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Saturday, July 24

• 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.
• Today’s Car Wash Benefits Pottsgrove Marchers
  Get the buggy cleaned, and help out the Falcon marching band in the process. You’ll find its members today at Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Annual 4-H Fair Offers Wee Bit Of Everything
    The upcoming Montgomery County (PA) 4-H Fair appeals to all family members, and it consists of far more than barnyard animals on display.
  • Collegeville’s Muhlenberg Enters USAF Academy
    He’s started basic training in Colorado in preparation for the start of his fall semester.
• Also, In The Main Street Post
  • Safe Food Handler Classes Come To Collegeville
    Montgomery County (PA) Cooperative Extension will offer both certification and re-certification sessions for restaurant employees.
  • MCCC President Elected An NJCAA Director
    Montgomery County Community College President Karen Stout will represent the northeast region for the junior college athletic association.

Friday, July 23

• Planning Chairman Dailey Resigns, Effective December
  Geoffrey Dailey has served among Lower Pottsgrove’s planners for more than two decades. Township commissioners accepted his departure with regret, and also selected a new planning board member.
• Occidental Reservoir Removal Wins Board Approval
  The concrete-lined holding pond on the property off Armand Hammer Boulevard can be taken down, Lower Pottsgrove commissioners agreed Thursday night.
• Fresh On Facebook for Friday
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  • Open To Suggestions
    Gov. Rendell appeared this week in front of the state Senate Transportation Committee, chaired by Lower Pottsgrove’s Sen. John Rafferty, and declared himself willing to sign any “reasonable revenue plan” to help close a transportation funding gap.
  • Good, And Probably Good For You
    Chef Michael Falcone of Pottstown’s Funky Lil’ Kitchen restaurant, showed Fox 29 television in Philadelphia how to make Chilled Cantaloupe Soup, during its Good Day Monday’s Menu segment.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Royersford Kohl’s Store Plans To Install Solar Panels
    The department store in Lakeview Shopping Center on South Township Line Road will be the latest of more than 500 Kohl’s buildings to seek greater energy efficiencies.
• Also, In The Main Street Post
  • Magazine Grants Montco College Top Ranking
    Community College Week praises Montgomery County (PA) Community College for the volume of degree recipients in its education and communication programs.

Thursday, July 22

• Commissioners’ Hearing Tonight On Reservoir Removal
  Lower Pottsgrove commissioners will begin their meeting 15 minutes earlier tonight, at 6:45, to accommodate a public hearing involving the former Occidental Chemical property.
• Stuff To Do This Weekend
  A couple of chicken barbecues to picnic at. Some smokin’ hot jazz in Sanatoga Park, not to be missed. Fresh veggies and more at three farm markets. Free tours at Lower Pottsgrove’s museum, and a dog wash to benefit cancer research. Face it, your weekend’s made!
• Hospital Staff Joined By 5 New Physicians
  Among the newest doctors to receive privileges at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center are two with offices in Lower Pottsgrove, and three in Pottstown.
• These Steps Can Conserve Cash In Retirement
  Some seniors whose retirement incomes were hit hard by troubles in the stock market are looking for options to both reduce expenses and bring in added revenue. A group of CPAs offers some suggestions.
• KinderCare Schedules Pottstown Open House
  A child daycare center in Lower Pottsgrove Township invites you to see a show and tour its facilities. Bring your kids, of course.
• Your Freedom To Read, A First Amendment Guarantee
  The ability for Americans to express themselves, granted by the First Amendment, has made our nation great.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Four Named Winners In 4-H Fashion Revue
    A group of youngsters representing Montgomery County 4-H head to a state competition after demonstrating their sewing skills and fashion sense.
• Also, In The Main Street Post
  • Utility Customers Embrace Self-Service Options
    Being able to use the web or phone to conduct business, rather than wait for its office doors to open, boosted remote transactions between PPL Electric and its customers, the utility reported.

Wednesday, July 21

• Neighboring Limerick Supervisors Endorse 422 Master Plan
  Limerick (PA) Township’s governing body on Tuesday unanimously endorsed the master plan for U.S. Route 422, and flatly said its support was for land use and transportation planning only, not tolls. A similar resolution may be re-visited by Lower Pottsgrove commissioners.
• Pottsgrove Announces Fall Sports Schedules
  The Pottsgrove School District has announced its schedules for 16 different teams across the high and middle school levels. Football starts Aug. 27; the earliest start for any sport is Aug. 23.
• Lower Pottsgrove Developer Named To Limerick Committee
  Neil Sukonik, whose Sukonik Building Companies Ltd. is the developer at Brookside Estates on North Keim Street, was named Tuesday to a committee vacancy in Limerick.
• Sanatoga Law Firm Launches New Website
  Mayerson Law, which operates offices in Sanatoga, Limerick and Spring City, launched a new website Monday.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Protecting And Serving For 20 Years
    One of Limerick (PA) Township’s finest was honored Tuesday by his chief and the Board of Supervisors for two decades of service.

Tuesday, July 20

• Planners Approve OxyChem Reservoir Removal
  An Occidental Chemical subsidiary won approval Monday from Lower Pottsgrove planners to remove an old and no-longer-needed firefighting reservoir from its Armand Hammer Boulevard property.
• Rendell Wants New Gas Taxes, Price Controls
  Pennsylvania’s governor will propose raising the state’s gasoline tax by more than 3 cents per gallon, but suggested that gas prices at the pump could be capped or otherwise regulated in return. (This story is published by The Pennsylvania Independent and is hosted on its website).
• Icy Lemonade Refreshed, Recharged In Sanatoga
  (With Video) Employees from Exelon Nuclear’s Limerick Generating Station doled out glasses of cold lemonade to hot Sunday patrons of a concert at Sanatoga Park, while raising money to fund research into childhood cancers.
• Scenic Girls Make Sunnybrook Their Latest Destination
  (With Video) The operators of a Facebook page that promotes good things happening in Pottstown journeyed to Sanatoga for a Sunnybrook Ballroom dance last week, and partied heartily on video.
• Surprise! Yes, That’s Friday’s DJ, Surprise
  Dance the night away Friday during an adult mixer at in Sanatoga, with an (ahem) surprise host.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Veggies On The Barbie In Boyertown
    They’ll haul out the grill Saturday during the Boyertown Farm Market, to demonstrate just how tasty what’s actually good for you can be.

Monday, July 19

• Notebook Worthy
  (With Video) What happened to all that concrete pipe brought to the vacant East High Street property in Sanatoga, next to Turkey Hill? No, it didn’t vanish. Wanna take a walk in the park? Yes, the gates are open! And why Lower Pottsgrove Board of Commissioners’ minutes are wonderful documents.
• Parrot Heads Unite At Sanatoga’s Bandshell
  (With Video) If a change in attitude was what you wanted from a summer concert Sunday in Sanatoga Park, there was mellowness a’plenty provided by The Mango Men band.
• What They Sold For
  A review of top prices paid for real estate across Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township and neighboring municipalities.
• Consensus Building Continues on Transportation Issues
  With Pennsylvania looking for money to fix hundreds of transportation woes (including continuing traffic problems on U.S. Route 422), the state Legislature may convene a special session in August. (This story is published by The Pennsylvania Independent, and is hosted on its website).
• Your Freedom To Tweet, A First Amendment Guarantee
  The ability for Americans to express themselves, granted by the First Amendment, has made our nation great.
• The Post Week In Review
  For July 11-17, 2010
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Villagers Offer Sound Of Summer In Limerick
    (With Video) A warm and muggy summer night at Limerick Community Park, a comfortable lawn chair, a polka band playing Frank Sinatra, and thou! What could be more romantic?
  • Folk Festival Widens Its Green Streak
    The Philadelphia Folk Festival, returning again during August to Schwenksville, has always been ecologically minded. It’s even more so this year, thanks to a grant given by one of its performing bands.
  • Baking Contest Returns To 4-H Fair
    Want to show off your culinary skills in a grand way? Get out your best bread recipe and bake up a storm, then enter the results in Montgomery County’s 4-H Fair next month.
• Also, In The Main Street Post
  • Harleysville Resident Directs Meals Program
    A veteran director of Family Services of Montgomery County is promoted to head the non-profit organization’s Meals On Wheels program, based in Sanatoga PA.

Sunday, July 18

• Consensus Building Continues on Transportation Issues
  With Pennsylvania looking for money to fix hundreds of transportation woes (including continuing traffic problems on U.S. Route 422), the state Legislature may convene a special session in August. (This story is published by The Pennsylvania Independent, and is hosted on its website).
• Your Freedom To Tweet, A First Amendment Guarantee
  The ability for Americans to express themselves, granted by the First Amendment, has made our nation great.
• The Post Week In Review
  For July 11-17, 2010

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