Keystone Collections Group (KeystoneCollects.com) serves as the serves as the Delinquent Per Capita and Earned Income Tax Collector for Berlin Borough.

Take advantage of Keystone’s quick and easy online payment options for many taxes at KeystoneCollects.com/pay-file.

If you prefer to pay by mail, refer to Keystone’s mailing addresses.

QUESTIONS?

Visit KeystoneCollects.com for answers to your frequently asked questions.

Contact Keystone Collections Group Taxpayer Services online or at (866) 539-1100.

EARNED INCOME TAX (Current & Delinquent)

State law requires Pennsylvania residents with earned income, wages and/or net profits, to file an annual local earned income tax return and supply income and withholding documentation, such as a W-2. Even if you have employer withholding or are not expecting a refund, you must file an annual tax return.

If you are a Wage Earner/Salaried Employee

Pennsylvania employers are required by law to withhold earned income tax from all employees’ pay. Your employer must obtain and report certain information about your residence and your PA work location and withhold the correct amount of earned income tax.

Online filing is available at efile.KeystoneCollects.com

If you are Self-Employed or Employed Outside of PA

If you are self-employed, have earnings reported on Form 1099, or work outside of PA and your employer does not withhold your earned income tax, you must report your income and pay your tax quarterly.

Report and pay quarterly estimates online at efile.KeystoneCollects.com

If you are an Employer

You are required to withhold earned income tax from your employees’ compensation. Keystone’s Business Portal is the quickest way to report EIT withholding. You can file your quarterly payroll withholding online and pay online or by mail

Pennsylvania law requires employers to report two Political Subdivision (PSD) Codes for each employee – one code designating the place where the employee lives (resident PSD Code), and one code for the place where the employee works (workplace location PSD Code). If the tax rates for the resident and workplace jurisdictions differ, employers must withhold at the higher of the two rates.

Employers and/or taxpayers can use the Certificate of Residency form to report essential information for the collection and distribution of Local Earned Income Taxes. This form should be utilized by employers when a new employee is hired or when a current employee notifies employer of a name and/or address change and be retained by the employer for payroll records.

Local Earned Income Tax Annual Final Return Form and Instructions

Tax forms and filing instructions are sent to resident taxpayers annually. Tax forms and instructions are available online at keystonecollects.com/form/annual-final-return/

PER CAPITA (Delinquent)

Per capita tax is a fixed amount charged annually to each adult residing within the taxing jurisdiction. Taxpayers who failed to remit payment are notified of their delinquent tax and instructed on how to remit payment.

Payments can be made at pay.keystonecollects.com

Keystone makes it easy for taxpayers to find their own real estate, per capita tax, occupation tax or utility account information using “Lookup Invoice” available on the e-pay website at https://pay.keystonecollects.com This self-service tool helps taxpayers quickly locate accounts after providing key information, saving time and streamlining the tax payment process.

If taxpayers require additional support, Keystone provides live agents available to chat, offering real-time support for tax questions, account inquiries, and website navigation support. To chat with a live agent, click on the Keystone website https://keystonecollects.com chat icon during normal business hours. Experienced agents will respond quickly and effectively to provide clear answers to resident’s questions. In addition, taxpayers can complete a website “Contact” form 24/7 to receive an email response from Keystone.

Items will be collected in the parking lot at the Borough Building upper lot at 700 North Street, Berlin.

JVS Environmental will be collecting the items.

Items excepted are TVs, Computers and computer components, Monitors, Printers, Laptops, Tablets, Cell Phones.

NOT ACCEPTED: Any liquids, loose batteries or materials that would adversely impact operations or result in environmental or health problems.

ITEMS CONTAINING FREON/COOLANTS WILL HAVE A FEE.

There is no charge for the collection and no limit on the number of items taken during drop-off hours.

Individuals, schools and businesses are welcome to take advantage of this collection event.

If you have items to dispose of before the next collection day, JVS Environmental will except items at their location near Shanksville on Thursdays from 12pm-4pm. The address is 1466 Corner Stone Road, Friedens, PA 15541     814-442-4481

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Recycling Opportunity for the Homeowner

Drop off at Somerset Education Center 6024 Glades Pike, Somerset PA

Drop off in the bin provided by CAP GLASS. (NO COST)

Accepted: All colors of glass bottles and jugs (no ceramics). Rinse all glass and do not drop off in plastic bags.

Parade will start at 6 p.m. at the Upper Diamond

Trick or Treating will be until 8:00 pm after the parade.

Halloween Activities are sponsored by the Berlin VFW and The American Legion.

Meet at the Lower Diamond followed by a visit from Santa at 7:30 pm at the Berlin Community Building.

More info posted on the Berlin Fire Dept. website and the Berlin Fire Dept. info board along Rt. 219.

At the Berlin Community Building

Great Food available

Admission $2.00, Children under 12 free with an adult

Benefits the Berlin Volunteer Fire Department

Berlin Borough has a concern that the water may be affected by this project.

PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO READ THE FLYER

Click on the link to watch the WTAJ News Release

https://www.wtaj.com/news/local-news/fight-to-save-the-face-of-the-allegheny-mountain-continues

Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania Line Replacement

April 8, 2024

Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania Natural Gas Line Replacement. Please click on the links for information. Questions may be directed to Borough Office at 814-267-3837 option 3 Monday – Friday 9am – 4pm.

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Food & Drinks, Chicken BBQ, Baked Beans, Macaroni Salad, Baked goods, Music, Car Show, Bingo, Boy Scouts Ice Cream, Tractor Buddies & Vendor Show starts at 11:00 am

Car Cruise at 9:00 am            Boy Scouts will be selling Ice Cream

Bingo at Noon                         

Music Line Up:

11:00 am – Bill Shawley                    11:45 am – Davie & Friends

12:30 pm – Common Faith 1:15 pm – Casselman Valley Travelors

2:00 pm – Joe Faidley         2:45 pm – Loretta Hummel and Country Grass

3:30 pm – Britney, Alex & Jackson Hay      4:15 pm – The Ancient Flatulations

5:00 pm – Shane and Friends                     5:45 pm – Centerfire Bluegrass

6:30 pm – Spring Time Hill

Watch the Berlin Community Grove and Berlin Community Grove Bluegrass Facebook page.

Parade 7:00 pm on June 11, 2026

Tuesday June 9th: 5pm Eat Stand – 5pm FD Games Open – 6pm Bingo Games – 6pm Carnival Opens

Wednesday June 10th: 5pm Eat Stand – 6pm FD Games Open – 6pm Bingo Games – 6pm Carnival Opens

Thursday June 11th: 5pm Eat Stand – 6pm FD Games Open – 6pm Carnival Opens – Bingo Opens after parade

Friday June 12th: 5pm Eat Stand – 6pm FD Games Open – 6pm Bingo Games – 6pm Carnival Opens — 6pm to 9pm Entertainment Chalk & The Erasers

Saturday June 13th: 11am to 4pm Car Cruise, 11am to 6pm Vendor Show, 11am to 8pm Eat Stand Opens/BBQ Chicken while supplies last, Noon to 4pm Fire Department Open House, 2pm Carnival Opens, 5pm FD Games, 6pm Bingo Opens

Fireman’s Eats stand also open Wednesdays @ 5:00 pm till 8:00 pm – June 17 & 24, July 8, 15, 22, 29, 2026

Watch the Berlin Fire Department Facebook page.

This year America is celebrating its 250th birthday. We thought it would be fun to have a house decorating contest. Deck out your house in Red, White and Blue for a chance to win $50 and bragging rights for the most patriotic house in Berlin. You must have a patriotic theme and be decorated by July 8th. Judging will be held July 11th. The winner will receive $50 and will be announced July 18th at 12:00 (noon) by the DJ at the Lower Diamond. Contact Tracey Koontz 814-442-9821 or Christine Blubaugh 814-279-8600 to sign up for the context.

                   July 18, 2026,    9 am – 3 pm

                Yard and Garage Sales throughout the borough.

Accepting vendors for crafts, food and direct sales on a first come first served basis. (Food vendors must provide a copy of Safe Serv Certification). Please contact Tracey Koontz 814-442-9821 or Christine Blubaugh 814-279-8600 with cost to participate and any questions.

             Berlin Community Day Committee – April Logue, Tracey Koontz, Linda Karchner, Alice Zimmerman, Christine Blubaugh

New Year’s Day, Thursday, January 1, 2026, collection will be Friday, January 2, 2026.

Good Friday, Friday April 3, 2026, alternate collection will be Thursday, April 2, 2026.

Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2026, alternate collection will be on Tuesday, May 26, 2026.

Independence Day, Saturday July 4, 2026, collection will be on Friday July 3, 2026.

Labor Day, Monday, September 7, 2026, alternate collection will be Tuesday, September 8, 2026.

Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11, 2026, alternate collection will be Thursday, November 12, 2026.

Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, 2026, alternate collection will be announced.

Buck Season, Monday, November 30, 2026, alternate collection will be Tuesday, December 1, 2026.

Christmas Day Friday, December 25, 2026, alternate collection will be announced.

New Year’s Day, Friday, January 1, 2027, alternate collection will be announced.

March 8, 2026  Ham Dinner

April 12, 2026  Turkey Dinner

All dinners served between 11 am – 1 pm or when food is all gone.

This will be sit down or drive thru.

Cost is 11 years to Adults $14.00

Children 5-10 years old $7.00

Children 4 and under free

All items for collection must be at the curb by 7:00 a.m.

Reminder: The following items not accepted are TVs, computers or their components, tires, vehicle batteries, building, construction or demolition waste. Air conditioners, dehumidifiers, refrigerators or freezers can be taken by us if the freon is removed and the item is red tagged by a plumber. Freon items need to be the last items placed in the truck. Paint cans can be taken if they are dry and the lids are off.

Please contact the Borough Office at 267-3837 for information where to dispose of tires, TVs, computers, computer accessories, and rechargeable lithium batteries. Any questions please contact the Borough.

Brothersvalley Township Spring Clean Up Days Brothersvalley Township Residents Only!!

Saturday MAY 16th 8:00 am-12:00 pm / Monday MAY 18th 6:00 am-7:00 pm / Tuesday MAY 19th 6:00 am-7:00 pm
Wednesday MAY 20th 6:00 am- 7:00 pm

Brothersvalley Township is sponsoring “Spring Clean-Up Days 2026″ on the above dates. This is the opportunity for all residents of the Township to dispose of refuse and other items (junk) in a proper manner.

• You will need to bring your refuse to the township building and unload yourself, a high lift will be available to lift heavy items into dumpster at above times.
• INSTRUCTIONS

1. You will need proof you are a Brothersvalley Township resident, and you will be given an identification slip. Monday through Friday 9:00 AM until 1:00 PM at 589 Mason Dixon Hwy Berlin, PA. Please call (814-267-4505) for an appointment to get an identification slip at another time.
2. TOWNSHIP WILL NOT TAKE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
   Propane Cylinders, Air Conditioners, Household Garbage, Tires, Batteries, Tree Limbs, Paint cans with lids on, Brush, Leaves, Motor Oil
   Ashes, Refrigerators (must be Tagged and have Freon removed)
3. NO TV’S or Electronics
   JVS Environmental accepts TV’s and Computers on Thursdays 12:00pm – 4:00pm at 1466 Cornerstone Road, Shanksville. 814-233-5334
4. ABSOLUTELY NO REFUSE WILL BE ALLOWED TO BE BROUGHT TO TOWNSHIP WITHOUT AN IDENTIFICATION SLIP!!!

At the Berlin Community Building

9:00 am to 3:00 pm

with a fee of $3.00 per person

Food will be by — The Ladies Auxiliary

E-Billing Letter 5-19-2026

Any questions regarding this please call the Berlin Borough office at 814-267-3837 from the hours of 9am to 4pm Monday – Friday.

855-566-9659 and 855-568-7665. These numbers will show on your caller ID. Also, most messages will not be repeated.

Messages received by some answering machines may not be clear.  We will be sending a call and/or a text. If you wish

to have only one or the other, please contact the Borough Office so that we can set up your account in a preferred status.

Also, contact the Borough Office if your number changes or if you remove your home phone. Please provide an alternate

phone number. Notices will be sent for planned power outages, water disruptions, refuse collection

changes and other changes or events in the Borough.

DEP says that if you have:

A total loss of water you need to boil your water for 3 minutes for drinking and cooking.

If you have water, but at low pressure you do not need to boil the water. 

Office procedure: Initial call and/or text from the Municipal Authority to let you know there is a water leak.

A second call and/or text to let you know the repair is fixed and the water is restored. This will alert the residents who completely lost water, to start boiling water. (At times the water is restored in the middle of the night. A call will be sent in the morning to let you know that the situation is resolved and so not to startle sleeping residents. If you arise and the water is on, assume you should boil until you received this second call. ) If you are unsure if you had a complete loss of water, assume you had a complete loss and boil until you receive notice to stop.

The Municipal Authority is to obtain water samples to be tested for contamination. When the test results return clear of contamination, a final call and/or text will be sent notifying the residents to stop boiling.

After any waterline repairs you may experience cloudy water. If your water is cloudy white this is just air and will dissipate in a few minutes. If your water is slightly dirty this will clear as residents use the water. If water is extremely dirty notify the Borough Office at 814-267-3837.

1. Why is the Borough Council considering internal generation?
If we run a four megawatt generator just six hours per year, we can save over $300,000 per year. Just to re-emphasize that this is not a misprint, run the generator six hours per year and save $300,000 or more.
That, in a nut shell, is why internal generation for peak shaving is a no-brainer for Berlin Borough.
At first glance, this seems rather peculiar but it’s an intentional effort on the part of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to incentivize what they call Distributed Generation and Peak Shaving, which basically means moving the electric generation closer to the load and shaving the peak off consumption during times of high energy usage.
The price we pay for energy is based on our consumption as measured during 6 one hours periods throughout the year and then used as a multiplier to factor the price that we pay on the following year. This multiplier is called our Peak Load Contribution or PLC. So it follows that if we can zero peg our PLC by running a generator at just the right time, we can reduce or eliminate our PLC.
Please bear in mind that the generator is NOT intended to produce continuous energy (Although they can do that should the grid go down) but will only run during a one hour window six times per year when they measure our PLC. As such, fuel consumption and maintenance are really not much of an issue. In fact, the money saved in energy consumption is more than enough to cover fuel and maintenance.

2. How much will this cost?
The cost depends on the size and type of generator that we select. For instance, if we wish to cover the borough’s entire load, we need to have a generator in the 4 megawatt class.
Your Borough Council is trying to find that balance between capacity and affordability that hits the “sweet spot” for Berlin Borough’s Energy Portfolio.
Our best estimates run from $505,000 for 1 MW to $1.8 million for 3 MW with a payback running at nine years for both.
3. What’s in it for me?
As you probably already know, Berlin Borough operations are largely funded not by taxes but by the proceeds from our municipal electric system through Payment In Lieu Of Taxes or PILOT. It’s the PILOT payments that support nearly all of the borough functions and allows taxes to remain at a mere 1.5 mills.
While the municipal electric system subsidizes everything else in the borough, your electric rates are the lowest of any municipal electric in the state. This is no small accomplishment and one for which we can thank the wisdom of our forefathers in retaining the borough’s electric system.
Our challenge is to continue that frugal tradition and maintain the electric system in a form that provides both PILOT subsidies and low rates. But with recent EPA decisions to close coal-fired power plants, forecasts show energy prices climbing by over 63% over the next ten years.
As a result, your Borough Council faces the dilemma of either raising electric rates to reflect the growing energy costs or raising taxes to compensate for the diminished PILOT subsidies from the electric system.
Fortunately, your Council is seeking a third option by adapting to the FERC mandated Distributed Generation / Peak Shaving price structure in an effort to maintain your bargain electric rates while retaining the PILOT subsidies that keep your taxes low.
That’s why Internal Generation is our opportunity to anticipate the coming energy challenge in a proactive way that keeps taxes low, rates even lower, and lights on in your home when the rest of the world is dark.