Neo-Pangea wins Innovation Award
Digital boutique Neo-Pangea's Breakthrough online experience won the Responsive Design award in the international 2016 SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards recently in Austin, Texas. (more…)
Ribbons of Respect honor law enforcement
Crime Alert Berks County has begun its second annual Ribbons of Respect campaign. The organization plans to distribute more than 15,000 ribbons, three times as many as it did in 2015. (more…)
Chef Alan’s owner takes over Abraham Lincoln hotel restaurant
Chef Alan Rutter has big ambitions for Reading's iconic Abraham Lincoln hotel. (more…)
It’s a Gift! Woman’s Exchange marks 50 years
With its red front door, light blue awning and framing black-and-white curtains, It's a Gift! Woman's Exchange of Reading stands out among the businesses along Penn Avenue in West Reading. (more…)
West Reading officials consider bike race’s effect on traffic
With detours in effect in West Reading for the two-year Buttonwood Street Bridge reconstruction project, borough officials wondered how a bike race planned for September would affect traffic. (more…)
A year in, Chatty Monks looks toward bigger things
When five guys opened Chatty Monks Brewing Co. in a former shoe store in West Reading a little more than a year ago, their hope was merely that people would buy their beer. "Your fears are the doors are going to open, and it's going to be lackluster response, and they're not going to like our beer," said Rob Metzger, one of the five partners. (more…)
Former Kupkake Kouture site in West Reading gets a new Secrets identity
Taking a class to learn a new skill can be life-changing. Just ask Beth Gendler, owner of the new Secrets Bakery, West Reading. It was before Super Bowl XLVI in 2012 when Beth decided to bake and decorate a football-themed cake for a party. (more…)