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Published during the week just ended in The Sanatoga Post:

Saturday, Oct. 9

• Friday Night Football: Pottsgrove 20, Spring-Ford 14
  It was a close and dramatic game for Homecoming Weekend, and the Falcons won. See a Post gallery of photos.
• Four Plays To A Homecoming Touchdown
  With Video. It was Maika Polamalu most of the way on the Pottsgrove Falcons’ first scoring drive during Friday night’s homecoming football game against Spring-Ford.
  
• Pottstown Hospital’s All Decked Out In Pink
  Its overnight exterior lighting commemorates the fight against breast cancer.

Friday, Oct. 8

• Lower Pottsgrove Building Wins Coveted Energy Star
  One of the lessons being learned by administrators, teachers and students on Buchert Road is how to save a watt or two, and the federal government has taken notice.
• Patients Get An Exam, Meals Program Gets A Donation
  The Sanatoga non-profit organization that distributes meals to the elderly and home-bound benefits from a promotion offered by a Pottstown PA chiropractor’s office.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • For Pottstown Business Owner, Hope Is A Pink Carnation
    A borough florist is using something beautiful to honor a loved one and fight an insidious disease.
  • Bladder Control Discussion Set For October Program
    The event coincides with the seventh annual observance of Pink Day at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • What You Eat Makes A Difference, Program Demonstrates
    The Cooperative Extension office in Collegeville hopes to show how the foods you consume can affect your blood sugar levels. Controlling them helps control, or prevent, diabetes.

Thursday, Oct. 7

• State Of Lower Pottsgrove’s Budget? Hurting, Not Wounded
  Revenues lower. Expenses about the same. Scrimping where it can. Long road still ahead for the Board of Commissioners’ budget committee.
• Reason To Cheer: Pottsgrove Homecoming’s Here
  Big bonfire (tonight). Big football game (Friday). And bigger than both, school spirit and pride. Pottsgrove High’s homecoming celebrations, which started Monday, kick into high gear tonight through Saturday.
• TriCounty, Other Chambers Endorse Mostly Incumbents
  Lower Pottsgrove’s Sen. John Rafferty and Rep. Tom Quigley were backed for re-election. So were incumbent congressmen Charlie Dent and Jim Gerlach.
• Same Rain, Same Old Song In Sports Postponements
  The wet weather surely will stop sometime. Until then, Pottsgrove Athletic Director Gary DeRenzo is a very busy guy.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Healthy Relationships Workshop In Phoenixville
    The borough library hosts a seminar on how to improve what’s right, and spot what’s wrong, in your personal relationships with others.

Wednesday, Oct. 6

• The Marshal? Sorry, He’s Kinda Busy Right Now …
  Investigating fires in Lower Pottsgrove is one thing, reporting on them another. The township Board of Commissioners happily acknowledged the difference during its meeting Monday.
• Flyer Goalie Celebrity Host For PMMC Spine Center
  1970s hockey championship goalie Bernie Parent comes to Lower Pottsgrove later this month on behalf of Pottstown Memorial Medical Center.
• Landscape Architects Move To Renovated Norristown Building
  Formerly located in Berwyn, a company that has done substantial work in Lower Pottsgrove has moved its headquarters.
• More Rain, More Rescheduling For Pottsgrove Sports
  Inclement weather has moved some games and bumped others, but not all, according to the district athletic director.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Carousel Project Releases Ornament For Public Sale
    It’s intended to be the first in an annual series to promote and raise funds for the Carousel at Pottstown, near Memorial Park.
  • What They Sold For In Pottstown
    A review of top prices paid for real estate in the borough of Pottstown PA and surrounding municipalities.
  • National Guard Specialist Completes Basic
    The graduate of Pottstown High and Towson University has finished her initial training.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • What They Sold For In Limerick
    A review of highest prices paid for real estate in Limerick (PA) Township and surrounding municipalities.
  • No Matter What Season, Play’s Always In Season
    Give kids a playground, and despite almost any weather (and sometimes, because of it), watch the fun erupt.

Tuesday, Oct. 5

• Former Reporter Asks Commissioners To Support 422 Tolls
  Michael Hays left the newspaper business when he was elected to the Spring City borough council. As an individual, he asked Lower Pottsgrove commissioners to be advocates for imposing tolls along U.S. Route 422.
• Welcoming The Newest Of Lower Pottsgrove’s Finest
  Talk about efficiency. A police patrolman received his oath of service only minutes after he was officially hired Monday night.
• Lower Pottsgrove Gives Gift Its Diesel Fuel Business
  The Boyertown supplier’s bid was the lowest of four considered. Five other firms, asked to quote a price, declined.
• TPD Hires Project Manager In South Jersey
  The Sanatoga-based company chose an engineer with well-established ties to many clients and prospects.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Stowe Airman Graduates From Basic Training
    The son of an East Race Street resident finished his initial exercises in San Antonio TX.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Registrations Accepted For Oct. 23 Gardening Seminars
    As the area’s avid gardeners prepare for next year’s growing season, Montgomery County Cooperative Extension offers a one-day series of seminars to help ease the process.

Monday, Oct. 4

• Lower Pottsgrove Commissioners May Reward Bidders
  You don’t get business unless you ask for it. Diesel fuel suppliers today are asking the township for its business. Tonight, commissioners may give it to one or more of them.
• Tracking Stimulus Funding? Yes, Since July 2009
  The Sanatoga Post so far has published more than 30 stories about the infusion of federal economic stimulus funds into local governments, organizations, businesses and personal wallets. As a member of the ProPublica reporting network for 15 months, it’s also addressed the question, “What good has it done?”
• What They Sold For
  A weekly review of highest prices paid for real estate in Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township and surrounding municipalities.
• Pottsgrove Falcons Sports For Oct. 4-11, 2010
  Who they’ll play, what, when, and where during the coming week.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Birdsboro Car Show Supplies Plenty Of Eye Candy
    If you couldn’t find something to interest you Sunday at Daniel Boone High School, you just weren’t looking in the right places. Ask any car enthusiast there.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Phoenixville Kiwanis Community Day Draws A Crowd
    The smell of barbecued chicken, the sound of an energetic rock band, and the lure of a flea market bargain drew hundreds of people Saturday to the borough’s Reeves Park.

Sunday, Oct. 3

• The Post Week In Review
  For Sept. 26-Oct. 2, 2010

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