With hundreds of students homeless in Reading, the Knight’s Keep is riding to the rescue
Reading School District is opening a dedicated lounge and study space for unhoused students.
Reading School District is opening a dedicated lounge and study space for unhoused students.
Reading’s Police department will have a new chief starting February 1.
The largest school district in Berks County – and the 4th largest in the state – will have two newly elected school board members starting this year.
Reading Riverfront Park was once a popular gathering spot and swimming destination in the summer, but complaints of noise and littering prompted the city to limit access to it.
The Schuylkill River Passenger Rail Authority was accepted to the Federal Railroad Administration’s Corridor Identification and Development Program – a national program that helps guide intercity passenger rail development.
Reading residents have decided to eliminate a requirement that the city’s public works director must hold an engineering license.
Incumbent Democrat Eddie Morán defeated his Republican challenger for mayor of Reading by more than 2,000 votes, according to unofficial results from Berks County.
The candidates on the ballot are incumbent Democrat Eddie Morán and Republican Joseph “Jose” Nuñez, a Berks County recorder and licensed realtor who ran unopposed in the primary.
The Reading School District – where 93% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch and 25% of students are English Language Learners – received roughly $202 million in basic education funding, which is about $18 million more than it got last year.