Boyertown News

The line for the food distribution at St. Luke's Lutheran Church at Ninth and Green streets began forming by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Pottsgrove High School marching band members returned from the Cavalcade of Bands Association 's state championships Sunday in Hershey PA with a respected third-place overall finish in its Independence Division, and the judges' award for "Most Improved" band in the competition.

The barriers to getting started with a micro-distilling operation aren't easily surmounted.

This was no schoolchildren's show-and-tell, and the mystery items were in no ordinary box.

Pottstown Scanning and Treatment Center. Pottstown Scanning and Treatment Center, 1611 Medical Dr., Pottstown PA , and Boyertown Imaging and Rehabilitation Services, 23 N. Walnut St., Boyertown PA , were accredited by the college for three-year terms.

Five Pennsylvania centers that help predominantly older veterans in rural areas apply for disability compensation, pensions and health care will close Jan.

The Boyertown School Board voted 5-4 to hire Dr. Dion E. Betts of Lititz, Lancaster County, as superintendent.

From state Rep. Doug Reichley : According to a recent news release from the Governor's Veterans Outreach and Assistance Center, dated just six days before Veterans Day, the governor has decided to eliminate funding for this important effort to aid veterans in our communities.

Air Force 2nd Lt. Kirk H. Devine, a son of James and Deborah Devine, Cumru Township, has graduated from the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., where he took part in the undergraduate pilot training program.

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 .

Editor's note: Some of the listings under transactions do not include a transfer price.

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.