Daily thought At that time Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan River and wanted John to baptize him. But John tried to stop him,…
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An empty lot is being transformed into a recreational space for the community in Hamburg. Our Town Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the revitalization…
A list of upcoming Halloween 2023 parades in Berks County: Saturday Oct. 7 Temple, 6 p.m. (Rain date is Oct. 8 at 4 p.m.) Starts…
The state’s premier advocacy group for the welfare of those inmates housed at state and county prisons is criticizing the decision of the Chester County…
Daily thought (John the Baptist said) “I baptize you with water to show that your hearts and lives have changed. But there is one coming…
Imagine attending church in Geiger’s Mill, later to be known as Geigertown, on a Sunday morning in the winter of 1777, just 30 miles west…
• The 2023-24 Theology with a Twist season will begin on Tuesday with the Rev. Rebecca Hoover presenting “Be You Be Barbie: Towards a Transformational…
WEST POTTSGROVE — Thomas Palladino, a longtime district judge and even longer-serving township commissioner and influential elected official, died on Sept. 20 while visiting his…
On Friday, Sept. 29, the Berks County coroner’s office identified the motorcyclist and vehicle driver who were killed Thursday afternoon at the intersection of Black…
The need for addiction and mental health services is as great as ever, and residents of Berks County now have a new and improved resource…
The U.S. Small Business Administration has declared the flooding that followed a July 9 storm in Berks County a disaster. That news comes the same…
Exeter Township has a new member of its board of supervisors. At a meeting Monday night, Tony Rinaldo was selected to become the board’s fifth…
Crime Alert Berks County, a citizen crime-fighting group, is offering cash rewards of up to $10,000 to anyone supplying tips that lead to an arrest…
Even before nine juveniles escaped from the detention center known as Abraxas Academy on Sept. 17 and spent the night roaming the southern Berks County…
Two people were seriously injured Friday morning when an SUV collided with an 8-ton commercial stone roller that was crossing Route 183 in Bern Township.…
The Reading School Board has appointed longtime district employee Jessica Di Blasi as principal of Reading High School. The action came Wednesday at the board’s…