Reading Eagle, Pa., Area Digest column: TV host will speak at Chamber dinner

Tucker Carlson of MSNBC will be the keynote speaker May 14 at the Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce & Industry's 95th annual dinner.

The event will be held in the Sovereign Center and will include the organization's annual awards.

More than 1,100 members and guests are expected to attend.

Carlson hosts MSNBC's "Tucker," a daily conversation about news, politics, world issues and pop culture.

The dinner also will feature the "Capitol Steps," a Washington, D.C.-based performance group, which will present a satirical look at the headlines of the day through song parodies and skits.

The dinner celebrates winners of the Greater Reading Entrepreneurial Excellence Award and the third annual Greater Reading Top 50 program.

Nominations for those awards are available online at greaterreadingchamber.org under the "Chamber at work" section of the home page.

The dinner begins at 5:15 p.m.

Tickets will go on sale at a later date and will cost $110 for chamber members and $130 for nonmembers.

For further information, go to the Chamber Web site.

BERKS COUNTY

Baldwin gets post with law office

Former Berks County District Attorney Mark C. Baldwin has landed a job working for the law office of Timothy B. Bitler in Gibraltar.

Baldwin of Cumru Township is specializing in corporate investigation, white-collar crime, criminal defense, jury consultation, juvenile and protectionfrom-abuse cases and general litigation.

Baldwin and Bitler declined comment.

The firm at 3115 Main St. also provides services in family and civil areas of the law.

Baldwin, who served four terms as district attorney, was defeated in the November election by Reading attorney John T. Adams.

READING

Teenagers with gun rob stand in city

A Reading taco stand was robbed of $25 by three hooded teenagers, one of whom showed a gun, city police said Thursday.

Rafael Jimenez, 55, of Reading told police that three Latino boys walked up to his stand at Green and Moss streets Wednesday about 10 p.m. He said one took out a handgun and demanded money.

Jimenez said he gave them $25 and they fled south on Moss Street toward Buttonwood Street.

Jimenez described the assailants as about 5 feet 5 inches tall and 150 pounds each.

Police asked that anyone with information about the robbers call Crime Alert Berks County at 877-373-9913. Callers will receive a cash reward of up to $5,000 if their tip leads to arrests.