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Sunday, April 6th, 2025
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Good morning, Reading. Here's your local news at a glance for Sunday, the 6th of April.
COMMUNITY NEWS
- ➤ Hundreds of Berks County residents gathered on Saturday between 12 and 1 p.m. at the intersection of 5th and Penn Streets in downtown Reading for a peaceful protest against federal cuts to programs affecting healthcare, Social Security and immigrant protections. Local speakers including township supervisor Jesse Royer and advocate Bernice Hines Corbit urged national leaders to protect these essential services. Berks Weekly
- ➤ Reading residents joined nationwide protests—waving signs and blowing horns—to support rights and equality. Speakers from groups for reproductive rights, veterans services and immigrant rights said every citizen deserves a say in our country. WFMZ-TV
CULTURE NEWS
- ➤ Downtown Reading hosted the 34th Berks Jazz Fest this weekend — drawing many music fans to local events. On Saturday, five-time Grammy Award winner Lalah Hathaway performed at 9:30 p.m. in the Double Tree Hotel’s grand ballroom — Gerald Veasley led a jam session in the Small Ballroom. WFMZ-TV
- ➤ The Reading Public Museum has acquired a rare plasterwork frame to house its Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington — the frame replaces a worn one in the museum’s American Art Gallery. The painting and frame are on display through August — offering a fresh look at a key work in the museum’s collection. Berks Weekly
EDUCATION NEWS
- ➤ On Friday, seniors from the Brandywine Heights Area School District joined a hands-on luncheon at Kutztown University that taught them professional etiquette and money management — a collaboration with First Citizens Community Bank designed to build skills for college, careers, or military service. Berks Weekly
GOVERNMENT NEWS
- ➤ Reading's construction crews will start work on the rear section of 431 Penn Street on Monday, April 7, which will lead to temporary closures on portions of Court Street between 4th and 5th Streets and Madison Avenue between the Washington Street parking lot and Court Street—local traffic will still have access through some areas. Berks Weekly
LIFESTYLE NEWS
- ➤ Hundreds of fishermen filled creeks, streams and lakes in Berks County Saturday morning for the first day of trout season. Reading Eagle
SPORTS NEWS
- ➤ Berks Catholic defeated Wyomissing in a baseball game on April 4—showing a strong effort in the local sports roundup. Reading Eagle
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