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  • Cast Votes For Pottsgrove Grad As Ballgirl

    POTTSTOWN PA - Philadelphia Phillies’ fans in the Pottsgrove School District have a chance to send one of their own out onto the baseball diamond at Citizens Bank Park next season. Sort of. Kristen Kinneer, a 2006 graduate of Pottsgrove High School and the daughter of Robert Kinneer of Pottstown, is [...]
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    Posted: December 05, 2009, 6:34am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Emergency Dispatches For Dec. 4, 2009

    NORRISTOWN PA – Montgomery County (PA) emergency dispatchers directed police units, firefighters and emergency medical responders within the past 24 hours to a variety of incidents. A selective list of their activity appears below. The entries are taken from publicly available feeds supplied by the county Department of Public Safety. Feed [...]
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    Posted: December 05, 2009, 6:32am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Keep Healthy Next Week

    SANATOGA PA – Health care news for western Montgomery County residents (and anyone else!), for Dec. 6-12, 2009. These events have been added to The Post calendar. Sunday, Dec. 6 A peer-led meeting of Resolve, the National Infertility Association support group, is scheduled to be held weekly on Sundays beginning at 2 p.m., [...]
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    Posted: December 05, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Put Iron In Your Christmas Saturday

    ELVERSON PA – “An Iron Plantation Christmas,” which intends to celebrate 100 years of the winter holiday in America, will be observed Saturday (Dec. 5, 2009) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, 2 Mark Bird Ln., Elverson PA. The day features displays of Christmas through [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2009, 6:32am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Emergency Dispatches For Dec. 3, 2009

    NORRISTOWN PA – Montgomery County (PA) emergency dispatchers directed police units, firefighters and emergency medical responders within the past 24 hours to a variety of incidents. A selective list of their activity appears below. The entries are taken from publicly available feeds supplied by the county Department of Public Safety. Feed [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Pottstown Musical Will Quack You Up

    POTTSTOWN PA – “Honk,” a holiday musical that retells the Hans Christian Andersen story of “The Ugly Duckling,” will be staged today (Friday, Dec. 4, 2009) and Saturday (Dec. 5) at 8 p.m., and in a Sunday (Dec. 6) matinée at 3 p.m., at the TriCounty Performing Arts Center 245 [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Ringing Rocks Construction Cost Hearing Tonight

    POTTSTOWN PA – A public hearing on the $17.84 million proposed cost to renovate and re-build Ringing Rocks Elementary School will be held by the Pottsgrove School District tonight (Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009)  at 7:30 p.m. in the gymnasium of the school, 1401 Kauffman Rd., Pottstown PA. This event has been [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 6:33am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Year’s Last Leaf Pick-Up Scheduled Monday

    SANATOGA PA – Leaves are pretty much off the trees now. The lazy among us have left them where they fell; good fertilizer for future grass growth, we figure. The efficient among us have raked them, properly bagged them, and only await Monday (Dec. 7, 2009) for the personal satisfaction [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 6:33am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Stuff To Do This Weekend

    SANATOGA PA – Weekend activities for western Montgomery County residents (and anyone else!), Dec. 4-6, 2009: These events have been added to The Post calendar. Friday, Dec. 4 “Home for the Holidays” is the theme for this year’s edition of the annual holiday party, open to the public, conducted from 5-8 p.m. by [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 6:32am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Emergency Dispatches For Dec. 2, 2009

    NORRISTOWN PA – Montgomery County (PA) emergency dispatchers directed police units, firefighters and emergency medical responders within the past 24 hours to a variety of incidents. A selective list of their activity appears below. The entries are taken from publicly available feeds supplied by the county Department of Public Safety. Feed [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 6:31am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Posts’ Holiday Break Begins Dec. 19

    SANATOGA PA – After more than 450 consecutive days of Monday-through-Sunday online distribution, The Sanatoga Post will take a nine-day holiday and temporarily suspend publication between Dec. 19 (2009; Saturday) and Dec. 27 (Sunday), Managing Editor Joe Zlomek has announced. Publication of The Limerick Post and The Pottstown Post editions also [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Snell And Norton Park Meeting Tonight

    SANATOGA PA – The next meeting of Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township residents interested in helping to plan uses of Snell and Norton Park, on the township’s northeast end, will be held tonight (Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009) at 6:30 p.m. in the municipal building, 2199 Buchert Rd., Pottstown PA, and not [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 6:35am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • School District Praised For Accident Response

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    POTTSTOWN PA – Pottsgrove School District administrators and faculty members, “on very short notice and tasked with a very difficult situation,” did a “tremendous job” in responding to and comforting students and community residents following the deaths last week of two Pottsgrove High School teens in an automobile accident, the [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 6:34am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • PMMC, Union Workers Agree On 3-Year Contract

    POTTSTOWN PA – A labor strike that was scheduled to begin this morning (Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009) at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center has been called off, after the hospital’s owner reached a new three-year employment contract with the union that represents more than 250 of its workers, The (Pottstown PA) [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 6:32am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Emergency Dispatches For Dec. 1, 2009

    NORRISTOWN PA – Montgomery County (PA) emergency dispatchers directed police units, firefighters and emergency medical responders within the past 24 hours to a variety of incidents. A selective list of their activity appears below. The entries are taken from publicly available feeds supplied by the county Department of Public Safety. Feed [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 6:31am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Gallery School Opens Holiday Party Friday

    POTTSTOWN PA – “Home for the Holidays” is the theme for this year’s edition of the annual holiday party, open to the public, conducted Friday (Dec. 4, 2009) from 5-8 p.m. by The Gallery School of Pottstown, 254 High St., Pottstown PA. It features the gallery’s tribute to Mrs. Smith’s [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Two Sanatoga Stores Dark On Black Friday

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    POTTSTOWN PA – Holiday shopping online yesterday, Cyber Monday (Nov. 30, 2009), apparently exceeded economists’ expectations, and more shoppers turned out this year for Friday’s (Nov. 27) pre-Christmas retail sales rush than last, but that good fortune wasn’t experienced by at least two stores in Sanatoga village. Hollywood Video and InkStop, [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 6:34am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Loitering Law On Commissioner’s 2010 List

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    SANATOGA PA – On his wish list for the coming New Year, Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township Board of Commissioners‘ President Bruce Foltz has penciled the words “loitering ordinance” in large block letters. “It’s something we need to tackle,” Foltz said during the latest commissioners’ meeting in the municipal building, 2199 Buchert [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 6:33am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Emergency Dispatches For Nov. 30, 2009

    NORRISTOWN PA – Montgomery County (PA) emergency dispatchers directed police units, firefighters and emergency medical responders within the past 24 hours to a variety of incidents. A selective list of their activity appears below. The entries are taken from publicly available feeds supplied by the county Department of Public Safety. Feed [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 6:31am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Basket Bingo Sunday At Pottsgrove High

    POTTSTOWN PA – To ensure that Pottsgrove High School’s football team receives the public honor it deserves during its upcoming “Back-to-Back PAC-10″ championship banquet, the Falcon Football Club will hold a fund-raising basket bingo program Sunday (Dec. 6, 2009) beginning at 1 p.m. in the cafeteria of the high school, [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Last Day For Your Say On Route 422 Draft

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    PHILADELPHIA PA – Today (Monday, Nov. 30, 2009) is the last day available for public comment on the draft executive summary of a report likely to affect the future of the 25-mile-long U.S. Route 422 corridor between King of Prussia PA and Reading PA, and its tens of thousands of [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 6:34am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Isolating Report’s Look At Lower Pottsgrove

    PHILADELPHIA PA – Based on facts cited, statistics compiled, and evidence mounted, the authors of a “U.S. 422 Corridor Master Plan Summary Report” conclude the current pace of development along the four-lane limited-access highway between King of Prussia PA and Reading PA is unsustainable at best, and dangerous at worst. Read [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 6:33am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Truck Coming, Food Going At High School

    POTTSTOWN PA – All they’re waiting on at Pottsgrove High School is a big truck. It’s due to arrive Tuesday. Students at the high school, 1345 Kauffman Rd., Pottstown PA, will load thousands of pounds of food they’ve collected from donors Tuesday afternoon (Dec. 1, 2009) at 1:30 p.m. onto a [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 6:33am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Pottsgrove Hosts Financial Aid Seminar

    POTTSTOWN PA – Counselors at Pottsgrove High School will host a financial aid night Dec. 3 (2009; Thursday) from 7-8 p.m. in the cafeteria of the high school, 1345 Kauffman Rd., Pottstown PA, for students and parents preparing to pay for college education. This event has been added to The Post [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 6:31am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • The Post Week In Review

    Saturday, Nov. 28 Keep Healthy Next Week A review of free or low-cost local seminars, support groups, screenings, tests and clinics to help you stay healthy and fit, sponsored or conducted by community health care organizations. West Campus Choir Gives Free Performance Friday, Nov. 27 Funeral Services Set For Accident Victims Obituaries have been published for [...]
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    Posted: November 29, 2009, 6:35am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Keep Healthy Next Week

    SANATOGA PA – Health care news for western Montgomery County residents (and anyone else!), for Nov. 29-Dec. 5, 2009. These events have been added to The Post calendar. Sunday, Nov. 29 A peer-led meeting of Resolve, the National Infertility Association support group, is scheduled to be held weekly on Sundays beginning at 2 [...]
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    Posted: November 28, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Funeral Services Set For Accident Victims

    Editor’s note: This story was updated Saturday (Nov. 28, 2009) at 6:32 a.m. POTTSTOWN PA – Funeral services have been set for both Pottsgrove High School victims who died Monday (Nov. 23, 2009) in an automobile accident on Route 724 in East Coventry. The obituary for Michael D. Cantamaglia, 16, of Barto [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 6:37am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Stuff To Do This Weekend

    SANATOGA PA – Weekend activities for western Montgomery County residents (and anyone else!), Nov. 27-29, 2009: These events have been added to The Post calendar. ‘Tis the season for Christmas bazaars, craft fairs, shows and meals. Find a list of them here. Today (Friday), Nov. 27 Annual Holiday Spectacular activities in downtown Pottstown borough, [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 6:32am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Remembering The Fallen At Thanksgiving

    GIVING THANKS FOR THEIR HEROISM – Members of Pennsylvnia Chapter 1 of Rolling Thunder Inc. held a remembrance ceremony Thursday (Nov. 26, 2009) at the Vietnam Veterans of America monument in Memorial Park on Manatawny Street, Pottstown PA. Club president Joe Jordan read a Thanksgiving Day prayer, and Eddie Speller [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 6:31am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Winston Discusses Art Appreciation at MCCC

    POTTSTOWN PA — The third installment of Montgomery County Community College’s fall West Campus Speaker Series will be presented next Wednesday (Dec. 2, 2009) from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Community Room of South Hall, 101 College Dr., Pottstown PA. The presentation, titled “Appreciating Art,” features Associate Professor of Fine Arts [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Blood Drive Set In Lower Pottsgrove

    POTTSTOWN PA – A blood drive conducted by the Miller-Keystone Blood Center is scheduled to be held Dec. 7 (2009; Monday) from 8-11 a.m. in the Lower Pottsgrove (PA) offices of Dataceutics, 1610 Medical Dr., Pottstown PA. Appointments are required. For more information, call 610-926-6060. This event has been added to [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 6:29am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Pottsgrove Student Accident Widely Covered

    Editor’s note: This story was updated Saturday (Nov. 28, 2009) at 7:01 a.m. POTTSTOWN PA – The magnitude and heartbreak of an automobile accident Monday night (Nov. 23, 2009) that killed two Pottsgrove High School students – Michael Cantamaglia and Andrew Case – and injured four others, is being covered extensively [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Social Media Reflects Sorrow And Loss

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    POTTSTOWN PA – As word spread Tuesday (Nov. 24, 2009) of the death or injury of friends with whom they once studied and joked, teens and others in the Pottsgrove School District and beyond took to social media forums like Twitter and Facebook to express personal emotions and their sympathies [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • West Campus Choir Gives Free Performance

    POTTSTOWN PA — Montgomery County Community College’s West Campus Choir will present an outdoor holiday performance next Friday (Dec. 4, 2009) at 7:30 p.m. in Smith Family Plaza, just east of Borough Hall, 100 E. High St., Pottstown PA. The performance is free and is open to the public. This event [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 3:11am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Sanatoga Soil Mound Concerns Its Neighbors

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    SANATOGA PA – A wide mound of dirt, just west of the Turkey Hill Minit Market on the north side of East High Street at Rupert Road, is as much as 20 feet high and growing in some places. That concerns nearby property owners, who argue the site looks ugly, [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 6:34am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Putting The Pizza Place On Hold

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    TOWNSHIP ORDERS WORK STOPPAGE – Developers of the proposed Bella Italia Pizza restaurant at 2209 E. High St., Pottstown PA, just west of the Rite-Aid Pharmacy in Sanatoga village, apparently were a little too eager to start on the project. Some stump removal and other site work got under way [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 6:33am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Accounting Firm Offers Recovery Guidance

    SANATOGA PA – Managing business and personal finances as the nation’s ailing economy recovers is the topic of “Focus,” the cable television program of Maillie, Falconiero & Co. LLP, a regional accounting firm that maintains offices at 1800 E. High St., Pottstown PA. The program will air weekly on Mondays [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 6:32am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • 422 Resurface Crews To Take A Break

    COLLEGEVILLE PA – Construction crews working to re-build portions of U.S. Route 422 will take a break after Tuesday (Nov. 24, 2009) to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation says. Road re-surfacing on the east- and west-bound lanes of the limited access highway between Collegeville and Royersford PA [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:07am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • What They Sold For

    POTTSTOWN PA – The top price paid for real estate within Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township from Sept. 1-4, 2009, was $220,000, the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper reports. The property is located at 36 Blackberry Dr. A second property, at 826 Buchert Rd., sold for $206,000. A third, at 870 Oak Dr., sold [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:34am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Pottsgrove Middle School Announces Honor Roll

    POTTSTOWN PA – The following students at Pottsgrove Middle School were named Wednesday (Nov. 18, 2009) with “distinguished honors” to its honor roll for the 2009-2010 school year’s just-ended first quarter: Adair, Alexis Hillen, Evan Gottshall, Zachary Adams, Jeffrey Hunsberger, Renee Harp, Matthew Albright, Lauren Hutchinson, Kelsey Hendershot, [...] [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:33am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • On The Road: Area Residents Take On New York

    NEW YORK NY – During the winter holiday, no matter how un-winter-like the outside temperature may be, ice skating is a tradition at New York City’s Rockefeller Center, Fifth Avenue and West 50th Street. It can be costly, though: adults will pay up to $15 for 90 minutes of rink [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:32am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Pottsgrove Falcon Sports For Nov. 23-29, 2009

    POTTSTOWN PA – On the Pottsgrove School District sports schedule for this, Thanksgiving Week: Thursday, Nov. 26 Boys Varsity Football @ St. Pius X, 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 28 *Scrimmage* Boys Varsity Basketball VS. Blue Mountain High School, 10 a.m. Sign up to get The Sanatoga Post delivered free daily by e-mail. See our galleries [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Pottsgrove Schools Announce 5 Holiday Concerts

    POTTSTOWN PA – Five different winter holiday concerts have been scheduled by the Pottsgrove School District between Dec. 3 (2009; Thursday) and Dec. 22 (2009; Tuesday). Admission to the concerts, which showcase the talents of Pottsgrove students is free. This event has been added to The Post calendar. On the calendar are [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Y Announces Senior Health Fair

    POTTSTOWN PA – A “Seniors Staying Healthy” Health Fair will be hosted by the Pottstown YMCA, a Freedom Valley YMCA branch, Dec. 3 (2009; Thursday) from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Y, 724 N. Adams St., Pottstown PA. The event is free to adults age 55 and older. This [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • The Post Week In Review

    Published during the week just ended in The Sanatoga Post: Saturday, Nov. 21 With Luck, These Kids Will Feel Lousy Tomorrow Area churches this weekend will give groups of local teenagers a peek into the harsh reality of the lives of the poor and homeless, some of whom can be found in Sanatoga [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 6:34am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • With Luck, These Kids Will Feel Lousy Tomorrow

    DOUGLASSVILLE PA – When groups of youths arrive today (Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009) in Douglassville, for what the Rev. Joe Motz hopes will be an exercise that changes their lives, they probably will have come from warm beds, washed in hot showers, dressed comfortably, and filled their stomachs with breakfast. [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 6:34am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Keep Healthy Next Week

    SANATOGA PA – Health care news for western Montgomery County residents (and anyone else!), for Nov. 22-28, 2009. These events have been added to The Post calendar. Sunday, Nov. 22 A peer-led meeting of Resolve, the National Infertility Association support group, is scheduled to be held weekly on Sundays beginning at 2 p.m., [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Middle Schoolers Glimpse College Life

    POTTSTOWN PA – The University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia played host last week (Nov. 9, 2009) to members of enrichment classes at Pottsgrove Middle School, as students learned more about what could lie ahead in their educational futures. Led by guidance counselors Cristina Kleinfelter and Stephan Kincaid, 20 students journeyed [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Holiday Shows, Craft Fairs Open Today

    POTTSTOWN PA – Local churches and charitable organizations want to help western Montgomery County consumers get a head start on their holiday shopping, with bazaars, fairs and shows that offer a variety of craft, food and other goods. Here’s a list of what The Post has been advised is open [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • No Change Expected In Township 2010 Tax Rate

    SANATOGA PA – Property tax rates in Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township will remain unchanged for 2010 if the municipality’s $5.43 million budget, which was tentatively approved last night (Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009) by the township Board of Commissioners, is adopted in final form next month. To avoid a tax hike, commissioners [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:34am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Pottsgrove High Announces 1Q Honor Roll

    The following students at Pottsgrove High School were named Wednesday (Nov. 18, 2009) with “distinguished honors” to its honor roll for the 2009-2010 school year’s just-ended first quarter: Bittle, Ryan Kohler, Jennifer Defnet, Amy Collins, Sarah Letting, Rachel Edwards, Erica Kathryn Dixon, Leasia Letting, Stephanie Ivins, Ryan Kennedy, [...] [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:06am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Lower Pottsgrove Introduces Budget Tonight

    SANATOGA PA – The public gets its first look tonight (Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009) at the Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township tentative budget for 2010, during the township Board of Commissioners meeting that begins at 7 p.m. in the municipal building, 2199 Buchert Rd., Pottstown PA. This event has been added to [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:34am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Stuff To Do This Weekend

    SANATOGA PA – Weekend activities for western Montgomery County residents (and anyone else!), Nov. 20-22, 2009: These events have been added to The Post calendar. ‘Tis the season for Christmas bazaars, craft fairs, shows and meals. Find a list of them here. Friday, Nov. 20 A used book sale conducted by the Friends of [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Feds Testing Response In Nuclear Emergency

    LIMERICK PA – A week-long federal government test, conducted every two years to determine how well the state of Pennsylvania is prepared to deal with an emergency at Exelon Corp.’s Limerick Generating Station, is now under way at and around the nuclear power facility on the corner of Linfield and [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:22pm EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Hospital Union Workers Call For Thursday Vigil

    POTTSTOWN PA – Unionized employees at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, who already voted to go on strike next month if they cannot agree with the hospital on terms of a new labor contract, say they’ll gather Thursday afternoon (Nov. 19, 2009) for a candlelight vigil in a Pottstown church to [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:34am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Pizzeria Planned Next To Sanatoga Rite-Aid

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    SANATOGA PA – A proposal to build a plaza consisting of a pizzaria with an outdoor patio and two small office spaces, just west of the Rite-Aid Pharmacy on East High Street in Sanatoga village, was approved with conditions Monday (Nov. 16, 2009) by the Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township Planning [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:33am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Band Championships: Pottsgrove 3rd; Rams Earn Win

    HERSHEY PA – Pottsgrove High School marching band members returned from the Cavalcade of Bands Association’s state championships Sunday (Nov. 15, 2009) in Hershey PA with a respected third-place overall finish in its Independence Division, and the judges’ award for “Most Improved” band in the competition. However, the biggest surprise resulting [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:32am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Workshops Aim To Reduce Domestic Violence

    POTTSTOWN PA – Monthly workshops designed to raise awareness of domestic violence issues, funded by a grant from the Verizon Foundation, will be held in Pottstown beginning next month thanks to a partnership between Laurel House, the Women’s Center of Montgomery County, and Montgomery County Community College. Workshops will be held [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Planners OK Ringing Rocks Land Sketch

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    POTTSTOWN PA – A sketch plan for development of the land on which Ringing Rocks Elementary School would be expanded was unanimously endorsed last night (Monday, Nov. 16, 2009) by the Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township Planning Commission, but only after engineers employed by the Pottsgrove School District wrestled with what [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:44am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Trot With The Turkeys Nov. 25 at Sunnybrook

    SANATOGA PA – For those ready to take a break just before the Thanksgiving holiday gets under way, the Turkey Trot Dance and adult mixer – featuring disc jockey “Enchanted Midnight” – will offer recorded hits from the 1960s through the ’80s  next Wednesday (Nov. 25, 2009) from 7-11 p.m. [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • What They Sold For

    POTTSTOWN PA – The top price paid for real estate within the township from Aug. 26-31, 2009, was $235,000, the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper reports. The property is located at 2371 Donna Ln. This week’s top reported prices were listed Sunday (Nov. 15, 2009) in “The Top 50,” the newspaper’s weekly review [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:34am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Ringing Students Volunteer As A Food Force

    POTTSTOWN PA – Students and teachers at the Pottsgrove School District’s Ringing Rocks Elementary School plan this week to pack some Thanksgiving cheer for families in need the same way they’d pack their lunch boxes on a school day. Ringing Rocks Principal Michelle Bozzini reports that children and adults alike will [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:33am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Pius Bingo Lovers Crowd Into Sunnybrook

    SO BIG THEY HAD TO MOVE – Advance response for the third annual Bingo Bonanza fund-raiser to benefit St. Pius X High School, 844 N. Keim St., Pottstown PA, was so overwhelming that organizers decided this year to move it from the high school to Sanatoga’s Sunnybrook Ballroom, 50 Sunnybrook [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:32am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Vets Honored On Second Sunday In Sanatoga

    POTTSTOWN PA – For a second consecutive week, U.S. armed services veterans and active duty personnel and their families responded Sunday (Nov. 15, 2009) to the invitation of two local girl scouts to share a meal and be recognized for their service to the nation, in what was called “A [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:31am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Pottsgrove Schools Craft Shows This Weekend

    POTTSTOWN PA – The Pottsgrove High School Music League annual Holiday and Craft Show will be held Saturday (Nov. 21, 2009) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Pottsgrove High School, 1345 Kauffman Rd., Pottstown PA. This year’s event will coincide with a separate but additional show at Ringing Rocks [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • The Post Week In Review

    Published during the week just ended in The Sanatoga Post: Saturday, Nov. 14 Keep Healthy Next Week A review of free or low-cost local seminars, support groups, screenings, tests and clinics to help you stay healthy and fit, sponsored or conducted by community health care organizations. Cinderella Finds Twin At Pottsgrove High School A musical [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 6:34am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Keep Healthy Next Week

    SANATOGA PA – Health care news for western Montgomery County residents (and anyone else!), Nov. 15-21, 2009: These events have been added to The Post calendar. Sunday, Nov. 15 A peer-led meeting of Resolve, the National Infertility Association support group, is scheduled to be held weekly on Sundays beginning at 2 p.m., sponsored [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 9:10pm EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Cinderella Finds Twin At Pottsgrove High School

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    POTTSTOWN PA – What if Cinderella – she of the popular fairy tale – had a long-lost twin brother named Bob? That’s the premise of a children’s musical called “Twinderella,” being staged next Thursday (Nov. 19, 2009) at 7 p.m. at Pottsgrove High School, 1345 Kauffman Rd., Pottstown PA. This event has [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:16pm EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Craft Shows, Bazaars Under Way Today

    POTTSTOWN PA – Local churches and charitable organizations want to help Pottstown area consumers get a head start on their holiday shopping, with bazaars, fairs and shows that offer a variety of craft, food and other goods. Here’s a list of what The Post has been advised is open today [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 7:39pm EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Pottsgrove Marchers Compete In Championships

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    POTTSTOWN PA – The winning, and therefore smiling, members of the Pottsgrove High School Falcons Marching Band head off Saturday (Nov. 14, 2009) to HersheyPark Stadium, 100 W. Hersheypark Dr., Hershey PA, where they will compete in the two-day Cavalcade of Bands Association Inc. Pennsylvania Championships. This event has been added [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 6:33am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • School Changes Tonight’s Fun Performance

    POTTSTOWN PA – Tonight’s (Friday, Nov. 13, 2009) Family Fun Night performance at Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School won’t be what was originally planned, but organizers are willing to bet families that attend will have a blast nonetheless. This event has been added to The Post calendar. The night’s entertainment, presented by the [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 6:32am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Bursich Manager Elected Surveyors’ 2010 VP

    SANATOGA PA – Nick Duchan, P.L.S., a project manager for Sanatoga-based Bursich Associates Inc., 2129 E. High St., Pottstown PA, has been elected 2010-2012 vice president of the Reading chapter of the Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors. As a division head for Bursich for more than 11 years, Duchan has been [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 6:31am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Featured Poets Saturday In Pottstown Bakery

    POTTSTOWN PA – Two nationally recognized poets, Jeanne Murray Walker and AV Christie, will read from their works Saturday night (Nov. 14, 2009) at 7 p.m. in a free-to-the-public performance of the Mad Poets Society at the Churchill Artisan Bakery and Chocolatier, 137 E. High St., Pottstown PA. This event has [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • YMCA Registers For Youth Basketball League

    POTTSTOWN PA – Registration for Pottstown YMCA Youth Basketball League play is being held daily through Nov. 28 (2009; Saturday) for ages 4-14 at the Pottstown branch of the Freedom Valley YMCA, 724 N. Adams St., Pottstown PA. The youth league’s focus is to teach skills, develop team spirit, and build [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 6:29am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • New Codes Book Cause For Municipal Excitement

    SANATOGA PA – The new codes book is here, the new codes book is here! The laws are something big again! OK, so maybe comedian Steve Martin would not have reacted quite the same way about Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township ordinances as he did about the arrival of a phone book [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 6:34am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • District Sets Dec. 3 Hearing On Rocks’ Budget

    POTTSTOWN PA – A public hearing on the budget to renovate and re-build Ringing Rocks Elementary School – which covers its proposed cost, but not the design itself – has been scheduled next month by the Pottsgrove School District, despite the objection of one school board member who later said [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 6:33am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Stuff To Do This Weekend

    SANATOGA PA – Weekend activities for Sanatogans (and anyone else!), Nov. 13-15, 2009: These events have been added to The Post calendar. ‘Tis the season for Christmas bazaars, craft fairs, shows and meals. Find a list of them here. Friday, Nov. 13 Original artwork created by more than 25 local artists who are members [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 6:32am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Thank You, Veterans, For Your Service

    Pottsgrove Legionnaires Perform At Veterans’ Tributes Members of Brig. Gen. Elmer S. Friedberg American Legion Post 244 of the Pottsgroves will perform firing squad duties at three separate ceremonies to commemorate Veterans Day 2009. Seven riflemen from the post will fire three volleys in a salute to veterans of all armed [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 6:34am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Bittersweet Homecoming For Family Grieving Son’s Loss

    BOYERTOWN PA – Gavin Owens, a 3-year-old wheelchair-bound boy who died Sunday (Nov. 8, 2009) of a mitochondrial disease that slowly shut down his organs, never had the chance to occupy his family’s new home. But he was able to see its reconstruction progress, and for his grieving parents the [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 6:33am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Music Soothes The School Board

    TAKING THEIR BOWS – Selected current and alumni members of the Ringing Rocks Elementary School orchestra enjoyed audience applause and took a bow last night (Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009) after playing the “First Scale March” by Mark Williams, as the meeting of the Pottsgrove School District Board of School Directors [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 6:31am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Imaging Centers Win MRI Accreditation

    POTTSTOWN PA – Providers of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) services in Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township and Boyertown, both owned by Tennessee-based Community Health Systems, recently (October 2009) received accreditation from the American College of Radiology. Pottstown Scanning and Treatment Center, 1611 Medical Dr., Pottstown PA, and Boyertown Imaging and Rehabilitation Services, [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 6:31am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Sanatoga Court Plans Holiday Open House

    POTTSTOWN PA – A holiday open house featuring appetizers and gourmet coffee, model rooms filled with holiday decorating ideas, and gifts for holiday shopping will be held Nov. 22 (2009; Sunday) from 2-5 p.m. during an open house at Sanatoga Court Assisted Living, 227 Evergreen Rd., Pottstown PA. The public [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Tim Gunn Appears As Iron Man In Pottstown

    POTTSTOWN PA – If you watch the television fashion reality show “Project Runway;” if the phrase “Make it work!” sends you racing for a pair of pinking shears; if you secretly still read comic books rather than full-length novels; or if you know “Iron Man” named a superhero before it [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 6:34am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Vying For Silver Award, Scouts Honor Veterans

    SANATOGA PA – Two Pottstown area Girl Scouts, Meagan West and Rosie Brunner, are paying tribute to local veterans and active military personnel by planning and preparing meals in their honor, the second of which will be served this Sunday (Nov. 15, 2009) from 3-6 p.m. at the Colonial Room [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 6:33am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • District Tech Audit Response On Board Agenda

    POTTSTOWN PA – Pottsgrove School District Director of Technology Dr. Kristen Kozloski will follow up tonight (Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009) with members of the district Board of School Directors on the response to a district technology audit conducted earlier this year by the Montgomery County Intermediate Unit. Her report is on [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 6:32am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Pottsgrove Hosts College Info Program

    POTTSTOWN PA – Counselors at Pottsgrove High School will host a college information program Nov. 23 (2009; Monday) from 6:30-7 p.m. in the auditorium of the high school, 1345 Kauffman Rd., Pottstown PA, for students and parents preparing  for college education. This event has been added to The Post calendar. College admissions [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Dance The Adult Way Nov. 20 At Sunnybrook

    SANATOGA PA – A disc jockey will play recorded hits from the 1960s through the ’80s during an adult dance and mixer scheduled next Friday (Nov. 20, 2009) from 7-11 p.m. in Sunnybrook Ballroom, 50 Sunnybrook Rd., Sanatoga PA. This event has been added to The Post calendar. A happy hour event [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Sanatoga Project Faces Limerick Zoning Decisions

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    LIMERICK PA – A Costco Wholesale Corp. requirement to own the land on which its new warehouse store would be built within the O’Neill Properties Group “Gateway At Sanatoga” project, and its insistence on relocating a petroleum pipeline now buried beneath the land’s surface, are expected to receive attention this [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 6:34am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • What They Sold For

    POTTSTOWN PA – The top price paid for real estate within the township from Aug. 20-25, 2009, was $250,000, the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper reports. The property is located at 2276 Bradley Way. This week’s top reported prices were listed Sunday (Nov. 8, 2009) in “The Top 50,” the newspaper’s weekly review [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 6:33am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • You’d Need 2 Forms Of Plastic To Buy Gas Here

    LIMERICK PA – Two cards: one membership, one credit or debit. That’s what drivers would need if, after construction is finished – maybe in 2010 or beyond – they want to buy gasoline at Costco Wholesale Corp.’s proposed fueling station in The Gateway At Sanatoga shopping complex. The retail center, still [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 6:33am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Home Depot Offers Discounts To Veterans

    POTTSTOWN PA – The Home Depot home improvement retail store in Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township will continue that company’s annual tradition of honoring U.S. armed services veterans, active duty military personnel and their families by offering them a 10-percent discount on all purchases of up to $2,000 made today through [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • The Post Week In Review

    Saturday, Nov. 7 County Cancels Flu Clinics In Vaccine Shortage Free flu shot clinics that were scheduled in Pottstown and Trappe will NOT be held next week as planned. Montgomery County’s Health Department ran out of vaccine, and its supplier hasn’t delivered more. Colonial Sewing Demonstrated Next Saturday Costumed historians and skilled craftspeople will [...]
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    Posted: November 08, 2009, 5:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • County Cancels Flu Clinics In Vaccine Shortage

    POTTSTOWN PA – A shortage of seasonal flu vaccine, caused by the combination of a delay in shipments and heightened public demand, has caused the Montgomery County (PA) Health Department to cancel flu vaccination programs it originally scheduled for next week (Nov. 9 and 13, 2009; Monday and Friday) in [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 6:34am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Colonial Sewing Demonstrated Next Saturday

    WORCESTER PA – Different types of Colonial hand sewing, typical of the late 18th through early 19th centuries, will be demonstrated by local living history specialists Nov. 14 (2009; Saturday) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in a program being conducted at Montgomery County’s historic Peter Wentz Farmstead, 2100 Shearer [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 6:32am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • DJ-Powered Dance Nov. 13 At Sunnybrook

    SANATOGA PA – Disc Jockey “Enchanted Midnight” will play recorded hits from the 1960s through the ’80s during an adult dance and mixer scheduled next Friday (Nov. 13, 2009) from 7-11 p.m. in Sunnybrook Ballroom, 50 Sunnybrook Rd., Sanatoga PA. This event has been added to The Post calendar. A happy hour [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Want To Help Plan A Park? Here’s Your Chance

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    SANATOGA PA – What’s the best way to make public use of 30 acres of open space at Snell and Norton Park, on the east side of Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township? The best way to know, the township Parks and Recreation Board figures, is to ask the public itself. Thoughts, comments, [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 6:34am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Rafferty Plans Veterans’ Breakfast In Sanatoga

    SANATOGA PA – Monday (Nov. 9, 2009) is the deadline for veterans of all U.S. armed services  who live in Pennsylvania’s 44th Senatorial District, represented by state Sen. John Rafferty, to register for Rafferty’s second annual Special Veterans Salute, to be held next Saturday (Nov. 14, 2009) from 8-10 a.m. [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 6:32am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Pottsgrove Legionnaires Perform At Veterans’ Tributes

    SANATOGA PA – Members of Brig. Gen. Elmer S. Friedberg American Legion Post 244 of the Pottsgroves will perform firing squad duties at three separate ceremonies next week to commemorate Veterans Day 2009, which officially is observed Wednesday (Nov. 11, 2009). Seven riflemen from the post, as they have in years [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 6:31am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • PennDOT Offices Will Close Veterans’ Day

    HARRISBURG PA – All Pennsylvania driver license and photo centers will be closed next Wednesday (Nov. 11, 2009) in observance of Veterans Day, the state Department of Transportation announced. This event has been added to The Post calendar. However, customers may still obtain department products and services online through PennDOT’s driver and [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek

  • Swing, Big Band Concert Set For Sunnybrook

    SANATOGA PA – Top local swing and big band performers will be featured at a “greatest sounds of yesteryear” concert and dance scheduled for the evening of Nov. 14 (2009; Saturday) at Sunnybrook Ballroom, 50 Sunnybrook Rd., Pottstown PA. This event has been added to The Post calendar. Tickets will be available [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 6:30am EST
    by Joe Zlomek
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