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Reading, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 5 min read

Hello Reading! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

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In today's newsletter:

  • See which Reading neighborhoods are sharing $1.7 million in new funding
  • How will the Reading Gateway Bridge transformation change your riverfront experience?
  • How speeding on Route 10 led to a prison sentence.

Also on today's calendar: Pennsylvania Chocolate and Coffee Festival and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What was left after the explosion at the cheese factory? 🤔 (Answer below!)

☑️ Important voting information: The Nov. 3 general election is coming up. Official Pennsylvania election resources: Find your polling place | Register to vote | Check your registration | Absentee, mail and early voting.

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and breezy, with a high of 68 and low of 41 degrees.
  • Friday: Sunshine, temps: high: 61, low: 32.
  • Saturday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 61 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Cepeda-Freytiz applauds $1.7 million in funding coming to Reading (pahouse.com) — More than $1.7 million is headed to northwest Reading projects, backing everything from GoggleWorks Art Park and Helping Harvest’s food programs to Habitat for Humanity housing, Olivet Boys & Girls Club camp upgrades, and Reading Hospital’s Street Medicine. The state Neighborhood Assistance Program funding targets education, food access, healthcare, and neighborhood revitalization for city residents.
   

• Neighbor-inspired design reimagines Reading pedestrian bridge (berksweekly.com) — Plans are moving forward to transform the Reading Gateway Bridge into a safer, art-filled pedestrian destination connecting Riverfront Park and West Reading, with separate lanes for leisurely visitors and faster cyclists. Community input from Reading residents shaped murals, metalwork, and an elevated river overlook, while Schuylkill River Greenways begins a multi-year push to secure funding and expand trail improvements deeper into the city.
   

• Birdsboro man sentenced to prison for 2024 fatal crash in southern Berks (readingeagle.com) — A Birdsboro man has been sentenced to 1½ to 7 years in state prison for driving at excessive speeds and causing a 2024 Route 10 crash that killed a Spring Township man in southern Berks County. The other driver was treated at Reading Hospital after the rollover collision, which police say followed illegal passing and speeds over 100 mph.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the amazing man who stopped to help me while broken down.
    I don’t know your name but you were my angel today!!! I will pay the blessing forward in some way… I promise. Thanks again. (Nextdoor Lorane)
  • Hi there,
    Looking for a store that sells formalwear. My friend has a wedding dress emergency and we need to find something off the rack. Plus size in the $500… (Nextdoor Mineral Spring Rd)
  • Forman Mills posted a job opening for 118-Reading-Front End Manager- FT in Reading. Apply here.
  • PriceRite Marketplace posted a job opening for Price Rite - Grocery Lead Clerk - Full Time (PRRC) Salary Range $18.00 - $26.00/hr in Reading. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Reading here.

🗞 Nearby News

West Reading

  • Quote Of The Day By Taylor Swift: 'I'm Trying To Tell You That Losing Things Doesn't Just Mean Losing. A Lot Of The Time...' (grunge.com)
  • Comedy Shows Kept Triggering a Man's Seizures, and Doctors Caught the Laugh-Induced Attacks on Video EEG (medicaldaily.com)

Wyomissing

  • Lebanon VA constructing new Berks County clinic (abc27.com)
  • South Schuylkill News Around the Area, October 22 (readingeagle.com)
  • Contrasting PENN Entertainment (NASDAQ:PENN) and Viking (NYSE:VIK) (defenseworld.net)

Ok Reading! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What was left after the explosion at the cheese factory?" — da brie (Thank you Pam W. for sending it in!)
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