Berks County news

Antietam's board votes Monday on moving high school principal Felice Stern to assistant superintendent at $152,495.62 a year, and a $79,500 placement.

How to change your name through the Berks County court: the $250 filing fee, fingerprints, two newspaper notices, the hearing, and what to update after.

Spring Township supervisors return to a PennDOT agreement for the $350M Broadcast District, award a winter maintenance bid and seek gaming grants Oct. 26.

Exeter supervisors decide Monday whether to back a parking variance for 236 apartments at 3925 Perkiomen Ave. and weigh $95-an-hour finance help.

A new Boyertown water plant is estimated at $17,663,437.50, minutes show. PennVEST loans would mean $1.03M a year in debt and gradual utility rate hikes.

Hamburg council votes Oct. 27 on suspending its $1,000-a-machine skill game license law, no reason given on the agenda, plus a police union grievance.

Birdsboro council took Mountz's $415,000 recycling bid, lowest of three, and voted 5-0 to send a letter opposing New Morgan's data-center overlay.

How Berks County Domestic Relations handles child support: where to file, what it costs, how the amount is set, and what happens if payments stop.

Eight Berks County park, trail, forestry and planning projects won $1,343,200 in DCNR's Oct. 7 grant round, led by $350,000 for South Heidelberg Township.

Reading City Council votes Oct. 26 on the $413.87 trash fee and a four-year AFSCME supervisors' deal with 3.5% raises; the budget hearing is Oct. 28.

Governor Mifflin's board votes Monday on naming Dr. Steven Murray substitute superintendent during Dr. Lisa Hess's leave, plus $9.9M in bills.

Marion Township supervisors meet Oct. 29 on a $5,040 police fee increase to $70,560, a 4.75-mill tax rate and a trash contract that ends April 2027.

Minutes posted Oct. 22 show Cumru commissioners gave A.J. Blosenski a four-year manual trash contract Sept. 29 and named Terrence James manager Sept. 15.

West Reading approved 2027-29 Teamsters and police contracts with no terms posted, heard police station plans top $1 million and moved $1.4 million.

Hamburg Area's school board votes Oct. 26 on fund-balance moves that earmark $2.5M for a high school renovation and $2.33M for this year's budget gap.

Conrad Weiser's school board votes tonight on naming Dr. Alissa Sweigart assistant superintendent and on a special-education settlement totaling $47,000.

Minutes posted Oct. 19 show Cumru commissioners rejected every trash bid Aug. 18, approved a manager agreement and ordered solar loan papers drawn up.

Reading School District directors weigh a $695K-a-year TransPar transportation-management deal, a $917,000 solar grant ask and $5.1M in building bills.

Minutes show the Kutztown Area school board voted 8-0 on Sept. 21 for a $5.23M McClure energy-savings HVAC project at Kutztown Elementary School.

Berks County votes Oct. 22 on a $179,450 financial-statement contract, a notice ending two Lincoln insurance policies, and two JAG pacts with Reading.