A Toledo man was arrested Tuesday night after the silver 2021 Hyundai Accent he was driving was stopped in Bedford Township by a Monroe County Sheriff’s deputy and found to have an unregistered and loaded handgun inside.
The deputy stopped the suspect at S. Telegraph and Smith Rds. after he saw him leave the Bedford Inn without stopping from a private drive.
The man, 21, agreed to a search of the car, during which the deputy found a Glock 19 9mm pistol, a full magazine and 17 rounds of ammunition inside the glove compartment. The gun had one round in the chamber. The suspect had no license for the gun, the deputy’s report said.
A Reading woman died early Tuesday of injuries suffered when her car collided with a pickup truck Sunday in Exeter Township, Berks County acting Coroner Jonn M. Hollenbach said.
Stacey Ehrhardt, 45, was pronounced dead at 1:35 a.m. in Reading Hospital by a trauma doctor. She died of multiple injuries, and the coronersâ office ruled her death as accidental, Hollenbach said.
Exeter police said Ehrhardt was driving west in the 5200 block of Oley Turnpike Road between Glen Oley Drive and Ritters Road when she lost control on a curve, and the car spun into the opposite lane. A westbound pickup truck driven by Mark Kugler, 55, of Oley collided nose-first with the passenger side of the car, police said.
Demolition is nearly completed on the former Radio Shack building at 3923 Perkiomen Ave., Exeter Township. The project is part of the multi-phase Perkiomen Avenue streetscape project, for which the township received a $4 million grant of state and federal funds.
READING EAGLE â MICHELLE N. LYNCH
Monroe County Museum helps preserve our stories
The Monroe News
Everyone has a story to tell. Your family may have lived here for generations, farming or running a business that benefits our community. Maybe you moved here for a job like teaching at Monroe High. The Monroe County Museum System has a vision for a new decade, a strategic plan that shares stories of the past and illuminates connections between the past, present and future.
Residents and travelers have the opportunity to experience history whether it be at the Territorial Park on the River Raisin, the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial or the museum on Monroe Street. One of the most popular resources for researchers is the archives and obituary files located at the museum. The online obituary search maintained by the museum staff and volunteers remains one of the most popular of the services provided by the museum. For over 80 years the museum has been collecting artifacts to preserve the stories of Monroe Count
Over the years, Hamid Chaudhry has made it his mission to purchase and turn around businesses in Berks County.
Dairy Queen locations in Kenhorst and Exeter Township, the Lukoil gas station in West Reading, the Wyomissing Family Restaurant & Bakery and the Shillington Farmers Market are among the success stories for the businessman.
Chaudhry recently announced a new project. He has purchased the site of a former Sheetz convenience store and gas station at 6600 Perkiomen Ave. in Exeter Township for $750,000. Wyomissing-based NAI Keystone Commercial & Industrial LLC handled the sale.
- Advertisement - I take it and spit-shine it, Chaudhry said in a phone interview. Every single property I ve owned. I work with old stuff.