Robesonia News

They served during World War II, the Vietnam War, and in Korea, Afghanistan and Iraq.

North Heidelberg/Bernville-Robesonia Road is closed between Brownsville and Meadow roads in North Heidelberg Township after an accident involving a commercial truck.

A second death in Berks County has been linked to swine flu, according to the state Department of Health.

Incumbent District Judge Ann L. Young defeated challenger Dave Debiec for another six-year term on the bench.

Two candidates for Robesonia mayor have different ideas on the future of the borough's small police department.

Teens are not solely to blame Editor's note: This letter was submitted by a student in Stacey Long's journalism classes at Conrad Weiser High School as part of a class project.

Reading Eagle A 28-year-old Robesonia man was killed Sunday afternoon when his motorcycle collided head-on with another vehicle in North Heidelberg Township, authorities said.

It's no surprise that public libraries are as strapped for cash as everyone else.

Reading Eagle Shaun B. Hauschild, 17, son of Terry D. and Wendy A. Hauschild, Wernersville, has attained the rank of Eagle Scout.

Reading Eagle The Miller-Keystone Blood Center, 2745 Leisz's Bridge Road, Bern Township, has scheduled the following blood drive sites: Thursday: Sacred Heart Villa, 51 Seminary Ave., Hyde Park, 7 to 10:20 a.m. Friday: Threshold Rehabilitation Services, 1000 Lancaster Ave., 8 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. Saturday: Bern Reformed United Church of Christ, 3196 ...

Reading Eagle: Jeremy Drey Friends of the Robesonia Furnace board member Randy Gartner, above, in the basement of an original furnace structure that is part of the group's library and history center.

Road projects Route 222 between Business Route 222 in Ontelaunee Township and Berkshire Boulevard in Wyomissing: overnight lane restrictions, 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Route 422 in Lower and South Heidelberg townships: single-lane conditions around the clock.

Siren test Exelon Nuclear will conduct its monthly test of the emergency sirens surrounding the Limerick Nuclear Generating Station in Montgomery County today at 2 p.m. Residents may hear a steady three-minute alarm.

Candidates for City Council and Berks County row offices took part in a forum Tuesday night sponsored by the Berks County League of Women Voters and aired on Berks Community Television.

Drug trafficking is a problem in all corners of Berks County, District Attorney John T. Adams said Wednesday after teams of county detectives and municipal police officers swept through the county to round up suspects on drug charges.

A 19-year-old North Lebanon Township woman pleaded guilty Thursday to charges related to the death of a Jonestown man who fell from her car as she drove down a road.

Officials say the 22 people were wanted for various drug charges. The round-up was the result of a four-month investigation of cocaine, heroin, marijuana, ecstasy, and prescription drugs being sold throughout Berks County.

Click on picture to enlarge. Western Berks Ambulance service area The Western Berks Ambulance Association provides service in these communities: Boroughs: Robesonia, Sinking Spring, Wernersville, Wyomissing.

Question: How concerned are you that swine flu will make a big comeback this fall, especially in the Conrad Weiser School District where there were 59 cases in the spring? Talk of the Town features your comments on a current issue in the news.

Conrad Weiser High School's 5th Quarter program is preventing Womelsdorf residents from using the borough pool, council members say, and the nonprofit should pay up if it wants to continue to use the facility.