Berks County news

Fleetwood council approved raising the fire tax 0.1 mill a year starting in 2027 and adopted the joint comprehensive plan with Richmond and Maidencreek.

Laureldale council hired Robert Souders as a probationary officer Oct. 12; the engineer says the $130,341 sewer rehab job should start in January 2027.

West Reading council is asked Oct. 20 to advertise a data center zoning hearing, with a Dec. 20 deadline, and to seek an LSA grant for the police station.

Potholes, streetlights, dumping, code violations, noise, water, graffiti, abandoned cars: which Reading, PA office or number handles each problem.

New Morgan's Oct. 19 agenda is the first posted record that its Data Center Overlay became Ordinance 2026-04; council is already weighing amendments.

Kutztown council takes up a $515,352 Strand Theater grant request, a $577,579 Kinsley payment and six change orders Oct. 20, after a 6 p.m. budget review.

Greenwich Township supervisors sent a draft data-center ordinance toward a public hearing on Sept. 8 and weighed a $393,450 PennDOT grant for Braund Road.

All three Southwestern Berks municipalities have enacted the joint zoning amendment: data centers by conditional use only, 400-ft setbacks, noise caps.

How Reading, PA rental registration works: the $100 housing fee, April 1 renewal, 2-to-5-year inspections, fees, fines, and the 25-mile local-agent rule.

How City of Reading trash and recycling works: pickup days, bag limits, bulk items, yard waste, the $395.91 annual fee and the proposed 2027 increase.

South Heidelberg supervisors review the 2027 budget Oct. 20 before advertising it, plus a $1M Krick Lane loan ordinance and a Casella trash renewal.

South Heidelberg won a $1 million state grant in July for its police station. The $585,000 in federal money it also counts is still a request in Congress.

Oley Valley's school board takes up three $600,000 Solar for Schools grant requests Oct. 20, months after tabling solar power deals for the same roofs.

A PA hunting license costs $20.97 and an antlerless tag $6.97. Where Berks hunters buy them, the 2026-27 dates, the WMU lines, and the State Game Lands.

How the Reading Parking Authority works: ticket fines and appeals, residential permits, the eight downtown garages, meter hours, and snow rules.

Earl Township meets Oct. 19 on a $648,000 three-year trash contract with Hollenbaugh Trash & Recycling, a 2027 budget workshop and road spending.

Muhlenberg Township commissioners vote Oct. 19 on a $595,000 LSA grant request for fire apparatus, a $113,082.53 traffic truck and a new parks director.

Cumru commissioners vote Oct. 20 on $1.19 million in 2027 pension payments, up 5 percent, an outside data center reviewer and $193,450 in sewer lining.

Twin Valley's board votes Oct. 19 on $247,000 in video boards and $370,000 in dugouts, after authorizing the $4.19M A-Turf field contract in September.

Birdsboro council meets Oct. 19 on an update on H&K's Oct. 14 quarry blast and a $148,163.64 road payment to the same company, plus a shade tree ordinance.