Berks County news

Wilson's school board votes Monday on a $144,341 high school principal, a $119,052 network core and a retainage cut on its $13.4M HVAC and music-wing job.

Brandywine Heights' board votes Monday on a pledge to keep any 2027-28 tax increase at or under 3.6%, plus $1.4 million in bills and a Pre-K Counts grant.

Ordinance 1464-2026 would let big-box stores, grocers, fuel and apartments above shops go up by right at the Berkshire Mall site. Hearing Nov. 10, 7 p.m.

Boyertown council's Nov. 2 agenda: a $1,119,800 SSM contract to design a new water plant, contingent on financing, plus a data-center zoning vote.

Governor Mifflin's board hears a 4.6% cap on any 2027-28 tax increase Monday, with adoption set for Nov. 16, and votes on a $123,000 Cumru principal.

Alsace Township stopped accepting data-center plans for up to six months and raised its fire coverage pay to $120,000 a year, its Sept. 16 minutes show.

Wyomissing's interim manager offers five 2027 budget scenarios and recommends two: 3 or 4 more mills plus borrowing. Council reconvenes Nov. 3 at 7 p.m.

Ruscombmanor supervisors meet Oct. 28 on a $199,834.81 tractor-and-mower quote, a proposed Nov. 25 data center hearing, sewer liens and the 2027 budget.

Amity Township's Nov. 18 hearing on new sign rules: four temporary signs per lot, 90 days up and 14 down, and brightness limits for electronic signs.

Colebrookdale and Boyertown hold Nov. 2 hearings on a joint zoning amendment allowing data centers by special exception in Colebrookdale's GI/Q zone.

Reading School District directors vote tonight on a $95,000 travel budget, a $694,545-a-year TransPar busing manager and Dr. April Rostek’s contract.

Reading City Council hears the public on its $129.3M budget at 5 p.m. Oct. 28, then reviews a $2.5M CDBG plan with $500,000 for a New Journey day shelter.

Kutztown unanimously adopted data center and short-term rental rules Sept. 15, seated Patricia Snyder and dropped the 2027 per-capita tax, minutes show.

Berks County votes Oct. 29 on $7.2M in Ag Center Phase 2 contracts, a $1.14M PennDOT grant bid for the Reading Gateway Bridge and a jail study transfer.

Berks County's CFO presents a 2027-2031 capital plan at a 9:30 a.m. workshop; draft minutes show a $350K severe-weather homelessness ask that got no vote.

Boyertown's school board is set to vote on a $77,250 design contract for six modular classrooms, the first step in a $2 million full-day kindergarten plan

Amity Township's proposed 2027 budget would raise the EMS tax from .275 to .331 mills; a typical home's sewer bill rises to $236 a quarter on Jan. 1.

Caernarvon's draft 2027 budget runs $264,680 short even after reserves, and supervisors split 3-2 to extend the blight ordinance to occupied homes.

Boyertown's school board voted 5-4 to make the Middle School East planetarium a Learning Dome: $379,500 to $467,635 to build, $112,500 a year to run.

How to file for divorce in Berks County: where to file, the $250 fee, the 90-day and one-year no-fault routes, service, the praecipe, and legal help.