A former Santander Bank branch will give way to Jonestown Bank & Trust when the Lebanon County-based bank expands into the Berks market with a new branch in Robesonia early next year.

The Morgan School, billed as an upscale daycare, held a ribbon cutting on Oct. 29 to celebrate the new institution’s opening at 6120 Perkiomen Ave. in Exeter. The 6,300 square foot facility aims to focus on clients in the Exeter, Mt. Penn, Daniel Boone, Amity and Pottstown areas.

A former automotive dealership in Reading will be transformed into a mixed-use retail shopping center with the aid of an almost $3 million dollar tax credit. 

Tower Health, the Berks county-based health system, has announced that it is restructuring its nursing units at Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia, and Pottstown Hospital in Pottstown, resulting in the elimination of 32 jobs at Chestnut Hill, and 33 at Pottstown.

The Manufacturers Resource Center,  a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating manufacturing jobs in eastern Pennsylvania, is sponsoring the fourth annual "What's So Cool About Manufacturing?" student video contest, in which 36 Berks and Schuylkill county student/manufacturer teams will compete this school year.

Alvernia University will offer students the opportunity to gain experiential learning opportunities from six local executives during the 2019-20 academic year through a newly expanded Executive-in-Residence Program.

Alvernia University has received a $2.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education under the Strengthening Institutions Program. The program is designed to help colleges expand their capacity to serve low-income students by strengthening academic quality and fiscal stability.

Reading Hospital has partnered with MidPenn Legal Services to offer low-income hospital patients free legal advice and representation.

Wyomissing-based Fox Theatres has announced that it will be closing Fox East, its four-screen movie theater in the Reading Mall.

The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved Gov. Tom Wolf’s request to declare a disaster in Berks County after intense storms produced flash flooding between July 11 and 12, 2019. This declaration makes low-interest loans available to repair or replace local real estate that sustained damage from the flooding.