Leesport News

Daily thought "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news!" Romans 10:15 How we long for good news.

Company co-founder Mary Spayd takes a pizza from an outdoor brick oven recently installed at Spayd's Greenhouses, Nursery and Floral Inc., Alsace Township.

In a tranquil area of Maidencreek Township, the Maidencreek Meetinghouse has been a place of Quaker worship for more than 250 years.

Reading Eagle Reading Hospital will present the following classes and support groups: Wednesday: FLOW: Friendship, Laughter, Openness and Workout, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Reading Hospital for Post-Acute Rehabilitation, 2802 Paper Mill Road, Spring Township.

In the slide show of yesteryear's yearbook photos, teenage boys flash toothy grins or pose seriously - in suits and military uniforms.

Reading Public Works carpenter Luke J. Schultz, left, and stonemason Scott A. Gehret attach a planter to a pole in front of the Sovereign Center.

The Centre Township supervisors agreed Monday to consider restrictions on animals kept for agricultural purposes.

Leesport codes enforcement officer Bradley A. Pflum told borough council Wednesday that the grass and weed ordinance might need to be changed to make it easier to address repeated violations.

Leesport, Pa.-based Fleetwood Fixtures was recently named Green Plus Medium-Sized Business of the Year in recognition of its sustainable achievements.

The Rev. Dale Davis, center, blesses Clayton and Patricia Brown of Leesport during the Blessing of the Wheels in Shillington.

Daily thought "And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves, and they ceased, and there was a calm.

A Reading man was arrested early this morning when Amity Township police caught him stealing copper ground wire from a Met-Ed substation near Douglassville.