Reading Eagle headlines give peaceful picture

By Steve Reinbrecht

These are the headlines in the Berks and Beyond section of the Reading Eagle on Sunday. The B section is one of Berks County's sparse sources of local news. With a struggling urban school district, stagnant economic growth, thriving immigrant communities from all over the world, clogged roads, the FBI probing City Hall ... there's lots to cover.

But these stories seem like the offerings of a suburban weekly ad-rag, like the Merchandiser, not a daily newspaper with a large staff of young reporters covering a county of 413,000, including a poverty-stricken city of 90,000.

B1
-- Frigid plunge nets $50,000 for children

-- Next to the ice cream, frozen memories
B2
-- A farm-spun Easter

-- Wanted in Berks
B3
-- Easter Bunny makes new friends 

B4
--Jazz, auction help library raise $70,000

-- Search for two brothers still on after school incident [although, if you read the story, there was no school incident]
B5
--Bollywood comes to Berks for gala

B6 TRI-COUNTY [Pottstown news]

-- Pottstown railroad platform on schedule

-- Free dental care offered to children
-- Mural in Boyertown to be touched up
B7 [more Pottstown]

-- Gala raises $15,000 for senior center

B8 [still more Pottstown]

--Pottstown High senior wins contest with chicken sandwich

B9-B11

-- Obituaries

B14

-- Eggs, eggs everywhere

The message from the newsroom: There is no news in Berks County, and any problems are being solved by well-wishers organizing charity projects.