With many restaurants and other businesses saying they can't find workers to fill jobs, at least three bills active in the state Legislature would end a pandemic-related moratorium on the requirement that people getting unemployment compensation prove they are looking for work.
David Reynolds, 47, of Orwigsburg was charged with false alarms to agencies of public safety.
According to township police:
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Reynolds called 9-1-1 on March 2 around 4 p.m. and told dispatchers that the back of The Westy Bar & Grill was on fire, flames were shooting out of the kitchen and people were inside the restaurant.
He claimed he saw the fire as he was leaving the bar after eating dinner.
Township police arrived at the restaurant minutes after the call and saw no evidence of a fire.
Employees from the bar told police that a man who just left the bar may have called 9-1-1 because they refused to serve him alcohol because he was under the influence.
Customers peruse the stands at the Easton Farmers Market winter market Saturday morning in Easton behind the Easton Public Market. Vendors offered a variety of produce, baked goods, and meats.
This article was first published in the afternoon of Thursday, January 14, 2021.
Five Berks County restaurants were ordered by the state last week to shut down for violating COVID-19 restrictions.
Four of the five were previously ordered to close for defying a temporary statewide ban on indoor dining.
The five were on a list of 24 restaurants across the state ordered to close for violating COVID-19 restrictions that was issued by the state Department of Agriculture this week. The department has been issuing such lists each week.
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The closure orders are based on inspections done by the department, most of which are initiated by complaints from the public.
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