Kutztown 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.

Whether it was the great weather, tasty treats, handmade crafts and quilts, or the entertainment, the 60th annual Kutztown Folk Festival drew large crowds of people to Kutztown.

At the 60th Annual Kutztown Folk Festival, people celebrated the 4th of July by going back in time.

Nothing is worth more than confidence. Ask Keith Hoffman. Hoffman's 2009 season has been abysmal.

Berks Encore's site in Fairgrounds Square Mall closed Tuesday as part of a plan to merge two senior centers in the former Fleetwood Elementary School.

Reading Eagle: Abby Drey Civil Air Patrol Cadet James McDanolds, 16, a junior at Bangor High School in Northampton County, hooks a tow rope to a glider during a training program at Kutztown Airport.

A little known part of Berks County history has a lot to do with our current legal system.

A three-alarm fire gutted a house on a farm in Maxatawny Township, Berks County, just north of Kutztown, this morning.

The Browns of Lycoming County have been making and selling items for many years.

Among many in the ''green'' set, electric cars are considered the wave of the future: a viable alternative to gas-burning engines that carmakers have just begun to embrace.

Reading Eagle: Abby Drey Jaann Smith of Lebanon weaves a piece of material as Emily Stecker, 8, visiting from Georgia, watches on Saturday afternoon at the Kutztown Folk Festival.

Alfred L. Shoemaker, visionary co-founder of the first Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Festival, was perhaps the most important force in the post-World War II revival of Pennsylvania Dutch culture, but his fate is a mystery.

Randy Hertzog of Blandon, top, displays a handmade quilt to potential buyers inside the Quilt Barn at the Kutztown Folk Festival in, July, 2008.

Walking through Albright College's Bollman Center facilities, Rick Ferry can't stop smiling.

Reading Eagle: Abby Drey Restaurant owner Johanny Cepeda, left, at graduation ceremonies for Kutztown University's free seminar, Business Skills for Success for Latino Entrepreneurs.

SOLAR MANUFACTURING SHIPPED HIGH TEMPERATURE FURNACE Solar Manufacturing Inc. of Souderton recently completed the shipment of a high temperature sintering vacuum furnace to an industry leader in the design, development and production of advanced specialty metal components for the aerospace and defense industries.

The Board of Education has announced the appointment of Gregory Nolan as the new Superintendent of Schools for the Flemington-Raritan Regional School District, beginning Wednesday, July 1. Nolan replaces Dr.

Rainbow-colored ovals now cover the words "kill the rich" on the walls of the Fahy Bridge pedestrian tunnel.

About the series Starting today and continuing periodically during the growing season, the Reading Eagle is going to examine how Berks County lives on and off its land.

Q: A woman was executed in Reading 200 years ago this week. What was her story? And why is she still remembered? It is hard to comprehend thousands of people gathering in City Park to watch someone die.