Boyertown News

Ed Terrell, president of the African-American Coalition of Reading, at the opening of the "Lift Every Voice and Sing" exhibit Sunday at the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts.

Residents of an Earl Township neighborhood near Manatawny and Park roads found their yards swarming with members of a state police Special Emergency Response Team early Friday.

Timothy Reber, in a Facebook photo, was shot and killed outside his girlfriend's home in Alsace Twp., Berks Co., on Feb.

Police and prosecutors are questioning at least two people in connection with the shooting death of a man outside his home early Friday morning, state police said.

There is no shortage of ideas for new projects in and around Boyertown. Borough council heard three of them this week: rail tourism, a walking trail and a fenced-in park area for dogs.

Ghost Hunters Inc. will give a presentation on the paranormal at 6 p.m. on Feb. 18 in the Spring Township Library, 78-C Commerce Drive, Spring Township.

TODAY Zumba class for high school and full-time college students is 6:30 p.m. in Sokol Hall, 411 Crestmont St., Millmont.

From an office in Philadelphia as a mortgage worker to a storefront in Boyertown, Cynthia C. Wood has dabbled in a number of things in her professional life.

Boyertown Anyone seen this puppy? It was stolen from Zimmer's Pets in Boyertown last night around 4 pm.

Jake and Ginny Long, still sweethearts, will be married 69 years on Feb. 13, the day before Valentine's Day.

Boyertown borough's parking committee has decided not to recommend eliminating any parking spaces on East Philadelphia Avenue or creating a crosswalk in the middle of the first block.

Get the Led Out will play its tribute to Led Zeppelin Saturday night at 8 at the Sovereign Performing Arts Center.

Berks Gas Truth, a grass-roots community group opposed to drilling in the Marcellus Shale region, will host Energy Policy Forum founder Deborah Rogers for a lecture at St.

Greg Schiano's hiring as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers late last week has left many people around the Rutgers football program scrambling, among them Boyertown offensive lineman Chris Muller.

As a rule, Berks, Lancaster, Lehigh and Montgomery counties are seen as speckled with farms, livestock, barns, sweeping rows of corn and vegetation, giving an impression of a rural haven.

Reading Eagle: Susan L. AngstadtThere's an open mic Thursday night at Frecon's Hard Bean Cafe in Boyertown.

Chestnut Knoll Retirement Community, 120 W. Fifth St., Boyertown, is hosting a community yard sale to raise money for the local Relay for Life team.

Reading Eagle Reading Hospital will present the following classes and support groups: Wednesday: FLOW: Friendship, Laughter, Openness and Workout, 1:30 p.m., Reading Hospital for Post-Acute Rehabilitation, 2802 Paper Mill Road, Spring Township.

Boyertown Studio B Welcomes Guests To 'The Farm' The volunteer-operated gallery and teaching studio in Boyertown PA last week launched its fourth annual themed and juried show, titled "The Farm." It will run for two months, through March 13.

Boyertown Student Council will host the 2013 Pennsylvania Association of Student Councils Conference.