Dan Kelly, The Reading Eagle

Dan Kelly

The Reading Eagle

Reading, PA, United States

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  • PottstownMercury
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  • The Times Herald

Past articles by Dan:

Car slams into utility pole in Bern Township, knocks out power to hundreds

As many as 500 Met-Ed customers in Bern Township temporarily lost power Tuesday night after a car sheared a utility pole on West Leesport Road. → Read More

Coronavirus prompts cancellation of Reading's Downtown Alive 2020 concert series

This year's batch of free shows was scheduled to begin in June but will now return in the summer of 2021. → Read More

New coronavius policy requires masks for employees and public at Berks County facilities

All Berks County employees doing business with the public must now wear a face mask, according to a new policy statement issued Monday afternoon in response to the ongoing coronavirus → Read More

Coronavirus face mask is exercise in redemption [Column]

I never cease to amaze myself. → Read More

Coronavirus inspires display of unity by Amity Township neighbors

Coronavirus cases still were on the rise, but something else was catching Thursday afternoon on Briarwood Drive in Amity Township. → Read More

Reading Chinese Association raises $16,000 to help fight coronavirus

The Reading Chinese Association has raised $16,000 and counting for the purchase of medical masks and gloves for Reading Hospital workers and local police and fire companies. → Read More

Berks, Lehigh fire companies called to blaze in Maxatawny Township

Firefighters are battling a fire in a Maxatawny Township garage that contains tanks of oxygen and fuel oil. → Read More

FirstEnergy donates $15,000 to Greater Berks Food Bank/Helping Harvest

FirstEnergy, Met-Ed’s parent company, has donated $15,000 to the Greater Berks Food Bank/Helping Harvest. → Read More

Amid coronavirus outbreak,Blankets of Hope-Berks now giving medical masks

Blankets of Hope-Berks shifted gears this weekend. → Read More

Coronavirus highlights strengths and weaknesses [Column]

I'm a man who enjoys his own company. → Read More

Pennsylvania prisons report 1st positive coronavirus case

The male inmate who tested positive is in a Montgomery County correctional facility. → Read More

Salvation Army to observe coronavirus social distancing in distributing food in Hamburg

The Salvation Army Hamburg Service Center is partnering with Helping Harvest Berks Schuylkill Fresh Food Bank to hand out boxes of non-perishable food, frozen food and milk today from 1 → Read More

Empire Group donates 15,000 face masks to Reading Hospital and Penn State Health St. Joseph

The demolition company uses the face masks in its normal course of business and always has plenty in stock, its co-owner says. → Read More

Salvation Army observes coronavirus social distancing in distributing food in Hamburg

The Salvation Army Hamburg Service Center is partnering with Helping Harvest Berks Schuylkill Fresh Food Bank to hand out boxes of non-perishable food, frozen food and milk today from 1 → Read More

Firearms, ammo sales booming in Berks County in coronavirus era before shutdown

Like milk, bread and eggs ahead of a snowstorm, guns and ammunition were flying off the shelves of area retailers earlier this month as the COVID-19 pandemic heated up. → Read More

East Penn gets exemption from Gov. Wolf to resume operations during coronavirus pandemic

East Penn Manufacturing Co. has been granted a waiver from Gov. Tom Wolf’s order for all non life-sustaining businesses to close in response to increasing cases of coronavirus. → Read More

East Penn Manufacturing, Berks' largest employer, will shut down as part of governor's order

The Richmond Township facility employs over 8,000. → Read More

Social Security closes offices to the public and touts online, phone services

The Social Security Administration has closed all offices to the public in response to the coronavirus pandemic. → Read More

Child ejected from vehicle in Amity Township crash

A 6-year-old girl was ejected from a car and a 9-year-old girl was hurt in a one-vehicle crash Monday on Old Airport Road near Rosecliff Drive, Amity Township. → Read More

PennDOT closes all driver's license centers for 14 days

PennDOT on Monday closed all driver license and photo ID centers for two weeks. → Read More