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Report: Feds to announce major crib recall Tuesday
... Product Safety Commission urged parents to stop using convertible bassinets manufactured by Simplicity Inc., of Reading, Pa. after a 5-month-old girl was strangled to death when she became entrapped between the bassinet's metal bars. (CPSC.gov) U.S. ... Comment?
Large Number of Cribs to Be Recalled Tuesday
... have been recalled by the CPSC since 2007. In July, the CPSC recalled 400,000 Drop Side Cribs from Simplicity of Reading, Pa., after finding that faulty hardware on the side of the crib could detach and create a space where an infant could be ... Comment?
UGI Central Penn Gas customers in Slate Belt to receive January credit
... The January credit applies to UGI Central customers who purchased natural gas between last Dec. 1 and this Nov. 30. Reading-based UGI submits quarterly price adjustments to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission based on wholesale natural gas ... Comment?
Crib recall may be announced on Tuesday 3:12 PM CT
... isn't aware of any of its products being recalled, spokesman David Doolittle said in an interview. SFCA Inc., the Reading, Pennsylvania-based company that purchased the assets of Simplicity Inc. after foreclosure, no longer appears to be in ... Comment?
No injuries reported at early morning residential fire in Topton
... re no reports of injuries. Further details will be provided as they become available. Complete coverage in Tuesday's Reading Eagle and at readingeagle.com View Scene of early morning fire in a larger map Comment?
Driver loses control in Oley Township and car ends up in pond
Reading Eagle A 24-year-old Topton man escaped injury after he lost control and drove into a pond in Oley Township early Sunday, according to township police. Comment?
Reading Eagle A 22-year-old man was shot in his lower right leg as he walked with his half-brother Sunday afternoon at Front and Buttonwood streets, city police said. Comment?
3 girls held at gunpoint during home invasion robbery in Reading
Reading Eagle Five people held three girls at gunpoint during a home invasion robbery in the 100 block of Rose Street, city police said Sunday. Comment?
Candlelight vigil marks one-year anniversary of Reading barber's murder
... to many who knew him, he was much more. After a few words from Pastor Carol Kehler of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Reading, Bitler's friends took turns speaking, one by one sharing stories about their favorite barber. Some remembered his smiling ... Comment?
Where do lawmakers representing Berks stand on issue?
... the smaller municipalities. Something has to give because we don't have the money." Rep. Thomas R. Caltagirone, a Reading Democrat who supports the bill and co-sponsored it. "It's really not fair to the smaller rural municipalities. There are ... Comment?
Dave Villwock had the race and championship won until his engine staring blowing fire
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... Hopp (Snohomish, Wash.), Jeff Bernard, Nate Brown (Preston, Wash.), Jean Theoret (Lery, Quebec) and Mike Webster (Reading, Penn.) were drawn in the first of Saturday's four heats in front of a packed crowd in Doha Bay. Webster was forced to miss the ... Comment?
QATAR 2009: David, Villwock, Kelly win unlimited hydroplane heats; David lengthens points lead
... Qatar for the preliminary heats for the inaugural Oryx Cup UIM World Championship on Friday. Heat 1A Mike Webster (Reading, Penn.) in the U-22 Matrix Systems Automotive Finishes, Ken Muscatel (Mercer Island, Wash.) in the U-25 Superior Racing, J. ... Comment?
Myerstown to hold parade, tree lighting Saturday
... from Philadelphia; the Rajah Shrine Legion of Honor float, Rajah mounted horse patrol and Rajah String Band from Reading; the Reilly Raiders drum and bugle corps from Philadelphia; the Catasauqua High School and Elizabethtown Middle School bands; ... Comment?
Reading company offers device to prevent electrocutions
... system to Department of Defense officials during a ceremony and tour at the company's manufacturing plant in Reading. Fourteen electrocutions have occurred since 2003, including one involving a Green Beret from Pennsylvania, said Democratic Rep. Tim ... Comment?
Nov. 23: Greater Reading - Berks Co. Kiwanis Club Meeting at Mifflin Court Activities Room, 7pm
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Agencies do not communicate (11/23/09) Editor: I read the article "Daniel Boone Homestead to close" (Reading Eagle, Nov. 17) with great fascination about how our government works, or in this case doesn't work. What amazed me about the proposal to ... Comment?
Flu vaccine shortage symptom of our unpreparedness
... shipments of the vaccine have not materialized or have been significantly smaller than promised. For example, a Reading Hospital spokesman said earlier this month that the hospital requested more than 175,000 H1N1 vaccine doses - both flu mist and ... Comment?
Representatives right to vote against bill
... intrusion into the health care and health insurance ("Health care passes House, but barely, after pro-life change," Reading Eagle, Nov. 8). I especially praise Tim Holden for not holding the party line. I am in the process of switching my party ... Comment?
Reading woman realizes a dream by starting shoe store
... some, an entrepreneurial spirit serves just fine. That's the case with new business owner Sandra T. Ellis, 28, of Reading, who recently opened Diamond Fashion Shoes on North Fifth Street. A year ago, Ellis was a receptionist for a temp agency. But ... Comment?
... Board meets, at Millcreek Education Center, 3740 W. 26th St., 7 p.m. - Kindergarten and first grade Family Math and Reading Night, at Springfield Elementary School, 11911 Bond St., East Springfield, 6 to 7:30 p.m. - Swine-flu vaccine clinic, at ... Comment?