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State study recommends Heidelberg join regional police force
A state study recommends that Heidelberg Township join with Western Berks Regional Police to expand police coverage and allow for more training.
Brothers could string along audience
The Luft brothers of Wernersville with their marionettes, in a photo from "The Passing Scene" Volume 8. John, left, and James delighted audiences with their hand-manipulated actors for more than 50 years.
Woman arrested for drunken driving 2 straight mornings by same policeman
A 21-year-old South Heidelberg Township woman was arrested two consecutive early mornings by the same policeman for drunken driving in the township, officials said Wednesday.
Troopers seek missing Wernersville inmate
A 26-year-old inmate failed to return to the Wernersville Community Corrections Center on Wednesday, state police said.
Here's one place where artists don't starve
Sage M. Jackson, with braided hair, 9, of Oley, and Julia K. Ulsh, with ponytail, 9, of Fleetwood enjoy lasagna before a Berks County Classical Children's Chorus practice at the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Second and Washington streets.
In Our Schools: Chris Trickett, technology and engineering, Wilson High
Residence: Wernersville. Family: Wife, Lisa; and daughters, Caitlin, Julia and Anna.
For more information Those who wish to learn more about the El Salvador project of Trinity Lutheran Church, Wernersville, can attend a meeting Feb.
Chorus a Dutch treat for 30 years
Vernon and Edith Reifsnyder of the Tulpehocken Sanger Chor. Edith was a founder of the group in the early 1980s.
Memorial grows at Paterno statue
Small clusters of mourners continued to visit former Pennsylvania State University football coach Joe Paterno's statue outside the school's football stadium hours before the start of Thursday's memorial.
Thomas C. Zimmerman, Reading Times editor, wrote the "Olla Podrida," a two-volume set of Pennsylvania German poems and speeches, published in 1903.
Support groups help Alzheimer's caregivers
Most of those who are new to the Alzheimer's support group at Phoebe Berks Village only listen as they sit in one of the folding chairs arranged in a circle in the facility's chapel.
Cruise ship sinking raises questions about safety on board
The images are almost hard to comprehend. A cruise ship, carrying thousands of people, capsized off the coast of Italy on Friday.