June Park Event- Concert and Flea Market
Upper Bern Township’s Summer Concert in the Park & Flea Market SATURDAY, June 3, 2023 ** 10AM – 4PM Flea Market ** 4pm-7pm- Pandora’s Boxx-Free Admission Shartlesville Community Park Flea ** $5.00 Table fee for Residents Market ** $10.00 Table Fee for Non- Residents. All proceeds will be donated to the Shartlesville … Read more
Met-Ed Power Line Maintenance
Met-Ed has contracted with ECI Environmental Consultants to identify trees to be trimmed that may cause an issue with the power lines. If you see someone walking along properties, do not be alarmed, ECI will be traveling around the Township for the next month or two marking trees.
PennDOT Traffic Monitoring
Starting March 1, 2023-November 16, 2023 PennDOT will be contracting with Southern Traffic Services, a vendor on the Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Traffic Engineering Data Count Services Contract (RFP 3520R08), to collect traffic data on municipally owned roads within your county and municipality. This data collection program is being implemented to help improve PennDOT’s traffic … Read more
2023 Contracted Services with the Animal Rescue League of Berks County
01/23/23 Upper Bern Township Residents, The Animal Rescue League of Berks County has been selected as your municipality’s Animal Control provider for 2023. As the county’s largest and busiest shelter with a dedicated Animal Control Team on-call 24/7/365 days a year, the ARL is uniquely positioned to handle the management of stray … Read more
License Your Dog in PA
All dogs three months or older must be licensed by Jan. 1 of each year. Violators can be cited with a maximum fine of $300 per violation plus court costs. As of 2023, the annual license is $8.50 and a lifetime license is $51.50. If the animal is spayed or neutered, the annual fee is $6.50 and … Read more
Upper Bern Township to Cut Taxes by Ten Percent
The Upper Bern Township Board of Supervisors adopted the 2023 Township Budget on November 10, 2022, which includes a tax cut of 10%. The balanced budget of $657,680.00 was adopted with a real estate tax decrease of .17 mills (from 1.65 to 1.48 mills). The tax cut was made possible by responsible budgeting over the … Read more