From the Reading Eagle (6/10/2010):

A 38-year-old Reading man wanted to tidy up his room in the new Berks County Community Reentry Center before accepting visitors Wednesday.

"May I clean up first?" Hamilton Newton, jokingly asked during a media tour of the center, which opened May 2 in Bern Township.

Newton is one of the 74 inmates from the county jail transferred to the center, which is designed to help inmates get jobs and avoid committing more crimes

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From the Reading Eagle (6/7/2010):

One of Jerry G. Fudeman's most memorable moments in a 22-year career at Berks Heim is when he was dressed as the captain of a ship and the staff was dressed as his crew.

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From the Reading Eagle (5/29/2010):

Forget the immediate 10 percent property tax hike. Ignore the call for a $2.50-a-day parking surcharge.

The first is delayed for three years. The second is gone.

After listening for three weeks to city and community officials and residents, the Act 47 team writing Reading's recovery plan radically revised its revenue raisers for the 313-page final version released Friday.

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