Officials emphasized Saturday that the goal of a quarantine in some eastern Berks County communities is to immobilize the new bug in town, not residents.
More than 80 people came to Oley Valley Middle School to meet with municipal, county and state officials and get information on the spotted lanternfly, an invasive insect from Asia that made its first known U.S. appearance in Berks. The insect is known to harm grapes, hardwoods and ornamentals.