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.…
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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…
Crews were called Tuesday night to the Ninth and Marion streets fire station for a walk-in shooting victim. Emergency broadcasts told that the shooting happened…
Reading District 1 Council Member Brianna Tyson has resigned. Tyson, 27, tendered her resignation, effective Wednesday. Council will hold a special meeting Friday to introduce…
A recommended change to Reading’s six City Council districts would achieve a more equal population balance with minimal revisions to current district lines. Brian Kell,…
Reading emergency personnel are rushing to the scene of a shooting victim reported in the 200 block of North Ninth Street on Friday night. The…
The Reading Parking Authority announced Friday it will immediately discontinue street parking charges for all evening events at the Santander Arena and Santander Performing Arts…
A new partnership between the Reading Parking Authority and Berks Jazz Fest will help keep the festival downtown. “The Berks Jazz Fest has the option…
The LGBT Center of Greater Reading held its second Warm Meal Wednesday, opening its doors at 640 Centre Ave. to all in need. “We started…
Members of the Reading School District teachers and support professionals unions say they may have solutions to the districtwide staff shortages. Lack of adequate staffing…