The subdivision and land development plans approved last year by the Reading Planning Commission will promote growth and revitalization efforts in the city, commission Chairman…
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Berks County District Attorney John Adams has taken charge of the investigation into an officer-involved shooting Wednesday in southwest Reading. The incident occurred shortly before…
A Reading church has been awarded a federal grant to enhance its security. Gov. Tom Wolf announced Friday that Christ Episcopal Church in Reading was…
Residents of the Oakbrook area learned about citywide efforts to make neighborhoods safer and cleaner during an impromptu town hall. Mayor Eddie Moran and representatives…
The summer sun was already blazing overhead on a recent morning as a crew of city teens got to work beautifying Reading Iron Playground. Donelle…
When Kim Johnson walked into the YMCA in the spring of 1983, all she wanted was a temporary job. Then an elementary school teacher, she…
The Reading Police Department Traffic Division has released a traffic plan to accommodate various events occurring in the city Tuesday that are expected to draw…
Reports of the noise coming from Reading’s waterfront and mountaintop recreation areas may be exaggerated, Police Chief Richard Tornielli said. “I think there’s a lot…
Juneteenth will be celebrated in Reading during four days of events starting on June 17. Juneteenth is a holiday that recognizes the end of slavery.…
Reading’s refurbished Schlegel Park Pool will reopen Saturday. Closed the past two summers, the city-owned-and-operated pool underwent a $1.4 million renovation. It was completely resurfaced…
Mothballed for more than a decade, the City Park greenhouse may find new use. A plan to rehabilitate and reuse the greenhouse was presented at…
Reading will give 12 acres near Angelica Creek Park to Berks Nature. City Council recently authorized the transfer of the undeveloped parcel to the nonprofit,…
The effort to restore a historic building in Reading is getting a financial boost from the state. State officials announced Tuesday that the ongoing effort…
Reading workers have installed temporary protective fencing in front one of the long-vacant properties the city owns at the northwest corner of Fifth and Penn…
Reading’s administrators are looking beyond city coffers to help fund rehabilitation of the 116-year-old Pagoda on Mount Penn. The iconic building on Duryea Drive has…
A glittering gold drape was pulled aside Wednesday morning, uncovering a banner bearing the city’s official 275th anniversary slogan: “Our Home. Our Heart.” The reveal…