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1 of 2 The Heritage of Green Hills in Shillington celebrated the official start of construction of a new state-of-the-art Health Care Center. From left are Christopher Conley, managing director of Lapis Advisers, owners of the retirement community; William Haase, Certus Founder and managing partner; Sen. Judy Schwank; Rep. Mark Gillen; Berks County Commissioners Michael S. Rivera and Christian Y. Leinbach; Steve Conway, vice president of senior living for Benchmark Const...

Bucks, Nets, Sixers in Eastern Conference Standings race: Friday night seed watching Share this story Photo by Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images Remember the days not terribly long ago when you were rooting for the Sixers to improve their lottery standings? In 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 you may have been cheering on your favorite players, but you probably didn’t mind the end results come May when the Sixers would finish with top picks. If you were really a nut about it...

5 winners and 3 losers from President Biden’s first congressional address Vox.com 2 hrs ago Ella Nilsen, Zack Beauchamp, Jerusalem Demsas, Andrew Prokop, Emily Stewart, Anna North, Sean Collins, and Dylan Scott © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of congress as Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi look on in the House chamber of the US Capitol. President Joe Biden struck a notably optimistic tone in h...

U.S. faces COVID-19 vaccine surplus as demand slows Meg Oliver © Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty COVID-19 Vaccine Philadelphia is experiencing a surplus scare. With thousands of coronavirus vaccine doses expiring on Thursday, the city is scrambling to ship them to other distribution sites so it wont be forced to discard them.  U.S. faces surplus of COVID vaccine as demand slows Replay Video UP NEXT "The city has a lot of vaccines in cold storage that do ha...

Winner: Obamacare. Loser: Wall Street.

Biden to push massive expansion of government programs aimed at childcare, education with speech to Congress Christopher Wilson President Biden is set to use Wednesday’s primetime address to promote his American Families Plan, which would be a massive expansion of government programs to help with childcare, education and a number of other key provisions. Details of the $1.8 trillion proposal were released by the White House in advance of Biden’s joint address to Congress, pr...

CDC says vaccinated people can ditch the mask outdoors in many cases CDC gives new guidance on mask wearing Replay Video UP NEXT You can ditch the mask walking your dog or dining outside with friends if you are fully vaccinated from COVID-19. But keep it on for any outdoor crowded events like concerts, parades and sporting events. Wearing a mask in public spaces indoors also remains a must. That’s according to new guidance released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventi...

Census delays are scrambling the once-in-a-decade redistricting that will shape the 2022 midterms gpanetta@businessinsider.com (Grace Panetta) © Noam Galai/Getty Images US Census workers stand outside Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on September 24, 2020 in New York City Noam Galai/Getty Images Table of Contents: Masthead Sticky The Census Bureau on Monday unveiled state population counts and apportionment numbers from 2020. But the detailed data used for redistricting...

Florida Vaccine Updates: Federal Vaccination Sites to Resume Giving J&J Shots Sunday NBC 6 © MediaNews Group via Getty Images Reading, PA – April 12: A pharmacist fill a syringe with Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. At Alvernia University in Reading, PA Monday morning April 12, 2021 where the school, working with Rite Aid Pharmacy, held a COVID-19 vaccination clinic administering doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for staff and students in the Physical Education Center. (...

Florida Vaccine Updates: Miami HEAT To Hold Vaccination Event For Residents 16+ NBC 6 © MediaNews Group via Getty Images Reading, PA – April 12: A pharmacist fill a syringe with Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. At Alvernia University in Reading, PA Monday morning April 12, 2021 where the school, working with Rite Aid Pharmacy, held a COVID-19 vaccination clinic administering doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for staff and students in the Physical Education Center. (Photo...