For birders of Berks County, the past year yielded mixed results in birdwatching. Although the overall count for the year was below the 20-year average…
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If you’re planning to go to the 2023 Pennsylvania Farm Show, check out the following information and tips from the show’s visitors guide: Planning your…
The Garden Club of Reading and the Exeter Community Library are hosting author, educator and gardener Jenny Rose Carey on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Carey…
A walk at dusk on a balmy summer’s evening through Wertz’s Red Bridge at the Berks County Heritage Center has once again become a thrilling…
Scott Major loves heading out to fish where the Cacoosing and Tulpehocken creeks converge in Spring Township. The cold, clear rocky waters of the Cacoosing…
No one likes to leave the dog behind when going out for a hike, which is why more and more parks, forest preserves, national forests…
The weather is warming and people are spending more and more time outdoors. The month of May means time spent in the garden, hikes in…
The Berks County commissioners have agreed to make repairs to a pedestrian bridge on the Schuylkill River Trail. The county-owned bridge carries the trail over the…
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 swimming pool at French Creek State Park will be closed for the summer season, the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced Friday.…
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…
It’s been a long time since women first became members of the Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club. But Joan Moyer — the club’s first woman…
March 12: Berks Community Strollers hike, meet at the parking area adjacent to the Leesport Playground and Swimming Pool, 26 Washington St., Leesport, 10 a.m.…
You don’t always need that oversized parka when the weather turns cold. Sometimes a little more flexibility is nice, especially when you’re active outside, and…
Trout season is just around the corner, and the state Fish and Boat Commission has already started getting ready. Trout stocking operations began this week…
As with almost anything in life, the sooner you begin working on skills the sooner you begin to become proficient. Taking yourself, your children or…