Boyertown News

Reading Eagle: Ben Hasty From left, Erin Curtis; Gavin Owens, 3; and Karen Owens, Gavin's mother, in the Boyertown area house Curtis helped the Owens family get.

Some Boyertown School Board members aren't so sure taxpayers should be footing the bill for a principal's tuition or the coffee and desserts served at a committee meeting.

It's the weekend that dentists dread , that mothers obsess over , and that kids revel in .

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Halloween is less than a week away and on Sunday, people in the Lehigh Valley and Berks County celebrated the holiday a little early.

With the threat of swine flu outbreaks lurking, some Berks County school districts say more students are missing days of school.

Reading Eagle: Tim Leedy Area farmers say they won't need help to sell this year's smaller-than-usual pumpkin crop.

Sex slavery and human trafficking were the focus of a meeting Monday night in Bechtelsville, where Berks County Chief Detective Michael J. Gombar said law enforcement is committed to rooting out the problem.

School buses crashed in separate accidents in Montgomery and Berks counties this morning.

EDITOR'S NOTE - Although the QuiltMakers of Boyertown have finished their project to sew 100 quilts, organizers say assistance with funding for postage to ship the quilts overseas is appreciated.

Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say a car and a sport utility vehicle collided head-on, killing both drivers and injuring another person.

Two people were killed and another person injured in a three-vehicle accident Wednesday on Route 73 in Earl Township, officials said.

The coroner has been called to the scene of a three-vehicle crash that has closed a stretch of Route 73 in Earl Township, Berks County, outside Boyertown.

About the F. Sands Brunner exhibit What: F. Sands Brunner: "Boyertown's Rockwell," an exhibition of the works of the late Berks native and nationally known artist.

It's called the Boyertown Area Unity Walk, but for Marissa Durante, it was more of a unity roll.

Walkers came out in support of the Anti-Defamation League's "No Place for Hate" campaign on Sunday in Berks County.

Reading Eagle: Ryan McFadden 10/5/09 photo Ryan McFadden Scott Schaeffer, author of Biblical Freedom from Religious Oppression at his family's property where he grew up in Washington Twp About 'Biblical Freedom from Religious Oppression' Author: Berks County native K. Scott Schaeffer Content: Examines what Schaeffer perceives as conflicting ...

"Excellent" investigative work by Lower Pottsgrove Township Police Det. Joseph Campbell was credited Monday by police Chief Michael Shade for "bringing a quick close" to a bomb threat incident that occurred in early September at the Redner's Warehouse Market , 1300 N. Charlotte St., Pottstown PA .

Gladys Smith, former owner of Pottstown's Anvil Studio on State Street , admired the handiwork of others and smiled happily.

Total amounts Berks County school districts are paying in tuition for students enrolled in self-run, publicly chartered online academies.