Blandon News

What's on your iPod? Reading Eagle Name: Allison Reeder Local residence: Blandon Playlist summary: "Unforgettable," Nat King Cole "Time After Time," Cyndi Lauper "Take My Breath Away," Berlin "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," Israel Kamakawiwo'ole "Que Sera, Sera," Doris Day "Opened My Eyes," Buckcherry "Oh My Love," John Lennon "Julia," The Beatles ...

A Blandon family was displaced after a fire Monday morning extensively damaged their house at 320 Main St., fire officials said.

Officials have reopened a section of Route 73 that was closed because of a fire at a house at 320 Main St.

How to help Crime Alert Berks County, a citizen crime-fighting group, is offering cash rewards of up to $5,000 to anyone supplying tips that lead to an arrest in this case or any other crime.

Randy Hertzog of Blandon, top, displays a handmade quilt to potential buyers inside the Quilt Barn at the Kutztown Folk Festival in, July, 2008.

Reading Eagle: Ryan McFadden Robert Green of Blandon works on one of his antique washing machines, a Maytag 1922 Gyrafoam Model 80, in a work space he rents in Oley.

The search for the body of an Ontelaunee Township man who jumped from a bridge into the Schuylkill River was suspended Monday after recovery crews and a state police helicopter scanned a 10-mile stretch of the river.

Emergency crews searched the Schuylkill River from Leesport to south of the Cross Keys bridge in Ontelaunee Township on Sunday night after a report that a man had jumped into the river from a borough bridge.

Sentences Judge Linda K.M. Ludgate presided over the following cases: Sheila Ringgold, 33, of the 900 block of Franklin Street was sentenced to two years of probation after pleading guilty to receiving stolen property in Reading.

The Berks County chapter of the American Red Cross paid tribute to several local heroes for their commitment, sacrifice, and bravery.

Reading Eagle The Miller-Keystone Blood Center, 2745 Leisz's Bridge Road, Bern Township, has scheduled the following blood drive sites: Wednesday: Berks County State Employees, 625 Cherry St., 8 a.m. to 2:40 p.m.; Boscov's East, 4500 Perkiomen Ave., Exeter Township, 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday: Blandon Fire Company, 30 W. Wessner Road, Blandon, 4 to 7:30 ...

Reading Eagle A fire destroyed a mobile home in Blandon on Saturday, and a volunteer firefighter suffered burns, officials said.

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The sad part about this story is that people who legitimately need help may not get it because the public is becoming more cynical, especially when they read about this kind of scam.

Reading Eagle A Blandon woman was injured in a two-car accident Wednesday afternoon at Fourth and Court streets, city police said.

Detectives with the Berks County District Attorney's office arrested a Blandon woman today on charges of faking a rare illness so that people would donate money to her for the medical care she said she needed.

Question: Two groups have threatened to sue the city for allowing an illuminated cross at Easter on the city-owned fire tower on Mount Penn.

It's lights off for Reading's Pagoda, the Eiffel Tower, and even the Las Vegas strip.

A Berks County judge delayed a hearing Monday for a juror blamed for causing a mistrial in a rape case.