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Forum Held to Discuss Public School Funding
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, SCHUYLKILL CO. (WOLF) — “There is a real-world impact to this funding it’s not just numbers on a spreadsheet,” says Kristin Volchansky of In This Together NEPA. In This Together NEPA and the PA Schools Work Coalition partnered for a community forum at Penn...
Crisis intervention training prepares police for mental health situations
READING, Pa. – Police and other entities in Berks County took part in special training Tuesday at the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Reading. The crisis intervention training teaches participants how to identify and react to somebody who is in crisis. "It is a program that we are...
Muhlenberg daycare center gets high marks for decades of service
MUHLENBERG TWP., Pa. - A daycare center in Muhlenberg Township is getting high marks for decades of service. Making Memories with Miss Brenda is a group childcare home where Miss Brenda has worked with children for more than 30 years. The state awarded the center a STAR-four rating for its...
Reading adds positions to beef up blighted property enforcement
READING, Pa. – Reading City Council voted 5-2 Monday night to add two new positions in an effort to be more aggressive in dealing with blighted properties in the city. The new blight/transfer officer would receive $67,434 and a blight/transfer inspector would earn $52,618 for the community development property maintenance department.
District 11 track records fall to Parkland’s Beers, Notre Dame relay on meet’s first day
Nothing like a little competition to help spark track and field athletes to record-setting performances. Parkland’s Andrew Beers and Notre Dame’s 3,200-meter relay ran into the history books Tuesday on the first day of the District 11 track and field championships at a generally damp and gloomy Blue Mountain High School – propelled there by some fierce competitors.
Berks Animal Rescue League urgently seeks foster families amidst kitten season
The Animal Rescue League of Berks County is in need for foster families as the shelter already is seeing the effects of kitten season straining capacity at the shelter. Kitten season typically peaks during the spring and summer months, inundating shelters with litters of kittens in need of care and nurturing. The ARL is experiencing a particularly high volume of kittens arriving at its doors with a total to date of 368 kittens in different stages of care.
Fire officials stress safety, urge swimmers to stay out of river as warm weather days approach
READING, Pa. - The Reading Fire Department was called to the Schuylkill River Monday night for a water rescue. Crews say it is early in the season for call like this, but they recently acquired a new rescue raft and used it to pull a swimmer to safety. "For my...
Organizers prep for 76th Berks County Armed Forces Day Parade
WYOMISSING, Pa. - Organizers for the Berks County Armed Forces Day Parade are in the final stages of planning for the 76th iteration of the event this upcoming weekend. "The sacrifices that the men and women who join the military give to the country have to be recognized," said parade chair for Berks County, Diane Price. "Berks County has such a long military history and heritage that we work to honor that and recognize today's military and the veterans in our community."
Reading Hospitality Management parts ways with Reading Country Club
EXETER TWP., Pa. – What's next for the Reading Country Club?. At Monday night's meeting of the Exeter Township Board of Supervisors, Chairperson Jack Piho read a letter into the record about the Reading Country Club and its contract with Reading Hospitality Management. It stated: "On behalf of Exeter...
Clothes observed being washed in buckets in ware washing sink, evidence of roach activity: Restaurant Inspections, May 9, 2024
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has posted an updated list of recent Retail Food Inspection Reports for restaurants and food handlers in Berks County. Inspections are a “snapshot” of the day and time of the inspection. Violations are recorded but are often corrected on the spot prior to the inspector leaving the facility. For more information on retail food inspection reports, visit: agriculture.pa.gov.
Volunteers help clean up local children's camp
HAMBURG, Pa. - Volunteers came together in Berks County Sunday to help a local children's camp get ready for its new season. Cabela's hosted the program at the Olivet Blue Mountain Camp in Hamburg. Volunteers included Cabela's store employees, first responders and local Scouts. The group worked together to take...
Two killed in overnight Schuylkill County crash
WAYNE TOWNSHIP, SCHUYLKILL CO. (WOLF) — Two people were killed in an overnight crash in Schuylkill County. According to Pennsylvania State Police, the crash happened Friday around 12:11 a.m. along Route 183 in Wayne Township. Troopers say a Toyota GR86 was traveling south at a high rate of speed...
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