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Exeter Township: Disabled Tractor Trailer Blocking Traffic

12 hours ago: Fire Police have been dispatched to 422 East in Exeter Township to assist police with traffic control for a disabled tractor trailer in the right lane. Fire Police have been dispatched to 422 East in Exeter Township to assist police with traffic control for a disabled tractor trailer in the right lane.

Reading: Shooting

Thursday: Reading police and EMS responded to the intersection of 5th & Washington Streets Saturday evening for the report of a shooting, initially described as multiple callers stating a male was shot, and taken to the hospital in a personal vehicle. Police closed the sidewalk to investigate. This post will be updated when we receive additional information from authorities. Reading police and EMS responded to the intersection of 5th & Washington Streets Saturday evening for the report of a shooting, initially described as multiple callers stating a male was shot, and taken to the hospital in a personal vehicle. Police closed the sidewalk to investigate. This post will be updated when we receive additional information from authorities.

Playground surface work begins at several Reading parks, temporary closures in effect

Playground surface improvement work is now underway at several parks across the City of Reading, resulting in temporary closures as construction crews complete upgrades over the coming months.The project is funded through a Community Development Block Grant totaling $667,333.28 and includes improvem

Tower Health launches Post-Birth Alert Bracelet Program

Tower Health is launching its Post-Birth Alert Bracelet program at Reading Hospital and Phoenixville Hospital, a new safety measure designed to enhance care and support for new mothers beyond their hospital stay. Both hospitals are among the first in Pennsylvania to roll out the program.Funded by th

First Amendment rights at center of clash between Pa. schools and students over ICE walkouts

This story was produced by the Berks County bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom. Sign up for Good Day, Berks, a daily dose of essential local stories at spotlightpa.org/newsletters/gooddayberks.READING — Do students have the right to leave school as a protest tactic?Nationwi

One year of making meals at the Helping Harvest Community Kitchen

Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank recently celebrated an amazing milestone: one full year of making meals at its Helping Harvest Community Kitchen in downtown Reading, and distributing them to area families and individuals facing food insecurity.Helping Harvest staff began the process of moving into t

Chief Wayne Holben reflects on policing, leadership, and community trust

Born in Kempton, and growing up on the Lehigh County side, Wayne Holben had his sights set on a career as early elementary school. He recalls, “As long as I can remember, I wanted to be a police officer, and I wanted to help people.”Upon graduating from Northwestern Lehigh High School, he wasted no

Jonathan Mashburn’s Lounge Around Games Co. creates space for play and connection

As a child living in Pensacola, Florida, Jonathan Mashburn had a passion for electronics. “I loved electronics. I would go to the used book depository and buy them cheap and tinker with them, often reselling them. For years I wanted to do this on the side.” The spirit of entrepreneurship was alive i

Diane Rurode: A lifetime of teaching, leading, and inspiring at Conrad Weiser

Growing up in a family where her father was transferred frequently, Diane Rurode learned early how to adapt to different learning environments and schools in New York, and New Hampshire, finally graduating from Watertown High School in Watertown, Connecticut in 1971. “I applied to all colleges in Ne

Delbert “Del” Bitting: The man behind the wheel at Reading Fairgrounds Speedway

Delbert Gene Bitting was born January 14,1936, the youngest of the four sons of Claude and Florence Bitting. His first home was a farmhouse on Butter Lane in Exeter Township, which they shared with his grandparents. “They lived on one side, and we lived on the other,” he recollected. “The home still

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