Hamburg News

If you get in an accident on Interstate 78 in Greenwich Township, chances are an ambulance will get to you faster today than it would have yesterday.

School district taxes Berks County's 18 public school districts are ranked by property tax rates for the 2009-10 school year.

DUI: Vincent Lighty, 29, of 1016-A Main St., Palmyra, was charged following an incident at 12:08 a.m. Sunday at 1235 E. Main St., police said.

The company that fought to convert a former Hamburg factory into a drug-and-alcohol rehabilitation center and halfway house now is proposing a hotel there.

The search for the body of an Ontelaunee Township man who jumped from a bridge into the Schuylkill River was suspended Monday after recovery crews and a state police helicopter scanned a 10-mile stretch of the river.

Emergency crews searched the Schuylkill River from Leesport to south of the Cross Keys bridge in Ontelaunee Township on Sunday night after a report that a man had jumped into the river from a borough bridge.

Lead cleanup is expected to restart in Hamburg. Comment period The federal Environmental Protection Agency has proposed spending $15 million to remove interior lead dust or contaminated soil at 149 homes in Hamburg as part of an ongoing federal Superfund cleanup.

Tilden Township police on Monday filed drunken-driving and related charges against a 19-year-old Hamburg man who was injured in an all-terrain vehicle accident in the township.

HAMBURG, Pa. -- Factory worker Dennis Davis recently stopped at the Cabela's store here to buy a $90 carrying case for the long-barreled Contender pistol he uses to shoot pesky groundhogs at his brother's farm.

Grassroots Americans are signing onto a national billboard campaign that focuses on putting the question "Where's The Birth Certificate" in front of President Barack Obama and voters wherever it can.

When Fleetwood High School senior Andrea DeAntonio walked onto stage at graduation, the principal gave her a diploma folder - and a kiss on the forehead.

The state is planning to install cameras and message boards along Berks County interstates to help manage traffic during accidents and construction projects.

Nicole Moise's family feared she wouldn't live to see this day. A Feb. 19 car accident nearly killed the 18-year-old Hamburg High School senior and led to a trying recovery in which Nicole had to relearn how to talk, how to eat and how to walk.

US Senator Bob Casey hosted a round table discussion on Monday at The College of Physic ans of Philadelphia on potential Obama administration changes to the health care system.

UPPER TULPEHOCKEN TOWNSHIP Berks County Police seek man charged with running over dog State police at Hamburg are searching for a man who allegedly killed a dog in front of its owner and then, after assuring him he'd return, never came back.

Some local fifth graders are encouraging drivers to look twice and save a life. The motorcycle safety group ABATE asked students at Tilden Elementary Center near Hamburg in Berks County to make posters showing what motorcycle safety means to them.

Eve V. Dietrich, 17, a senior at Hamburg High School, has done her part to keep her school green.

The Hamburg notary and paralegal who won the Republican and Democratic nominations for district judge in her community said she plans to campaign in the fall with or without competition.

Tuesday's primary election resulted in nominations for City Council president, City Council, district judges, Berks County row offices and Reading School Board.

Reading Eagle: Tim Leedy Cheryl Bucheit, left, environmental science teacher at Hamburg High School, with students Brian Bailey, center, and Shawn Faust as they release trout in Wolf Run in Upper Bern Township.