Bethel News

A car driven by Sterling Weidman, 85, of 8100 Lancaster Ave., Bethel Township, Berks County, pulled out from his home's driveway and struck the driver's side of a pick-up truck driven by Brian Stauffer, 41, of Bethel, that was traveling south at 3:30 p.m. Friday, state police at Hamburg said.

Two Fortune 500 companies are working on agreements to build and open distribution warehouses in Berks Park 78 in Bethel Township, officials confirmed Wednesday.

CRASH: Mt. Zion and Fredericksburg fire companies and First Aid and Safety Patrol were dispatched at 4:33 p.m. Tuesday to Piergallini Lane and Freeport Road.

After holding five joint meetings on the subject since last fall, Bethel and Tulpehocken township supervisors say they're no closer to merging their police departments.