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Former Capt. Ethan J. Holmes was promoted to chief of the Wyomissing Fire Department after the decision to end the agreement.

Guests at the Inn at Reading were asked to vacate by March 12.

Wyomissing officials approve plans for smaller Stone House parking lot

Mayor Fred Levering said borough officials aim to compromise with upset residents by cutting eight parking spaces from the plan.

Pa. suburbs signal a national ‘eds-and-meds’ realignment | Opinion Updated Feb 15, 2021; Posted Feb 15, 2021 Joe Biden laid out his economic policy plan to help rebuild the middle class during a campaign stop at the Scranton Cultural Center on October 23, 2019 in Scranton. Getty Images Facebook Share By Charles McElwee Located across the Schuylkill River from Reading, a vast city of rowhomes, the Berks County borough of Wyomissing, Pa., remains as it was intended over a century ago: the i...

Located across the Schuylkill River from Reading, a vast city of rowhomes, the Berks County borough of Wyomissing, Pa., remains as it was intended over a century ago: the ideal suburb. Curving boulevards and tidy avenues, canopied by trees, feature beautiful housing amid parks and trails. Then, beyond Penn Avenue, sprawling before semi-detached houses, are the Knitting Mills – a monument to the community’s foresight. Planning ahead is a tradition in Wyomissing, where, early last century, fo...