Shillington News

Reading Eagle: Bill Uhrich At the new Shilington clock outside borough hall are, from left, Larry C. Whiskeyman, mayor; Nancy L. Kershner, borough secretary; Keith G. Kershner, treasurer of the Shillington Business Association, which donated the clock; and Ronald C. Dunkelberger Sr., borough council president.

Fourth of July weekend events Many events are planned for the holiday. The Fourth of July Parade in Wyomissing starts at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Reading Eagle: Ryan McFadden Full of toxic metals, this set, put out with the trash near Third and Walnut streets in Reading, is likely destined for a landfill.

Shillington, PA - Bryce I. Sakach, 16, of Shillington, a junior at Gov. Mifflin High School, recently completed designing and building the Horn Garden at Bethany Children's Home, Womelsdorf, as part of working toward becoming an Eagle Scout.

The Greater Gov. Mifflin League will cover the artificial turf on the Fourth of July.

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.

Traffic restriction Waverly Street in Shillington closed from Lancaster Avenue to Brobst Street in preparation for Greater Gov.

Whitney A. Lapic of Shillington won the girls National Marbles Tournament today in Wildwood, N.J. Lapic, 13, headed into today's final in first place with a 32-4 record during play in the 86th annual event.

Reading Eagle Robert A. Stricek, 15, son of Arthur F. and Leslie M. Stricek, Spring Township, has received the rank of Eagle Scout.

John Updike; On Dec. 13, 2008, just 45 days before his death, fearful that his recently diagnosed lung cancer had metastasized, John Updike bid a poetic farewell to the tiny Pennsylvania town that had nurtured him and provided a lifetime of literary substance.

"Endpoint and Other Poems," by John Updike; Alfred A. Knopf ___ On Dec. 13, 2008, just 45 days before his death, fearful that his recently diagnosed lung cancer had metastasized, John Updike bid a poetic farewell to the tiny Pennsylvania town that had nurtured him and provided a lifetime of literary substance.

Reading Eagle Six people were injured today when a car slammed into the rear of a sport utility vehicle on Route 422 in Lower Heidelberg Township, township police said.

That feeling of sufficiency is echoed by a character in a recent Updike story in which a man remembers how his first wife wrongly thought that his high school reunions back in small-town Pennsylvania were a nice chance to visit a place he had put behind him.

About church mission trips Berks-area churches are gearing up for mission trips in the coming months.

On Dec. 13, 2008, just 45 days before his death, fearful that his recently diagnosed lung cancer had metastasized, John Updike bid a poetic farewell to the tiny Pennsylvania town that had nurtured him and provided a lifetime of literary substance.

JERRY REIMENSCHNEIDER, Reading Eagle ROBESONIA, Pa. Lamont Fowler's journey toward daylight began in darkness.

Reading Eagle: Ryan McFadden Dr. Christopher Walsh, the medication safety pharmacist at St.

Once again, I need your help. My wife and I have had a pleasant and interesting conversation about subs, or "submarine sandwiches". I've always enjoyed sub sandwiches.

Police have obtained an arrest warrant for a suspect wanted in connection with the thefts of five motorcycles in Dauphin County last month.

Hikers and cyclists now have one more way to get to Angelica Park in Reading. The Berks County Conservancy has completed a key connection between the park in south Reading and the Ken-Grill Recreation Center in Kenhorst.