Adults and children from across Lower Pottsgrove, and other municipalities too, brought their bicycles, tricycles and other wheeled vehicles Saturday to the township Police Department’s biggest-ever bike rodeo.
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Lower Pottsgrove Bike Rodeo Biggest Hit Of Five Years
Posted on 21 May 2012.
Posted in Business, Education, Fire, Health, Lower Pottsgrove, Police, Pottstown, Safety, Sanatoga1 Comment
Pottsgrove Hosts Alumni Games For Family Charity
Posted on 18 May 2012.
Get three hours of basketball entertainment from neighbors and friends Saturday at Pottsgrove High School, while helping a hometown cause.
Posted in Education, Health, Pottsgrove Schools, Pottstown, Recreation, Sports1 Comment
Rollin’, Rollin’ … Police Bike Rodeo Returning Saturday
Posted on 15 May 2012.
Get out your bicycles in preparation for the Lower Pottsgrove Police bike rodeo planned for Saturday at Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School on Buchert Road.
Posted in Health, Lower Pottsgrove, Police, Recreation, Safety, Sanatoga, Social1 Comment
Diamond Golf Fund-Raiser Nets $33,500 For Relays
Posted on 01 May 2012.
The credit union, headquartered in Lower Pottsgrove, attracted more than 200 golfers – its biggest field ever – to the eighth annual charity event.
Posted in Business, Health, Lower Pottsgrove, Social, Sports1 Comment
Two Pottsgrove Middle Staffers Receive Outsider Honors
Posted on 26 April 2012.
Both will have their accomplishments acknowledged during ceremonies in May.
Posted in Education, Health, People, Pottsgrove Schools1 Comment
Health Care Law Provisions Add To Pottsgrove Budget
Posted on 10 April 2012.
The portion of the law that allows young adults to stay in their parents’ health insurance plans until age 26 is unhealthy for the Pottsgrove School District, according to its business administrator.
Posted in Education, Health, Pottsgrove Schools1 Comment
Dine Out Thursday In Sanatoga To Battle Alzheimer’s
Posted on 04 April 2012.
The disease that robs so many people of their memories gets kicked in the stomach with this fund-raising meal in Sanatoga Court.
Posted in Business, Food, Health, Sanatoga, Social4 Comments
Five Local Residents Among Newest Foster Grandparents
Posted on 03 April 2012.
Family Services, which operates in Sanatoga, has added 14 new foster grandparents to its program that helps children in need. Five of the newest graduates area Pottstown area residents.
Posted in Health, Local, People, Pottstown, Sanatoga, Social3 Comments
Pottsgrove Middle School Introduces First Health Fair
Posted on 03 April 2012.
Got a few minutes today to be healthier? The folks at Pottsgrove Middle School on North Hanover hope so. Their first annual health fair runs from 9 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Posted in Business, Education, Health, Pottsgrove Schools, Pottstown, Social1 Comment
Health News
- U.S. task force: End routine prostate cancer screening May 22, 2012NEW YORK (Reuters) - A task force advising the U.S. government on Monday recommended against routine use of the prostate-cancer screening test called PSA, or prostate specific antigen, for lack of a discernible health benefit. […]
- Fake drugs threaten gains made in war on malaria May 21, 2012LONDON (Reuters) - Low-quality and fake anti-malarial drugs flooding into markets in Asia and Africa are driving drug resistance and threatening gains made in the fight against the disease in the past decade, according to a study by global health experts. […]
- U.S. Catholic groups sue to block contraception mandate May 21, 2012(Reuters) - The University of Notre Dame and dozens of other Catholic institutions sued President Barack Obama's administration on Monday to block a government regulation that requires employers to provide health insurance coverage for contraceptives to employees. […]
- "Pre-diabetes," diabetes rising among U.S. teens May 21, 2012By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The percentage of U.S. teenagers with "pre-diabetes" or full-blown type 2 diabetes has more than doubled in recent years -- though obesity and other heart risk factors have held steady, government researchers reported Monday. […]
- Tired surgical residents may up error risk: study May 21, 2012NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A small study suggests surgeons in training are still tired enough to raise their risk of making significant errors, despite new guidelines limiting their work hours. […]
- Lung cancer tests advised for some heavy smokers May 21, 2012NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New recommendations from chest and cancer doctors call for lung cancer screening in older adults with a long history of smoking a pack a day or more -- but also highlight the possible harms of screening, including a high risk of false positive tests. […]
- Not all ICUs need a specialist at night: study May 21, 2012NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among hospital intensive care units (ICUs) with a daytime physician specially trained in critical care, adding a specialist to cover the night shift does not improve patients' survival, according to a new study. […]
- FDA staff sends mixed message on J&J drug Xarelto May 21, 2012WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. drug reviewers had mixed opinions about whether Johnson & Johnson blood thinner Xarelto reduced the risk of new heart attacks and strokes in people with heart problems, setting the stage for heated debate by outside experts later this week. […]
- Peregrine soars as cancer drug meets trial goal May 21, 2012(Reuters) - Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Inc said results from a mid-stage trial showed that its key experimental drug performed better than standard chemotherapy in lung cancer patients who had not responded to primary therapy, sending its shares up 36 percent. […]
- Sigmoidoscopy an option for colon cancer screening May 21, 2012NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Screening for colon cancer using a flexible tube -- which is less invasive and more convenient than colonoscopy -- may also help prevent new cases and deaths from the disease, a new study suggests. […]
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