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Ralph E. Johnson, Reading's director of Public Works, at the former Deppen Brewery beer vault dug into the side of Neversink Mountain. The cold storage cave has been there since at least 1857. It's worth preserving, Johnson says, but the structural integrity is a safety concern.

Thursday November 21, 2019 06:15 PM

Reading 'beer cave' kept 19th century brews cool, but now it's mostly a safety concern

A cave dug into the western slope of Neversink Mountain concerns the city's director of public works, but he would like to see it preserved as a bit of history, too.

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Thursday November 21, 2019 07:42 PM

Can passenger rail service return to Berks? Forum looks at what it would take

Effort will involve three-month study of business and economic impacts.

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Thursday November 21, 2019 04:09 PM

Berks County commissioners expect no change in taxes in 2020

The proposed $577 million budget for next year will use reserve funds to cover a $32.6 million shortfall due primarily to one-time expenses.

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Former Reading High basketball star Lonnie Walker IV hugs Beatrize Bernal, who was at the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel with her daughters Sofia Vega, 4, and Arianna Vega, 10, to receive one of the Thanksgiving meals Walker, a second-year guard with the San Antonio Spurs, was distributing through his charitable foundation on Thursday night.

Thursday November 21, 2019 08:20 PM

Lonnie Walker IV delivers turkeys to the needy in Reading

The former Reading High star and current guard with the NBA's San Antonio Spurs is in town on the cusp of a game Friday night in Philadelphia. He says giving back "fills my heart up."

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Part of the transportation funding cuts the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation made in Berks County was to the interchange at Lancaster Avenue and Route 422.

Thursday November 21, 2019 08:10 PM

PennDOT to slash $700 million in scheduled upgrades in Berks

Projects are either dramatically scaled back or cut on Routes 422, 222 and 61, as the state reallocates funds from local roads to interstate highways.

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Reading 'beer cave' kept 19th century brews cool, but now it's mostly a safety concern

Can passenger rail service return to Berks? Forum looks at what it would take

Berks County commissioners expect no change in taxes in 2020

Lonnie Walker IV delivers turkeys to the needy in Reading

PennDOT to slash $700 million in scheduled upgrades in Berks

Plaza Azteca restaurant to open at former Francesca's, Arner's on Reading-Mount Penn border

Berks food safety inspections November 6 to November 19, 2019: Deli meats stored in a pan lined with newspaper

Fleetwood students show support for classmate with DiGeorge syndrome, a rare chromosomal disorder

Nolde Forest was cultivated to become a recreational retreat

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Exeter Township police to be on the lookout for motorists not using seat belts

Wilson grad Mason McElroy, Boyertown grad Jerry Kapp are catching on at Kutztown University

Bridge over the Schuylkill River from Shoemakersville to Centre Township reopens

Bill Uhrich's Flashback Friday: Patriotic Order Sons of America honor veterans, clergymen fear Sunday sports

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Reading man held for court in fatal knife attack

Former Turkey Hill worker stole lottery tickets, cash during shifts, police say

Fleetwood students show support for classmate with DiGeorge syndrome, a rare chromosomal disorder

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Lancaster man charged with sexually assaulting 12-year-old girl in Reading home

Medical marijuana dispensary proposed for Reading hits a bump

Democrat launches campaign to represent Reading in Harrisburg

Business

Obama warns against 'purity tests' in the Democratic primary

Merkel says climate change, digitalization top challenges

Macron defends job losses at symbolic blue collar factory

Crime

Reading man charged with insurance fraud in 2018 accident that totaled his SUV

Berks County salesman charged again in car-buying scam

Reading woman pleads guilty to fatally shooting Madison Walb, then dumping her body on a rural road

Sports

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Brunner cousins extend family ties for Wyomissing football

Replay Thursday's Berks high school football chat with Mike Drago

10 games to remember in the Penn State-Ohio State rivalry

High School

Mike Boyer retires after long run as Fleetwood girls soccer coach

2 Boyertown football players chosen to PAC Liberty team

Wyomissing states its case as a championship team

Phillies

Dillon hired as Phillies new hitting coach under Girardi

Phillies decline options on Vargas, Hughes, Neshek

Arrieta exercises $20M option to stay with Phillies

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Simmons hits 1st career NBA 3-pointer in 76ers' victory

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Berks food safety inspections November 6 to November 19, 2019: Deli meats stored in a pan lined with newspaper

Penn State Berks chancellor to retire in 2020

Conrad Weiser schools set to debut flexible instruction days during snow

National News

The Trump impeachment hearings highlight immigrants' stories

Quid pro quo, domestic errands: Takeaways from impeachment

Former White House aide Hill is no-nonsense Russia analyst

State

Campus ministry ex-director sentenced in child porn case

Body of missing Pennsylvania woman found in Nevada desert

Authorities: Family of 3 found dead was murder-suicide

World News

Afghan officials: Kabul car bomb killed 12, including kids

Ukrainian capital names streets after Nazi collaborators

AP PHOTOS: Laborious saffron harvest unites Moroccan village

Opinion

Editorial: Abuse victims finally getting shot at justice

Guest opinion: Congress must keep promise on conservation fund

Letter: People of Berks should heed protesters

Tri-County

6-time DUI driver gets 25� to 50 years for fatal accident in Delaware County

Ex-employee at Chester County country club charged with stealing $60,381

Lionville Elementary substitute teacher arrested for intoxication in classroom

Politics

Berks County libertarians making mark on local government

Berks County write-in candidates have 5 days to claim their votes

Mary Kozak says she's ready to lead as Berks County recorder of deeds

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Standing up front renews respect for teachers [Column]