Masking in the Kutztown School District will remain optional for this upcoming school year. With a 5-2 vote, the school board approved the updated Health…
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Saturday, July 30, will be a busy fun-filled day in the Borough of Kutztown. Start the day off at the annual Kutztown Kruizz car show…
Schuylkill Valley Area High School faculty led the Class of 2022 across the stadium field for the processional to “Pomp and Circumstance” during Commencement on…
Fighter’s Heaven near Deer Lake hosted a burial ceremony for a 50-year time capsule at the former training camp of professional boxer and heavyweight champion…
Fleetwood Area High School’s 201 graduates celebrated the culmination of their hard work the past 13 years during Commencement at Kutztown University’s O’Pake Fieldhouse on…
The Fleetwood American Legion, Post 625, held its annual Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 30. The parade runs through the Borough of Fleetwood with…
Kutztown High School students hosted Trout Day, inviting 8th graders to join them while releasing 109 rainbow trout fingerlings into the Saucony Creek on May…
Once a month, Kutztown University Honors Program students visit senior living residents at The Lutheran Home at Topton for Old Main to Old Main presentations.…
Schuylkill Valley School District hosted a Special Track and Field Invitational at the district’s stadium for Berks County special needs athletes on May 10. “It…
With 125 Kutztown FFA members, their families, and guests present, more than $3,000 in scholarships and awards were presented to 24 students during the recent…
Twin Valley High School named Leah Karwic Twin Valley’s April Intern of the Month. Leah interns at Tower Health’s Reading Hospital Emergency Department with her mentor,…
Wanting to find a lasting solution for the financial burdens caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Brandywine Heights High School junior Tatyana Ulman created the Brandywine…
To commemorate National Vietnam War Veterans Day, the General Carl Spaatz USAAF Museum in Boyertown displayed a special Vietnam War era memorabilia exhibit and a…
Two Kutztown School Board members responded to a parent’s concerns regarding students raising funds involving support of Ukraine as it fights Russia. One board member…
The Boyertown Community Library says farewell to library director Susan Lopez, announcing her resignation. “After 12 years, it is with mixed emotion that I am…
Quilters are invited to apply for the annual Kutztown Folk Festival Quilt Sale & Competition. Pre-register by April 1. “In the Quilt Barn you will…