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Kutztown Area School District hosted its 2023 Jazz Festival at the Kutztown Area Middle School Commons on Saturday, March 18. “The Jazz Festival was a…
Meghan Emery The daughter of Marlene Orr of Blandon, Meghan has been involved in Fleetwood Area High School National Art Honor Society, Film Club, National…
Berks County 4-H Dairy Club members were recognized for their participation and achievements in 2022 during the recent 4-H Dairy Banquet held at the Virginville…
Mother Nature has given Berks County a break (as of this writing, anyway) from wicked winter weather. Local meteorologists have used microscopes instead of rulers…
The 2023 FriendFest benefit event featured beer and wine tastings, food and live music at Beltzner Hall in the Kutztown Fairgrounds on Feb. 18 Sponsored…
Studio B Fine Art Gallery in Boyertown presented more than $1,000 in awards to 19 artists at the opening of its exhibit titled “FACE” in…
The Pennsylvania German Zammelaaf, a non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve the Pennsylvania German language and culture, hosted its fourth annual Grundsau Lodsch fer…
Mike Clark (class of 1968), Walter Snyder (class of 1973), Leah Tassone Angstadt (class of 2007), Mary Stambaugh (Schock) (class of 1999), Emily Arndt (class…
For more than a decade, the Boyertown Area Historical Society has been remembering the victims of the Jan. 13, 1908, Rhoads Opera House Fire with…
Bryan Reinsel rolled a spectacular series at the Keystone Social Club in Hamburg to be crowned this year’s tournament champion of the 14th Annual Keystone…
Kutztown Area High School art students created ornaments for the 2022 National Christmas Tree “America Celebrates” display in Washington, D.C. More than 2,600 students, ages…
Santa arrived in Fleetwood Borough riding on top of a Fleetwood Volunteer Fire Company fire truck during the annual Tri Valley YMCA Santa Parade on…
Scouts set out to collect donations from Amity, Monocacy, Birdsboro, Robeson, Gibraltar, Elverson and Morgantown areas on Saturday, Nov. 19, collecting 9,000 pounds of food…
The Historic Joanna Furnace Iron Works in Robeson Township will whisk visitors back to the joyous celebration of Christmas 1872 for a 19th-century holiday experience…
The 66th annual Topton Halloween Parade was dedicated in memory of Uncle Jeffrey Tapler on Oct. 8. Parade sponsor, the Topton Community Outreach Club, a…