Lisa Mitchell, Berks-Mont News Journalist Profile

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From the Archive: Michael Landon: Big Man in a Little House

2 weeks ago | saturdayeveningpost.com | Lisa Mitchell

—From “Michael Landon: Big Man in a Little House” by Lisa Mitchell, from the September 1980 issue of The Saturday Evening PostNBC publicist Bill Kiley affectionately says of Michael Landon that “he can run a studio, but he can’t run himself.” So there is always someone to put gas in his car because he doesn’t “remember” to do it.
Quality of Life Award presented to Preston’s Pantry

2 months ago | mahoningmatters.com | Lisa Mitchell

Boyertown Area Progress Dinner features BASH produced film spotlighting businessesSubscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Copyright (C) 2025, Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Portions copyrighted by the respective providers.
Fleetwood Community Theatre presents 'Arsenic and Old Lace'

Mar 18, 2025 | readingeagle.com | Lisa Mitchell

This script was written 86 years ago, but the comedy and the intent of the action still has a hold on current culture.
Blue Mountain Eagles soar at band tournament

Oct 13, 2024 | republicanherald.com | Lisa Mitchell

Bands from across the region showcased their talents Saturday at North Schuylkill Junior/Senior High School at the Tournament of Bands.
Northern Lights again?

Jun 1, 2024 | dailyitem.com | Lisa Mitchell

May 25—A crowd filled Etchberger Memorial Park in Hamburg for the annual Hamburg Family Festival. The free-admission festival offered rides, food and a full entertainment lineup each night Thursday, May 23, through Sunday, May 26. A long-standing tradition in Hamburg, the festival is hosted annually on Memorial Day weekend by the King Frost Committee.
TriCounty Area Chamber hosts Boyertown Area Progress Dinner on March 13

Feb 28, 2024 | pottsmerc.com | Lisa Mitchell

GILBERTSVILLE — A student-produced film featuring three businesses and the presentation of the James K. Boyer Quality of Life Award will be the highlights of the 2024 Annual Boyertown Area Progress Dinner. Event host TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce anticipates more than 160 local business professionals, school administrators and community leaders to attend the dinner held at La Massaria at Bella Vista Golf Course.
Players to battle at Boyertown's first Pokémon GO Tournament Feb. 18

Feb 8, 2024 | pottsmerc.com | Lisa Mitchell

BOYERTOWN — Come to battle or just watch Boyertown’s first Pokémon GO Tournament on Sunday, Feb. 18. Held from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Building a Better Boyertown and Team Asylum will host the Pokémon GO Tournament and community vendor event at Boyertown Area YMCA at 301 Spring St., Boyertown. Building a Better Boyertown event planner Krista Gross said that the Pokémon GO Tournament is a great event for Boyertown.
St. John’s ELC in Boyertown sends mission team to Mexico for 2nd year

Feb 2, 2024 | pottsmerc.com | Lisa Mitchell

BOYERTOWN — Ten members of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Boyertown, joined the staff of Wellspring Karitas Foundation to learn, serve and grow in faith during a trip to Cuernavaca, Mexico, in January. This is the second year that St. John’s has participated in this service trip to Mexico.
Honey Brook Township hosts first tree lighting ceremony Dec. 6

Nov 20, 2023 | pottsmerc.com | Lisa Mitchell

HONEY BROOK TOWNSHIP – For the first time in its 234-year history, Honey Brook Township will hold a tree-lighting ceremony at the Township Administration Building, 500 Suplee Road, Honey Brook, on Wednesday, Dec. 6, at 6:30 p.m.The ceremony will be held prior to the 7 p.m. Board of Supervisors Workshop meeting. “This allows for the most people to be available to attend without scheduling another evening out,” said Honey Brook Township Executive Assistant Kristy Deischer-Eddy in the release.
Christmas at Joanna takes visitors back to holiday celebration of 1873

Nov 17, 2023 | pottsmerc.com | Lisa Mitchell

Visitors to Historic Joanna Furnace Iron Works near Morgantown in southern Berks County will be whisked back to 1873 for Christmas at Joanna. Held Dec. 1 from 5 to 9 p.m., and Dec.

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