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12 min ago | Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Coolest June in 17 years in Berks County eases rainfall deficit , but not by much

In two important ways, last month was the coolest June in 17 years. And drought concerns were washed away by thunderstorms spawned by unsettled weather.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Reading, PA, Reading Metro, Volcanic Eruption

8 hrs ago | Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Property tax appeals may be harder to win in Berks County

Appeal date The Berks County assessment office is accepting appeals from property owners who think their assessments are too high.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Berks County 4-H facing funding famine

Reading Eagle: Ben Hasty Berks County 4-H volunteer Roger Bowman on his Greenwich Township farm.

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Related Topix: Reading, PA, Famine, Natural Disasters, Reading Metro, Agriculture, Science, Fleetwood, PA

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Recycling, not landfills, urged as proper disposal for old TVs being junked in Berks County

Reading Eagle: Ryan McFadden Full of toxic metals, this set, put out with the trash near Third and Walnut streets in Reading, is likely destined for a landfill.

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Related Topix: TV, Electronics, Reading, PA, Reading Metro, Sinking Spring, PA, Shillington, PA

LancasterOnline

New Holland man killed in crash

A New Holland man was killed when two pickup trucks collided Tuesday morning on Route 23 in Caernarvon Township, near Morgantown, according to the Reading Eagle newspaper's Web site.

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Related Topix: New Holland, PA, Reading, PA, Morgantown, PA

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Mosquitoes are already on the hunt in Berks County

Know your parasites To teach youngsters and teens about mosquitoes and ticks, Robert Hopkins, Berks County insects program coordinator, has developed a hands-on workshop to teach about insects that carry disease.

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Related Topix: Entomology, Science, Education Etc., West Nile Virus, Health, Pennsylvania

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Berks County judge urges court to uphold conviction in murder at McDonald's drive-through

A second-degree murder conviction was proper for a 29-year-old Reading man who drove the car when a worker at a McDonalda s drive-through window was killed, according to a Berks County Court judge.

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Related Topix: Reading, PA, Reading Metro

Y102

Rock Hits Y102- Berks County's #1 Station

The United States said on Monday it views the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya as a coup but is not legally declaring this for now, a step that would require Washington cut off most aid to Tegucigalpa.

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Related Topix: Honduras, World News, Central America, Manuel Zelaya, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Berks County's schools lead way in health care

Berks County's schools lead way in health care Editor's note: Dr. Joe Yarworth served as a member of the Berks County Schools Health Consortium board of directors from 1994 until 2005.

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Related Topix: Health Insurance, Health, Education Etc., Schuylkill County, PA, Reading, PA, Reading Metro

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Y102

Rock Hits Y102- Berks County's #1 Station

At least 14 people were killed and 50 injured overnight in Italy when a freight train hauling liquefied petroleum gas derailed and exploded as it passed their homes, officials said on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Europe, Italy, World News, Explosion

WFMZ-TV

Three-Alarm Fire Guts House In Berks County

A three-alarm fire gutted a house on a farm in Maxatawny Township, Berks County, just north of Kutztown, this morning.

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Related Topix: Kutztown, PA

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Lebanon man gets life in prison for killing Bethel Township woman

A Lebanon man was sentenced Monday in Berks County Court to life in prison for killing the sister of a woman he had dated.

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Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Superior Court asked to uphold denial of retrial for jailed Berks County ex-funeral director

The jailed former funeral director was convicted of assaulting a deputy coroner and a nurse's aide.

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Related Topix: Reading, PA, Reading Metro

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Chambersburg Public Opinion

Jon & Kate breakup brings on discussion in Franklin County

"It may be a crazy life, but it's our life," Kate Gosselin said in the introduction to her family's reality TV show, "Jon & Kate Plus 8." Many Franklin County families watch the reality television show on TLC featuring their fellow Pennsylvanians -- a young couple who first had a set of twins, then, trying for "just one more" child, as the show's ...

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Related Topix: Franklin County, PA, Jon & Kate Plus 8, Entertainment, Television, Chambersburg, PA, Family, Kids, Wyomissing, PA, Opinion

Sat Jun 27, 2009

WFMZ

Man From Schuylkill River Search Turns Up Dead

The man who police jumped into the Schuylkill River last weekend turned up dead Saturday morning.

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Related Topix: Leesport, PA

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

State budget ax likely to take toll in Berks County

Reading Eagle: Ben Hasty Khalid Tounsi, 2, and his mother, Eliz Souza, of Reading on Wednesday during a children's program at the Reading Public Library.

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Related Topix: Reading, PA, Reading Metro, Pennsylvania, Education Etc., US News

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Lightning Struck my tree last night, submitted by Pat McCoy of Levittown, Pa

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Related Topix: Levittown, PA, Reading, PA, Weather, Hurricane, Natural Disasters

WFMZ

Storms In Berks County

Strong storms blew through Berks County tonight. Poles, wires and trees were sent crashing to the ground in Amity and Douglass Townships.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Rendell signs death warrant for Reading man who raped, strangled Sunday school teacher

Gov. Ed Rendell signed a death warrant Friday for a 45-year-old Reading man who raped and strangled a 69-year-old Sunday school teacher in her home in September 2002.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Reading, PA, Reading Metro, Drugs

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Reading man shot several times in apparent robbery attempt

A man was shot early Tuesday during an apparent robbery attempt near his home in the 300 block of North Ninth Street, police said.

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Related Topix: Reading, PA, Reading Metro

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