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The Montgomery County Community Revitalization Board Tuesday emphasized project readiness when it came to preparing its recommendations on how to divide the county's much-sought after, but limited, revitalization grant money.

Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri-Ferman and Bridgeport Borough Police Chief Zenny E. Martyniuk announced the arrest of 24-year-old Joseph Brian Jimenez for the murder of Scott Riley, who was 25 years old at the time of his death.

"...we will make every effort when we go ahead with the new bridges that they retain the feel they have now." Board members of the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority at the quarterly meeting Wednesday responded to concerns from residents about the aesthetics of the new bridges that, in the next five to seven years, will replace the existing swing ...

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For an argument over plastic cups, a pingpong ball and warm beer, one Montgomery County man lost his life and another may spend the rest of his in prison.

One man is dead and another behind bars in Montgomery County, Pa., after prosecutors say a drinking game turned deadly over the weekend.

Health officials confirmed Pennsylvania's first case of swine flu Sunday in a 31-year-old male in Montgomery County.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health and the Montgomery County Health Department today reported the state's fourth probable case of swine influenza.

A week ago today, Dennis Palladino walked into an ambush of 31 voice-mail messages from Easter chocoholics.

Give vocalist Paul Sinclair five minutes of your time and he can easily tick off a dozen stories about how his original band, Sinclair, came just inches away from making it.

Amalgamated Produce, Inc. of Bridgeport has announced a voluntary recall of sprouts because they may be contaminated with listeria.

The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority received five bids for replacing the almost ten-year-old toll system at the Boca Grande swing bridge by Monday's 4 p.m. deadline.

Reading Eagle: Ben Hasty The view of Reading and the western suburbs from the Pagoda.

The Department of Labor said Wednesday it has sued the Penn-Mont employee benefit firm over alleged improper administration of death benefit plans marketed nationwide.

A Montgomery County employee-benefits firm has been sued by the U.S. Labor Department for allegedly failing to pay full death benefits to families whose loved ones died and were participants in benefit plans.

The pork-hating public may be squealing about all the federal spending bills, but who could argue Pennsylvania's congressional delegation isn't bringing home its share of the bacon? Here's what lawmakers ...

One day before Barack Obama's inauguration as the nation's first African-American president, a record 65,000 volunteers across the region wielded hammers, grocery bags, sewing needles and paint brushes in honor ...

Two familiar faces are returning to township government while another is departing on unhappy terms.

Authorities released details Monday of an investigation into a series of events that left two people dead in Montgomery County.

Special to The Mercury NORRISTOWN - For the past few years, violent deaths in Montgomery County tend to occur late in the year, often in the month of December.