The price of cafeteria lunches in the elementary schools will increase 10 cents daily, and 15 cents daily in the secondary schools. That’s because students are being required to take a fruit or vegetable. But will they eat it or waste it?
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Pottsgrove Students Will Pay More For Cafeteria Meals
Posted on 16 May 2012.
Posted in Business, Education, Food, Personal Finance, Pottsgrove Schools, Pottstown4 Comments
Big Buys, Big Savings, Or So Pottsgrove Schools Hope
Posted on 15 May 2012.
The Pottsgrove School District last week got the green light to work with a Montgomery County consortium that will buy natural gas in bulk on the commodities markets. It anticipates significant savings on energy costs.
Posted in Business, Education, Pottsgrove Schools, Pottstown3 Comments
Businesses Expect To Be Busy At Wednesday Career Fair
Posted on 15 May 2012.
The Tri-County Community Network seeks to repeat last year’s Career Fair success in Sanatoga with an even larger event Wednesday. Job-hunters, and job providers too, are being welcomed.
Posted in Business, Employment, Sanatoga8 Comments
Every Bit Helps: Items’ Sale Brings Township Revenue
Posted on 14 May 2012.
Lower Pottsgrove got rid of three pieces of equipment last Monday that had outlived their usefulness. They sold them at auction, and promised the proceeds would be put to better use.
Posted in Business, Lower Pottsgrove, Safety, Sanatoga3 Comments
Warrant Shows Where Lower Pottsgrove’s Money Went
Posted on 11 May 2012.
The March 2012 warrant of Lower Pottsgrove Township, approved Monday and which provide details on what and with whom it spent money, are now available online from The Post.
Posted in Business, Lower Pottsgrove, Sanatoga1 Comment
Township’s Business-Friendliness Topic In Church Project
Posted on 10 May 2012.
Lower Pottsgrove commissioners on Monday again heard complaints that the township may not be as good a partner with local businesses as they might hope.
Posted in Business, Lower Pottsgrove, Religion, Sanatoga3 Comments
Township Names Goodwill Ambulance First Responder
Posted on 08 May 2012.
The Lower Pottsgrove board’s unanimously approved resolution said the designation fulfills the township’s “public safety needs for efficient administration for emergency services response.”
Posted in Business, Fire, Lower Pottsgrove, Police, Pottstown, Safety, Sanatoga7 Comments
With Donations, Digital Copies, Township Historians ‘Win’
Posted on 07 May 2012.
Members of the Lower Pottsgrove Historical Society are appealing to the public to donate, or at least provide access to, items of local historical significance. With digital technology available, even having a copy of some treasures is better than doing without them.
Posted in Business, Lower Pottsgrove, People, Sanatoga, Social1 Comment
In Sanatoga, Much To Finish Before That First Big Splash
Posted on 07 May 2012.
The Beulah Land Swim Club has been a Sanatoga community fixture for almost 50 years, and annually plays host to thousands of member swimmers and their guests. Like any facility, though, it’s been showing its age. Extensive repairs, now under way, should be completed by opening day.
Posted in Business, Entertainment, Recreation, Sanatoga, Social, Sports1 Comment
Sanatoga Event Sliced, Diced Formerly Important Papers
Posted on 07 May 2012.
A super-sharp, industrial-strength shredder ground them up into teeny-tiny pieces to eliminate the threat of identity theft.
Posted in Business, Safety, Sanatoga2 Comments
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- HP to lay off 27,000, profit slides 31 percent May 24, 2012SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett Packard Co plans to lay off roughly 27,000 employees or about 8 percent of its workforce over the next couple of years to jumpstart growth and save up to $3.5 billion annually, sending its shares 11 percent higher. […]
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- Wall Street finishes flat in late reversal May 23, 2012NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks staged a late-day reversal on Wednesday, rallying into the close in another volatile session as a sharp rise in materials shares boosted the S&P 500 and gains in Apple helped lift the Nasdaq. […]
- Chesapeake defends board to shareholders May 23, 2012(Reuters) - Chesapeake Energy Corp defended its board of directors in a letter to shareholders on Wednesday as investors push for governance changes at the U.S. oil and gas company. […]
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