Michelle Lynch

Dr. Noahleen Betts asks administrators to prepare a 2026-27 spending plan without a property tax increase, prompting questions from board members about what budget options will be available for a final vote.

Officials say Charter Review Commission missed a deadline required under the city’s home-rule charter, removing the measures from November ballot consideration.

Actions include CRIZ authority appointment, transit-oriented development zoning and housing improvement program contracts

Pat Giles, president of The Wyomissing Foundation, will retire in May 2027, while Tammy White, president of United Way of Berks County, will retire the following month, the organizations announced Wednesday in a joint news release. White has been selected by the trustees of the Wyomissing Foundation to succeed Giles as president effective June 2027. (READING EAGLE)

The Reading School Board failed to adopt its 2026-27 budget after split votes on competing spending plans with and without a property tax increase. Officials said a special meeting will be scheduled prior to the June 30 budget deadline

Partial demolition has begun of the former factory building at Sixth and Chestnut streets that will become Cornerstone on Sixth senior housing. (BILL UHRICH/READING EAGLE)

he Reading Police Academy graduated 36 new officers Friday, including eight joining the Reading Police Department, during the first commencement of the academy’s 50th anniversary year. Keynote speaker state Attorney General David W.…

Two new homeowners become the seventh and eighth on the block as Habitat for Humanity of Berks County continues transforming the Buttonwood Gateway neighborhood through affordable homeownership.

Compromise proposal wins enough support at special meeting to approve the district’s $513.7 million budget before the state’s June 30 deadline.

Robert Leonard II vows to earn firefighters’ trust as Richard Kuhn and Thomas Rehr take oaths as first deputy chiefs.