Cyclists toured the rural northern Berks to help those in need at the 16th Annual Brake the Cycle of Poverty Benefit Bike Ride for Friend Inc. on Aug. 9.

That’s the whole idea behind federally subsidized housing, something Stacy Keppen calls the “consummate life jacket.” For some people, the president and CEO of the Reading Housing Authority told a ...

A worker was injured in a workplace accident late Wednesday at a mushroom plant in northern Berks County, officials said.