Penn State Health St. Joseph has been given $425,000 to establish a nursing simulation lab and provide funding for nursing education at the St. Joseph’s downtown campus in Reading.

Crestmont Heritage, a residential home builder in Reading, has completed the first of a new 10-unit residential housing project in the 300 block of Crestmont Street in Reading’s Millmont/18th Ward neighborhood.

The Reading Eagle is reporting that its parent company has attracted a qualified bidder to purchase the company out of bankruptcy.