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Historic Bridge Badly Damaged In Berks County Crash That Trapped Passenger Historic Bridge Badly Damaged In Berks County Crash That Trapped Passenger
Historic Bridge Badly Damaged In Berks County Crash That Trapped Passenger Firefighters in Berks County mounted a rescue mission in the dark late on Monday, May 29 after a historic bridge was badly damaged in a car accident, they said in a release.  Rescue workers got the call just after 9 p.m., said the Earl Township Volunteer Fire Company on Facebook. Joined by the Oley Fire Company, they headed to the Griesemer's Mill covered bridge over Manatawny Creek on Spangsville Road.  There, first responders found one vehicle "teetering off the side" of the bridge with a man still inside, they wrote. Crews were eventually able to free the vehicle using a chain and a hoi…

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by Mac Bullock
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Lost Black Burial Ground Located On Property Of New Milford Grammar School Lost Black Burial Ground Located On Property Of New Milford Grammar School
Lost Black Burial Ground Located On Property Of New Milford Grammar School A tireless two-year search ended with the discovery of a Black cemetery on the grounds of a New Milford grammar school, a borough councilwoman announced. “The old burying ground is at the north end of the B. F. Gibbs Elementary School,” said Councilwoman Hedy Grant, who’d been searching for the site. “More specifically, it's on the field just east of the parking lot." The remains likely were undisturbed when landfill was laid during construction of the K-5 Bertrand F. Gibbs Elementary School on Sutton Place near Main and New Milford avenues, she said. It’s cause for celebration, indeed, b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'I'll Chain Myself To The Pole,' Says PA Mansion Owner Fighting Verizon 5G Tower 'I'll Chain Myself To The Pole,' Says PA Mansion Owner Fighting Verizon 5G Tower
'I'll Chain Myself To The Pole,' Says PA Mansion Owner Fighting Verizon 5G Tower What would you do if a cell phone company attempted to put a tower right in the front of your dream home? One Harrisburg man is willing to chain himself in his yard if Verizon tries putting a 5G Tower in front of his home, according to a recent report by PennLive. Construction began on a 5G Tower at the historic King mansion located in the 2900 block of North Front Street earlier this month. Homeowner, Marc Kurowski, was shocked when he looked out of his window one morning to discover the construction crew outside of the historic mansion, as he told theBurg. This is the second time V…

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by Jillian Pikora