This world is inhabited by many good souls. But dreadfully there are some among us who are more mutant than man. Especially the mass killers…
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Every husband in the world should now worship Tom Brady as a deity. Put him on a celestial pedestal, climb a spiraling stairway and sprinkle…
OK, I don’t have the muscle mass of Alan Ritchson, the super-jacked actor who stars as Jack Reacher on Prime Video. Or actor Dwayne Johnson…
Jane Kershner of Mohrsville shared a photograph of the cast of a production of “A Christmas Carol” presented by the Reading congregation of the Church…
Who was the Exeter Township man found stabbed to death in Reading? What was the reason? When did it happen? Where did it happen? Why…
Weil die Daage kelder sin, macht es mich vum Schnee denke. So hawwich fer mei Schneeschtiwwel geguckt. Ya, ich hab sie gfunne awwer ich hoff…
School bus stop-arm cameras are another of the photo-based traffic enforcement “solutions” looking for a problem. Supporters play upon the strong emotions elicited by the…
The GoggleWorks Center for the Arts hosted the 14th annual IX Celebration of Imaginative Realism, a gathering of artists, students and collectors of Imaginative Realist art. Each…
The aroma of authentic German food and the sounds of polka swirled above the mountain on Spook Lane celebrating German culture at Reading Liederkranz during…
Once upon a time if you needed something, you simply went to the store and bought it. No fuss, no muss. After all, America was…
Charlie Oatman, Jr. was born Oct. 29, 1932 and went to be with his Lord and Savior on July 23, 2021. I was unable to…
It rekindled personal memories when I read Lisa Mitchell’s Northern Berks Patriot Item article on a select few gathering outdoors to watch the first part…
The other day I walked to the edge of the earth searching for missing American moderates. The trip took longer than expected. I should have…
The late afternoon light gives a golden tinge to the arching green leaves, and songbirds swoop and dive above the fields. The sky is bright…