Oley News

Mountain Mary, reclusive practitioner of spiritualism and folk medicine from the days of the Revolutionary War, lived until 1819 She died 190 years ago, but the spirit of Mountain Mary lives in the Pike Township countryside.

The region's 358-modified version of "silly season" is underway. In the last week two car owners have made public their plans to sit out the 2010 season, leaving a trio of winning drivers from the 2009 season scrambling to secure a ride for next year.

It's been said that the wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never.

A slippery section of Route 662 between Route 562 and Covered Bridge Road in Oley Township was closed more than five hours Tuesday after a tractor-trailer jackknifed, police said.

Officials have reopened northbound Route 662 at Route 562 in Oley Township. The road had been closed for a few hours this afternoon after a tractor-trailer jackknifed, according to reports from the Berks County Communications Center.

An accident involving a jackknifed tractor trailer has closed a stretch of Route 662 in Oley Township, Berks County.

OLEY TOWNSHIP Berks County Man charged with threatening judge after guilty verdict A Topton man was charged Monday with threatening the family of District Judge Victor Frederick of Oley Township, who had just found him guilty of defiant trespass.

BCTC adult education The Berks Career and Technology Center offers a variety of options for adults looking to further their education: Day student programs are full time and typically run for 18 months.

Police are investigating after two men were beaten and one was stabbed, early Saturday near a Reading nightclub.

Reading Eagle: Jeremy Drey Floyd Turner II, president of the Gov. Joseph Hiester Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, speaks at the unveiling of the Revolutionary War Monument in Veterans Grove in City Park on Saturday.

Education funding Berks County's 18 school districts will receive more than $208 million in basic education funding under the state budget adopted late Friday.

By Oct. 21, the Berks County commissioners should have the results of five public meetings held to gather input on the countywide study of police operations.

What local lawmakers are saying State lawmakers from Berks County react to passage of the long-awaited state budget: "We are all just relieved that it is over.

The following events are planned for the next week as part of Reading Reads: The Greater Reading Literary Festival: Today Second Thursday literary open mic, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Hard Bean Cafe, 128 E. Philadelphia Ave., Boyertown.

Editor: I thank the Reading Eagle for the article "Walkers help battle leukemia, lymphoma," Reading Eagle, Sept.

Daily thought "What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" I try to remember this verse every day, and I commend it to you.

Reading Eagle Gardens at: her home in Oley Township. Profession: Retired. When did you start gardening? I gardened all my life, but I moved to Potter County for three years, and we rented out our house.

More meetings Other public meetings on the countywide study of police operations are scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. as follows: a Today, Oley Fairgrounds, 477 Main St., Oley.

More meetings Other public meetings on the countywide study of police operations are scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. as follows: a Today, Hamburg Municipal Building Senior Center, 61 N. Third St.

Reading Eagle: Ryan McFadden On the International Day of Peace at Oley Valley Elementary School on Monday, Darius Sabau, 10, a student in Deb Tulone 's fifth-grade class, aligns his pinwheel to capture the faint breeze.