Lenhartsville News

It's been two months since a vacancy opened on the Kutztown School Board, and no eligible resident has applied for the spot.

Ron Devlin, 09/22/08 WATCH: Tim Stark discusses heirloom tomatoes Tim Stark walks among the tall green vines, some rivaling his 6-foot frame, surveying the ripening fruit.

Reading Eagle: Ben Hasty Gov. Ed Rendell at a news conference Friday in the parking lot across Penn Street from the Sovereign Center in Reading.

PennDOT reports lane restrictions on Interstate 78 in Berks County: Eastbound, between Hamburg and Lehigh County line, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 14-15. Westbound, between Hamburg and Lehigh County line, 7 ...

Anyone who travels Route 222 near Kutztown has probably noticed a crew painting Kutztown University's North Water Tower.

The ring of a blacksmith's hammer on the hard steel of an anvil isn't the normal sound a visitor would expect to hear at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary on the Kittatinny Ridge in Albany Township, Berks County .

Lenhartsville has new center for fun Tori Odhner lives in the Philadelphia area but thinks of Lenhartsville as home.

Berks Co. - I-78 West closed between New Smithville and Lenhartsville due to a serious accident. via The Morning Call

“I was pleasantly pleased with the support that I received from the Berks County component of this district, and I look forward to continuing working with the people of Berks County”

Reading Eagle: Krissy Krummenacker Andrew R. Brenner, left, a Barack Obama campaign volunteer, and Max S. Blachman, campaign coordinator for Berks and Schuylkill counties, clear the windows of the local office ... via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

The only incumbent challenged in Tuesday's primary election will have the opportunity to fight in November for a 13th term in the 124th Legislative District of the state House of Representatives. via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

“When I was pregnant, I walked under a clothesline and my grandmother scream ed at me”

Eric Claypoole has been around hex signs since he was 5 years old, but there's one question he still can't answer: Why do the Pennsylvania Dutch paint hex signs on their barns? Claypoole, 47, a Lenhartsville ... via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Police say the driver of a pick-up truck, 74-year-old Richard Schlicher of Lenhartsville, was killed when his vehicle crossed the center line on Schantz Road in Upper Macungie Township and crashed into two ... via WFMZ-TV Allentown

“The goal is to make sure than AMVETS is made whole as the victim in the case”

A Lenhartsville woman has pleaded guilty in Lebanon County Court to stealing $364,616 from the AMVETS and AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary at Fort Indiantown Gap. via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Feel as if your umbrella has become an everyday accessory? Turns out, in February it was a must-have.

Last month was the wettest February on record, smashing an inch count that's stood since 1896. You read right, that's a 112-year-old record.

A couple of significant rain days (Feb. 13, nearly 3 inches; Feb. 1, 11/4 inches) contributed to the 7.62 inches of precipitation that fell.

Twenty of the month's 29 days had at least traces of rain or snow, according to information recorded at Lehigh Valley International Airport. Precipitation includes rain, freezing rain and snow. On average, 10 inches of snow equals 1 inch of rain. Read more