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Animal Rescue League of Berks County announced board changes by electing Eden Bucher as president, adding members Lorin Basden Arnold and Kyle Giles, and naming new officers.

John Paul II Center for Special Learning appointed Emmalee McCullough as adult program director.

Heemet Fescht held Saturday, Sept.

26 at Kutztown University's Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center celebrated America's 250th anniversary through music, crafts, folk demonstrations and children's activities — bringing a vibrant taste of Pennsylvania Dutch tradition despite damp weather.

On September 27, 2026, Evelyn Eastman from Spring Township earned her bachelor's degree in baking and pastry arts management from SUNY Delhi, while several college students (including Reading peers) began serving as peer tutors and study group leaders at Alvernia University.

On Sunday, dozens of turtles returned to their home at Crystal Lake in Carsonia Park as part of a restoration project to improve water quality after pollution caused fish kills and algal blooms (the effort follows a 2025 rescue of 48 musk turtles during dredging).

PennDOT announced road projects in Berks affecting travel this week and in the coming weeks.

Daily sewer work on Shelbourne and Kerr Roads in Exeter will last until Nov. 20 while construction on routes in Tilden, Robeson, Tulpehocken, Spring Township, Wyomissing and Washington ends mostly by Oct. 30.