For the past 11 months, the topic has come up time and time again.
Through comments from the public at county commissioners meetings, and most recently an open letter from the Berks County Medical Society, the idea that Berks County should have its own county health department keeps popping up.
That s not a big surprise, given the ongoing global pandemic still wreaking havoc far and wide.
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And while those pushing for the creation of a Berks County Department of Health say they believe a county health department would help with the response to COVID-19, they claim their interests span far wider than dealing with the current public health crisis. They say a county department would offer all sorts of benefits in nonpandemic times as well.
NORRISTOWN — Nearly 500 individuals tested positive for the coronavirus and two more people died from the virus in Montgomery County during the most recent two-day period ending Friday.
NORRISTOWN â Montgomery County officials have approved nearly $2 million in grants for county restaurants and food service businesses facing struggles during the coronavirus pandemic.
County Commissioner Kenneth E. Lawrence Jr. announced on Wednesday that 194 grants, totaling $1.94 million, have been approved as part of the first round of the 2021 Montco Strong Restaurant Grant Program, which is jointly administered by the Montgomery County Commerce Department and The Redevelopment Authority of Montgomery County.
âGrants of $10,000 are being awarded to each qualifying business. This is the initial allocation of a total of $6 million in county economic development funds that the board of commissioners has approved to support restaurants and other food service businesses that have suffered financially due to the COVID-19 pandemic,â Lawrence, vice chairman of the board of commissioners, said during a news briefing at which officials update the public about the coronavir
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NORRISTOWN — As doses of a limited supply of coronavirus vaccine continue to be administered in Montgomery County, officials reported that 771 individuals tested positive for the virus and two