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b&g glass: Number of employees, 35; 2012 annual revenue, $5 million; headquarters, 1440 Carbon St.background: Bachelor's degree in finance and management from Bucknell University; worked 10 years for GAI-Tronics, a manufacturer of industrial communic...

Latino chamber throws Three Kings galaBerks County Latino Chamber of Commerce will host its 2014 Three Kings Annual Gala Jan. 10, where a businesswoman and a community partner will be recognized.Rosa Julia Rodriguez, owner of El Palo magazine will re...

Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania PC, Wyomissing, named Dr. Adam J. Altman president of the firm and medical director of Pennsylvania Eye and Ear Surgery Center. Altman specializes in small-incision cataract surgery, corneal transplantation and all Las...

Customers Bank has been recognized for sales growth and lending.The Wyomissing-based company was named to the Philadelphia 100, a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Philadelphia area. The program is sponsored by The Entrepren...

It's the week before Thanksgiving, so we have two stories devoted to the holiday shopping season. The stories offer a look at both sides of the retail coin.On the one hand, we have Cabela's, a national chain whose largest store is right here in Tilde...

Story on JFK flag stirred vivid memoryeditorYour article in the Nov. 19 issue of Business Weekly ("A flag, a letter and a place in history," Page 8) not only sparked my interest, but to my amazement, detailed a connection to the Kennedy flag that I w...

James DamoreJunior, ExeterAs someone pretty knowledgeable about the world of theater arts, I have heard of plays, musicals, ballet performances, pantomime and operas, but never a silent opera. Albright College's Domino Players presented "Vortex," cal...

Sumitra JagadesanFreshman, Gov. MifflinTitles can be deceiving. For example, "Danny and the Deep Blue Sea."One may think of mermaids, scuba divers or maybe underwater sea creatures? Ironically, these ideas are not quite right.On Nov. 15 at Penn State...

Jamie WeikelFreshman, Antietam"Taken," by Erin Bowman, is a good read for all people who like science fiction books.Bowman has loved to write stories ever since she was a little girl, according to published reports. In college, she majored in Web des...

Alex HynemanJunior, Berks CatholicAs long as the story of the Pilgrims has been told, Americans have identified one specific entrée synonymous with Thanksgiving: homemade turkey. Of course, while turkey is a Thanksgiving tradition in many hous...