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24 Hours In Pottstown For Monday (Sept. 6, 2010)

20090610-24Hours100px-ZlomekThe Pottstown Post scanned available news feeds and found these stories of local interest.

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He’s Going For the Ride of a Lifetime
Boyertown area resident Preston McEvoy has hit the road on a 1965 Honda motorcycle that’s sat in a barn for more than 20 years, and he’s got a video camera to document his travels. (WZAR-TV, Boyertown PA)

Local Unions Talk About Issues On Labor Day
Members of area unions spent the Labor Day holiday chowing down on burgers at family picnics, but also talked about the challenges facing unions today. (WFMZ-TV, Allentown PA)

Organizations Cautioned About Travel Scams
Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett is urging small businesses, churches and other organizations to be wary of Internet travel scams. (PA Attorney General)

College Opens Observatory and Observation Deck
Montgomery County Community College will hold three open community nights this fall in its state-of-the-art Observatory and Observation Deck in Blue Bell PA. (MCCC, Blue Bell PA)

College Hosts Annual Regional College Fair
Representatives from more than 150 accredited colleges and universities will be on hand in Blue Bell PA to speak with students and their parents about admissions criteria and procedures. (MCCC, Blue Bell PA)

Community Colleges Gear Up for Fall Advocacy
Community college advocates from Montgomery County and across Pennsylvania are letting policy makers and political candidates know they think the post-secondary schools deserve greater support. (MCCC, Blue Bell PA)

Teachers Spent $1.3 Billion of Own Money on School Supplies
The National School Supply & Equipment Association says teachers spent $1.33 billion dollars out of their own pockets in the 2009-2010 school year to equip their classrooms. (Poynter Institute)

Career, Tech Center Goes State Of The Art
The Western Montgomery County Career and Technology Center in Limerick is starting the school year after completing a $36.7 million renovation with 50,000 extra square feet of space. (The Inquirer, Philadelphia PA)

Here is A Bold Idea For the Borough’s Riverfront
Pottstown should create a land bank that will have authority to issue bonds, build stuff and be the agency to kick-start its riverfront development. (Code Blue Pulse, Pottstown PA)

The Law Of Attraction
Think you’ve got a “completely different” way to put Pottstown’s riverfront to use in making the borough a better place? Now’s the time to talk about it. (Save Pottstown, Pottstown PA)

Pottstown Opens Doors In Community Event
You may have lived in the borough all you life, and still may not know everything it has to offer. Saturday’s Open Doors event is your chance to find out more. (Pottstown Arts, Pottstown PA)

Pottstown’s Going To Celebrate September 11
The borough really has so much to offer, but suffers from a lot of old, tired and worn out worries about not being a great place to live. The Saturday Open Doors event will prove otherwise. (Pottstown’s Blog, Pottstown PA)

Tips And Tricks To Manage Stress
When we are stressed, we often feel as if we are out of control of things in our lives, finances, family, work, and our environment. Here are some helpful tips and tricks to identify and manage your stress. (Counseling Corner, Pottstown PA)

Lease With Railroad Reopens Boyertown-Pottstown Line
John K. Howell, Eastern Berks Gateway Railroad president, said he expects the line from Boyertown to Pottstown to be operating by Oct. 1. (Reading PA Eagle)

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