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2 weeks ago |
wfmz.com | David A. Kostival
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – The Perkiomen Valley Board of School Directors voted Monday night to adopt its final 2025-26 budget with a 3.7% tax hike. The total spending plan is $137.18 million, which represents 94.22% fixed costs and 5.78% variable costs. Fixed costs are defined as salaries, benefits, teacher pensions, debt service, transportation, charter school tuition and contractual obligations.
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2 weeks ago |
wfmz.com | David A. Kostival
READING, Pa. – Reading City Council on Monday night heard a presentation from Peter Simone, president of Simone Collins Architecture, Norristown, on a proposed downtown "Vision Zero" action plan. Simone explained the plan lays out a strategy to create multimodal connections for cyclists and pedestrians towards the goal of reducing and eventually eliminating traffic-related fatalities.
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3 weeks ago |
wfmz.com | David A. Kostival
READING, Pa. – The Berks County Commissioners voted Thursday morning to authorize annual contracts for career building workforce training. A $249,997 award was made to the Berks Latino Workforce Development Corp. and a $250,000 award was made to Connections Work. The awards are for the fiscal year beginning July 1. An official from Connections Work said they offer an apprenticeship program in the construction trades for individuals within the justice system.
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3 weeks ago |
wfmz.com | David A. Kostival
EASTON, Pa. – The public will be invited to learn about and comment on the proposed project to construct a new Easton Area High School, the district's superintendent said Tuesday night. During the school board's standing committee meeting, Superintendent Tracy A. Piazza announced dates for three special ad hoc committee meetings where the public is invited to participate.
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3 weeks ago |
wfmz.com | David A. Kostival
READING, Pa. – During its Committee of the Whole meeting Monday night, Reading City Council heard an update presentation from Simone Collins Landscape Architecture, Norristown, on transit-oriented development, or TOD, for downtown Reading. The firm was retained by the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance in 2023 with a grant it received from the Department of Community and Economic Development.
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