Dear Visitor,

East Berlin Citizens and Borough Council welcome you to our community’s web site. East Berlin is a small community of approximately 1,400 people. Though small, we have a number of clubs and organizations. The Lion’s Club, East Berlin Area Community Center, East Berlin Senior Citizens, East Berlin Community Library, Liberty Fire Company #1, East Berlin Historic Preservation Society, Veterans of Foreign Wars, East Berlin Baseball for Youth, Scouts and 4-H are a few.

We have a great variety of local businesses either right in town or just outside of our borders. We are sure you will find what you need in or very near East Berlin. Among these businesses are several fine restaurants and taverns, unique shops, antique shops, Beds and Breakfasts, a florist, a grocery, hardware, an auto dealership and a bank. In town are two medical establishments, dentists, chiropractors and apharmacy. Our industry includes wood products, electronics and specialized animal feeds. Many of our organizations and business have their own web sites. Please visit them to obtain more information.

Our regionally famous Colonial Day is sponsored and run annually by the Historical Society. Folks come from Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia as well as many Central Pennsylvania areas. Colonial Day is the second Saturday in September, rain or shine.

If you have a question not answered in our web site please use the contact link at the top of this page to communicate with us. Please be patient, however. If the answer requires an official response by Borough Council or the Mayor, or if research is required before answering, it may take some time. Your answer may arrive in the form of an official letter. So, be sure to include your mailing address in the email. Thanks for visiting. We hope you love East Berlin as much as we do. Sincerely, East Berlin Citizens and Borough Council. Photos by R. H. Schmoyer

Build a Park in East Berlin

In late 2004 the East Berlin Borough Council created a parks and Recreation Board.  The Board is charged with developing a tract of land within the Borough as a park and recreation area.  Working with community input and the help of Herbert, Rowland and Grubic engineering firm a master plan has been developed. 

Transforming the tract of 17 unimproved acres into a park is a large undertaking.  It requires the help and support of the citizens of this community, businesses, community organizations and local government to be successful.  Funding is to be provided by grants, donations and fund-raising projects.  Eligible grants are dollar-for-dollar matches.  So, donations will maximize our grant amounts.  Your support through monetary donations, equipment donations, service donations and manpower can be used as “matching funds” in this process. 

Please, support the project through one of the options noted.  We would appreciate hearing from you as soon as possible.  For more information please contact Rick Saxon, Board Chairman, at 717-259-8106 or Phil Keener at 717-259-9984. 

We ask you to share in our vision and excitement for this project, one that will add to the attractiveness and quality of life in the East Berlin area.  Your support will see this vision become a reality.