Keith Smoker

Aug 21, 2024 | readingeagle.com | Keith Smoker

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Aug 21, 2024 | pottsmerc.com | Keith Smoker

The Cumru Township commissioners voted unanimously to initiate an appraisal for 7.8 acres of township land with frontage on Poplar Neck Road near the Titus Station to attract potential developers.

Mar 11, 2024 | readingeagle.com | Keith Smoker

The Exeter Township supervisors voted 4-1 to allow interim township Manager Larry Piersol to take preliminary steps toward selling the Reading Country Club. The township bought the 134-acre property at 5311 Perkiomen Ave. for $11.9 million in 2006. Construction of the golf course began in 1923, designed by Alexander Finlay, a Scottish immigrant, and boasts a 20,000-square-foot Tudor-style clubhouse with a restaurant and banquet facilities designed by Reading architect Harry Maurer.

Jan 8, 2024 | readingeagle.com | Keith Smoker

After more than a century, Mount Penn borough has a manager. Hunter Ahrens was sworn in as borough manager Jan. 2 by District Judge Sandra Fegley. It’s a historic move, creating and filling a position the borough has never had in the 121 years since its incorporation in 1903. Ahrens, 27, is an Albright College political science and urban affairs graduate who is working toward a master’s degree in public administration at Villanova University.

Oct 19, 2023 | readingeagle.com | Keith Smoker

The energy was drained out of a proposal for two electric car charging stations in Cumru Township as a majority of the commissioners opted not to move the plan forward. The effort was spearheaded by Commissioner Vice Chairman David J. Batdorf, who made a motion to allow the township solicitor to prepare hold-harmless agreements for the property owners to allow engineering and other officials to do a cost analysis for leasing agreements. The motion failed for lack of a second.