Berks County news

What the Berks County Clerk of Courts does: how to look up a criminal case, get a certified copy, and tell it apart from the Prothonotary.

What Berks County commissioners did Sept. 24: forgive a $5.9M loan owed by the county redevelopment authority, plus grants, a purchasing rule and contracts.

What the Berks County Prothonotary does: how to search civil court records, judgments, and liens, what it costs to file, and how to get a copy.

Berks County commissioners meet Sept. 24 on a budget vote that would forgive a $5.9M loan owed by the county Redevelopment Authority.

Reading School District board is set to vote Sept. 23 on four contracts totaling about $3.65 million to renovate the Southern Middle School auditorium.

Hamburg Borough Council votes Sept. 22 to hire an outside law firm for a personnel investigation and to amend the borough's noise rules.

South Heidelberg supervisors vote Sept. 22 to award a $2.37 million Krick Lane road contract and borrow up to $1 million to help pay for it.

Earl Township supervisors meet Sept. 21 to vote on a Rolling Hills Landfill host agreement change and a Service Electric cable franchise.

Muhlenberg Township commissioners vote Sept. 21 on Ordinance 633 to authorize up to $9 million in general obligation bonds, plus pension and police items.

Schuylkill Valley is building a fieldhouse with indoor turf on an $18.2 million bond. Every vote, the financing and what it means for taxpayers.

Small estates in Pennsylvania can skip full probate. Here is how Berks County families collect wages, bank funds, and insurance, and when to petition the court.

The Kutztown Area School District board votes Sept. 21 on a $5.23 million energy-savings deal to upgrade HVAC at Kutztown Elementary School.

Reading City Council meets Sept. 21 to create a HUD-funded lead and healthy-homes staff position and record a $200,000 housing grant already in hand.

The Twin Valley school board votes Sept. 21 on a $4.19M baseball and softball field renovation, plus a change tied to the superintendent's retirement.

What Berks County commissioners did Sept. 17: a $113,000 jail deputy warden among five personnel moves, a hospital conduit bond, a 600 Penn escrow deal.

Reading City Council enacted a vacant-property registry Aug. 24 with semiannual fees up to $5,000, and extended its commercial LERTA tax break 10 years.

The Sept. 17 Berks County agenda: a $113,000 jail deputy warden among five personnel moves, a hospital bond vote, and a 600 Penn escrow deal.

Perry Township's Ordinance 09-2026 allows data centers in Berks County only in one district, with setbacks, a 67 dB noise cap, and cleanup bonds.

Upper Bern Township in Berks County adopted data center zoning Sept. 10, allowing them only in industrial zones under strict limits, plus new solar rules.

Kutztown Borough Council holds public hearings September 15 and votes to enact zoning rules for data centers and short-term rentals, plus how to see the ordinances and comment.