East Berlin News

With prayers, music and pomp, Germany on Monday remembered the 20th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall fell, sending East Germans flooding west and setting in motion events that soon led to the country's reunification.

I am sitting in my glass-walled office in Berlin, overlooking Friedrichstrasse. My office is in one of the many building that line the street, all built with the clean, sharp aesthetic that defines modern German architecture, each building's form following the building's function.

I remember watching the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago, following the events on a small television in our Milford, Conn.

Cheryl Zertuche, who was stationed in Germany with the U.S. Army, sent pieces of the Berlin Wall back to her family in York County.

Nicole Drago and Matthew Wilson, Abbottstown, a son, Oct. 19, 2009, at Hanover Hospital.

THIS MONTH, Berlin will mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the city's infamous wall.

The Brandenburg Gate in the background the common sight of a construction worker walking through the area that was once "no man's land" in Berlin.

Get BarnArt submissions ready for spring show Even though Historic Gettysburg Adams County Preservation Society's annual BarnArt show won't be held until spring, now is a good time to start planning your entry.

OCT. 29 4:16 a.m. Suspicious circumstances reported on Pheasant Run Road checked out OK.

An East Berlin man faces charges after police say he turned himself for having sex with a York Springs girl in his church youth group and having a problem with pornography.

When Professor Jamie Trnka visited the Checkpoint Charlie Museum in Berlin, she saw some of the contraptions people devised in desperate attempts to escape from Communist East Germany.

After three hours of debate, East Berlin's zoning hearing board determined Tuesday night that the borough did properly serve two notices of zoning violation to controversial businessman Bernie Tucker earlier this summer.

An elderly East Berlin man initially charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl during a fishing trip in Washington Township has avoided prison.

T humbs up : To the York County area's 2010 Jefferson Award winners. Karen Wire has volunteered at the East Berlin Community Center for 19 years, overseeing its daily operations and newsletter preparations; organizing events, fundraising and volunteer activities; and supervising people doing community service at the center under court order.

Katie Shaw and James Thomas Jr., Littlestown, a daughter, Oct. 5, 2009, at Hanover Hospital.

Part of Berlin's red-light scene is going green. One bordello, hoping to stave off falling demand in the economic crisis, has begun offering discounts to customers who pedal bicycles to the door.

Karen Wire cleans a pan full of long neck pumpkins while volunteering Wednesday morning at the East Berlin Area Community Center.

Rick McAllister, a member of Friendship Community Church, tightens a workout bench Sunday along the exercise trail at Lehr Park in Dover Township.

Residents of six local municipalities spent one night last week in New Oxford High School's auditorium, exchanging ideas and discussing the future of Eastern Adams County.

Karen Ann Wire doesn't like getting attention for her volunteer work. Michael Smith doesn't like to hear how many volunteer hours he completes for community-based programs.