East Berlin News Archives

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.

Mr. and Mrs. Everett Grove Jr. , Hanover, a son, Sept. 28, 2009, at Hanover Hospital.

Many thanks go to the hundreds of volunteers, businesses and fire police who made the 13th annual 5K Run and Walk at the East Berlin Area Community Center a success.

Verizon Wireless said recently three new cell sites in the area would help increase cell phone coverage locally.

Pennsylvania has 2,564 separate municipalities. And for decades, all those little kingdoms have posed the biggest problem when it comes to zoning this big state.

The East Berlin Area Joint Authority broke ground on a new wastewater treatment plant on Friday afternoon.

Two years ago, when the controversy over the sidewalk barbecue in East Berlin was barely at a simmer, Rick Gulan remarked that all that savory smoke was great advertising for his business.