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Published during the week just ended in The Sanatoga Post:

Saturday, July 17

• Keep Healthy Next Week
  A weekly 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.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Friday Night Fun At The Limerick Carnival
    The rides were busy, the food was tasty, and the temperatures were cooler (at least in comparison to daytime highs). And the good news is, the carnival on Ridge Pike is open all day today and most of tonight too. See a gallery of Post photos.
  • Cruising From Perk Valley To Limerick, With The Birds
    (With Video) Soar in an ultra-light plane, hundreds of feet above the ground, joining a pilot flying from airport to airport with a video camera strapped to the frame of his open cockpit.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Scenic Girls Give Pottstown’s Y A Workout
    (With Video) After they visited the VIP Diner, the Juan Carlos restaurant, and Desserts First, where else would Pottstown’s Hip To Be Scene Girls go except that palace of health and fitness, the Freedom Valley YMCA.
  • Keystone BMX In Review, Better Late Than Never
    (With Video) The bike race occurred almost two months ago, but don’t tell that to the YouTube account holder who on Monday (July 12) posted six minutes of exciting video from the Keystone Nationals. He hopes you’ll relive every jarring bump and bruise.

Friday, July 16

• Pottsgrove’s Country Fav Releases Two New Songs
  (With Video) Boots on and guitar in hand, Pottsgrove’s Kendal Conrad offered two new country music performances at YouTube during the past 10 days, attracting more than a thousand viewers.
• Shorty’s Cafe Gives Thousands To Meals On Wheels
  The Lower Pottsgrove restaurant helped do what it does best, feed its neighbors, by conducting an annual fund-raiser for the Sanatoga-based non-profit agency.
• Pass The Tissues; Allergens Are Airborne
  A specialist with offices in Lower Pottsgrove talks about how those who suffer with allergies can best cope during a long, hot, pollen-filled summer.
• Fresh On Facebook for Friday
  Exclusive or additional content provided only on The Posts‘ Facebook page. We’d love to have you follow us.
  • Just Opened: Antigua Guatemala
    The foodie bloggers at PhoenixvilleDish.com swear that the just-opened Spanish restaurant, Antigua Guatemala on Main street in downtown Phoenixville, is worth a visit.
  • Dig at Valley Forge Unearths Washington ‘War Room’
    Archaeologists wrapping up a six-week dig at Valley Forge National Park say they’ve found evidence of a dining hall Gen. George Washington may have used as a “war room.”
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Vets Living Center Breaks Ground In Spring City
    Shovelfuls of dirt were turned last week as the ceremonial construction of a new $41 million community living facility for veterans got under way in Spring City PA.
• Also, In The Main Street Post
  • Bookseller Offers A Cheaper Read With Textbook Rentals
    Barnes And Noble, which operates the Pottstown and Blue Bell campus bookstores for Montgomery County Community College, is working with the school to rent, rather than sell, selected textbooks.
  • Journal Register Launches Blog Ad Network
    The publisher of local newspapers like The Pottstown Mercury and The Phoenix is partnering with a national firm to create Internet advertising networks involving local bloggers and websites.

Thursday, July 15

• Understand 422 Plan Endorsement, Lower Pottsgrove Advised
  An East Coventry supervisor offered unsolicited advice Wednesday to Lower Pottsgrove commissioners as they consider whether to endorse the U.S. Route 422 master plan. He voted against it, and thinks they should too.
• Sunnybrook Head Wants Lower Pottsgrove Apology
  The chairman of the Sunnybrook Foundation thinks his group was maligned during last week’s board of commissioners meeting, and wants its members to say they’re sorry.
• Stuff To Do This Weekend
  Concerts, carnivals, book sales and farm markets. C’mon, goof off (you deserve it, after all).
• Mangoes And Lemonade A Concert Duo Sunday
  This week’s concert in Sanatoga Park features The Mango Men and glasses of lemonade for a good cause. Join your neighbors on the lawn for a sip, a swallow, and an earful of fun music.

Wednesday, July 14

• What Gateway At Sanatoga Marketing Says About Us
  It says there are a lot of us. It says we like to shop. It says, for the most part, that we have money to spend. It says more, too; the O’Neill Properties Group presents an interesting snapshot of area residents to potential retail tenants.
• Your Freedom To Assemble, A First Amendment Guarantee
  The ability for Americans to express themselves, granted by the First Amendment, has made our nation great.

Tuesday, July 13

• Sunnybrook, Town Relationship Seems To Sour
  Not everything’s rosy between the Sunnybrook Foundation and Lower Pottsgrove Township commissioners, who last week complained about a lack of cooperation from the entertainment venue’s owner.
• Notebook Worthy
  Pottsgrove kids explore what inventors do, and a retired Pottsgrove teacher wins a surprise award.
• Consider Retooling Your Retirement Plans
  If you haven’t saved for your golden years, or if you have and those savings took a hit, it’s time to take action, according to Pennsylvania’s certified public accountants.
• Come Boogie Down Friday In Sanatoga
  Get your ’70s groove on during an adult dance and mixer, and a contest for the best disco outfit.

Monday, July 12

• Lower Pottsgrove Holds On 422 Plan Endorsement
  Commissioners last week tabled an endorsement of the U.S. Route 422 master plan because they were unsure whether they it would also be considered support of imposing driver tolls on the four-lane highway.
• Cost Of Fixing Parts Of 4 Streets? $46,000
  Five companies bid for work in Lower Pottsgrove to repair portions of four roads this summer. The bids varied by almost $30,000. The lowest won, of course.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Hospital Diabetes Support Group Meets
    For those affected and seeking help, a meeting is scheduled for Wednesday.

Sunday, July 11

• The Post Week In Review
  For July 4-10, 2010

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