Published during the week just ended in The Sanatoga Post:

Saturday, Dec. 13

• 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.
• Emergency Dispatches For Dec. 11, 2009
  Local and area emergencies that occurred Friday, to which Montgomery County (PA) dispatchers sent first-responder teams.
• Holiday Greetings From Our Troops
  From far-away places like Iraq, Afghanistan and Alaska, to loved ones in Pottstown, Collegeville, Phoenixville and Boyertown, members of the U.S. Armed Forces sent their holiday best wishes by video.
• Car Goes Into Creek, Woman Trapped
  An automobile accident Friday at mid-morning on North Charlotte Street in Lower Pottsgrove Township left a woman trapped in her car for nearly an hour, according to WPVI-TV. (The Post is linking to, but did not write, this story).
• Costco Approved Without Traffic Improvements
  The first portion of the Gateway At Sanatoga project, including a Costco warehouse store, gas station, restaurants and bank was approved Thursday by the Limerick (PA) Board of Supervisors. It did not include improvements to Evergreen Road, WhatsThe422.com reports. (The Post is linking to, but did not write, this story).
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • 24 Hours In Limerick For Dec. 12, 2009
  • P.F. Chang’s Restaurant Opens
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • 24 Hours In Pottstown For Dec. 12, 2009
  • SCORE Workshops Planned For January
  • Neighborhood Schools Committee Meets

Friday, Dec. 11

• Radio Station WPAZ-AM Goes Off Air
  The tiny station, which broadcast hundreds of Pottsgrove sports contests in its 57-year history, shut down for financial reasons.
• Township Pays More For Contract Help
  Lower Pottsgrove’s relationship with a group of municipalities has helped it hire some big legal guns in negotiating a new revenue-producing agreement with Comcast.
• Alternative Energy Regulation On Its Way?
  With a greater interest in all things green, Lower Pottsgrove is kicking around the idea of extending more control over devices like solar panels and windmills.

Thursday, Dec. 10

• Revive Finds Phoenixville Partner For Dances
  The Lower Pottsgrove teens-only dance club is branching out, again, this time only a dozen or so miles to the east.
• Stuff To Do This Weekend
  It may easily be considered the busiest weekend of the year. There are concerts, festivals, house tours, open houses, Santa visits, luminary walks and holiday memorial services across Pottstown, Sanatoga and Limerick. If you go out, you won’t be bored.
• Snowfall Set The Scene During Wentz Tour
  An surprising earl winter snowfall helped make thinks white, bright and festive Saturday for the annual Candlelight Tour at Peter Wentz Farmstead, the Montgomery County (PA) historic site in Worcester.
• Santa Spent Suppertime In Sanatoga
  The Big Guy in red gets hungry too, maybe hungrier than usual at this time of year. So he stopped into Sanatoga on Saturady to visit with fire company friends and share a meal.
• Emergency Dispatches For Dec. 9, 2009
  Local and area emergencies that occurred Wednesday, to which Montgomery County (PA) dispatchers sent first-responder teams.

Wednesday, Dec. 9

• Building Codes Adoption (Again) Set Dec. 17
  It happens every three years. Lower Pottsgrove sets new minimum standards for how buildings can (or can’t) be built within the township’s borders.
• Keeping What’s Natural In Talks For Park
  Public input so far on the future of Snell and Norton Park, in Lower Pottsgrove’s Woodgate neighborhood, seems to favor letting nature takes its course … with a little help.
• Emergency Dispatches For Dec. 8, 2009
  Local and area emergencies that occurred Tuesday, to which Montgomery County (PA) dispatchers sent first-responder teams.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • 24 Hours In Limerick For Dec. 9, 2009
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • 24 Hours In Pottstown For Dec. 9, 2009
  • Pet Photos With Santa Offered Saturday

Tuesday, Dec. 8

• Sunnybrook Displays Vision Of A New Sign
  Prototype signs to replace an aging billboard that promotes events at Sanatoga’s Sunnybrook Ballroom were introduced Monday to Lower Pottsgrove commissioners. Money to pay for the sign hasn’t yet come through.
• Mo Never Had A Chance At 40 Grand
  A worker in Lower Pottsgrove figured she had at least as good a shot as anyone at winning a $40,000 prize. Neither she, nor a federal defense agency, expected to be blown away by researchers from Boston.
• Bingo Players Vie For Banquet Baskets
  The Pottsgrove Falcon Football Club attracted a good-sized crowd Sunday to help raise money for its upcoming sports banquet.
• Chestnut, Polamalu To Shift Focus
  With Pottsgrove High School’s outstanding football season now ended, two of its top players look ahead at preparing for college … and college team recruiters, according to the Nittany Network website. (The Post is linking to, but did not write, this story).
• VNA Service Features Remembrance Tree
  The Sanatoga-based Visiting Nurse Association plans a holiday memorial service, open to the public, to honor loved ones.
• Emergency Dispatches For Dec. 7, 2009
  Local and area emergencies that occurred Monday, to which Montgomery County (PA) dispatchers sent first-responder teams.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • 24 Hours In Limerick For Dec. 8, 2009
  • Luminaria Service Sunday In Limerick
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • 24 Hours In Pottstown For Dec. 8, 2009
  • Studio B Gallery Features Member Works
  • Senior Actors Perform Downtown Saturday

Monday, Dec. 7

• Lowered Flags Honor Pearl Harbor Sacrifices
  The governor ordered flags lowered at half-staff today to commemorate Pearl Harbor Day.
• What They Sold For
  A weekly review of top prices paid for real estate in Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township and surrounding municipalities.
• Preparing For A Shopping Mob … At School
  It’s getting closer and closer to the Big Holiday, and even the littlest shoppers know it’s time to buy and wrap gifts.
• Sirens Tested Today For LGS Safety
  The nearby Limerick Generating Station is scheduled to conduct its monthly test of emergency alert sirens this afternoon.
• Pottsgrove Falcon Sports For Dec. 7-13, 2009
  Who they’ll play, where, and when.
• Emergency Dispatches For Dec, 6, 2009
  Local and area emergencies that occurred Sunday, to which Montgomery County (PA) dispatchers sent first-responder teams.
• Emergency Dispatches For Dec, 5, 2009
  Local and area emergencies that occurred Saturday, to which Montgomery County (PA) dispatchers sent first-responder teams.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • What They Sold For … In Limerick
  • 24 Hours In Limerick For Dec. 7, 2009
  • Up The Tracks, Past The Towers
  • Thanksgiving Day March On Philly
  • Rams’ Thanksgiving Marchers At Street Level
  • The Week In Review In Limerick
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • What They Sold For … In Pottstown
  • Hoping To Break A Blood Drive Record
  • 24 Hours In Pottstown For Dec. 7, 2009

Sunday, Dec. 6

• The Post Week In Review
  For Nov. 30-Dec. 5, 2009

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