; two grandsons, Nathan Shrom, 14, and Aaron Shrom, 9, both of Boyertown; and two brothers, Charles Hill, Wernersville; and James Hill, Birdsboro.
A teenager charged with breaking into a Richland gun shop and stealing more than 80 weapons was sentenced to probation this week.
John D. Forester Jr.: Budget forecast in the ground
This time of year I tend to read tea leaves - coffee grounds actually. It's a habit I picked up from years of pacing the state Capitol hallways on cigarette-and-coffee-fueled June evenings trying to outguess what the budget-makers were doing behind closed doors.
Buckle up and live! Berks traffic toll20092008 Total killed to date1722 District judges Before Ann L. Young Cases waived for court: Kristy Rissmiller, 44, of the first block of North Fifth Street, Womelsdorf, drunken driving.
Jim Kerr: Pitting Boone against Weiser unlikely to work
Daniel Boone was a man, Yes, a big man! But to Berks County, Conrad Weiser was a lot more important than he! With apologies to the 1960s TV theme song, that's the tune some supporters of the Conrad Weiser Homestead are humming these days.
School Closed By Swine Flu Plans For Reopening
The Conrad Weiser School District in Berks County is planning for the reopening of its West elementary school in Womelsdorf Thursday morning.
Womelsdorf couple graduating together with honors from Reading Area Community College
Reading Eagle: Ben Hasty Husband and wife Joel and Darlene Schenck of Womelsdorf plan to graduate from Reading Area Community College together today.
Reading man sentenced to jail for raising 6-year-old in filthy, frigid house
A 30-year-old Reading man was sentenced Friday in Berks County Court to three to 23 months in Berks County Prison for raising a 6-year-old in a filthy, frigid house.
Plenty of pain to go around for upcoming budget year
Plenty of pain to go around for upcoming budget year The Issue: State budget cuts are reducing or shrinking worthwhile programs.
Second Swine Flu Case Confirmed in Berks County
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has confirmed a second case of swine flu in Berks County.
Swine Flu Scare Closes Berks Co. School
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1952 Chevy Truck - The Guinea Pig
While some people may have had the fortune of being born with a silver spoon in their mouth, very few are brought into this world with the natural, raw talent to build a custom vehicle from the ground up.
Womelsdorf man, 18, charged with rape
Reading Eagle An 18-year-old Womelsdorf man was charged Saturday with beating and raping a borough woman April 17, police said.
Defending the Conrad Weiser Homestead
Timeline 1696: Conrad Weiser born in Wurttemberg, Germany. 1709: The Weiser family emigrates to England and then to America, settling in New York.