Maryland faces literacy challenges like many other states, but there are reasons to be optimistic, writes Jim Hall.

Aldeman: Key lesson — the only literacy policies that are likely to lead to significant learning gains meaningfully change schools and classrooms.

Reading City Council voted Monday night to adopt a resolution to adopt a housing and blight remediation strategy.

Holocaust Survivor Helga Melmed will share her powerful story at the Reading High School Auditorium on March 3 at 7 p.m. At just 13 years old, Melmed was deported to the Lodz Ghetto. She endured ...

He’s 65 books in and more on the way — how to choose the perfect Stephen King book for you A lot of horror fans discover ...

The Berks County Industrial Development Authority has purchased a former paint factory in Reading with plans to redevelop the site that has been abandoned for decades. The authority announced in a ...

In this edition of Play Smart, we learn how AimPoint green reading works in one minute from former Masters champ Adam Scott.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average turned lower, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite sank to session lows, after another bleak consumer-confidence reading. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its ...