In this week's newspaper...

Hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend. I came back, tired and saw that I had more than 50 new messages. That's the only downside to a three-day weekend.

In this week's Southern Berks News:
• Construction will occur on Sundays for the Exeter Commons shopping center.

• The Daniel Boone Optimist Club will hold a community days celebration this weekend in Amity Township. This will be a great event for people of all ages. If it doesn't rain there will be fireworks on Sunday around 9 p.m.

• Douglassville based Thunder Outreach is helping out with the Boyertown Inn makeover.

• Kessler presented grants to area fire companies and an athletic club.

• Gokey wrote a letter to the editor about demanding officials take action on a puppy mills bill.

For more information, pick up a paper today!

Also, I've been receiving a lot of anniversaries and wedding announcements recently. I wanted to let everyone know that we don't have any policies on how long ago the weddings or anniversaries were. I'd say just use your best judgement. If it happened in January or February, it may be old news by now.

You can send announcements to my e-mail htassmer@berksmontnews.com or mail to Heather Tassmer, 124 North Chestnut Street, P.O. Box 565, Boyertown, PA 19512. If you want your pictures back, make sure to make a note of that.

Berks-Mont is looking for interns (fall, spring and summer.) As you can see, our interns built up their portfolios this summer and were a great help. For those who are interested in interning, send resumes and clips to the above addresses. Thanks!