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NYC-Bound, Enviro-Friendly Truck Pays Pottstown A Visit

With Video. The truck is powered by a dual-fuel engine that uses both compressed natural gas and gasoline. It was at the John Kennedy Ford dealership, just east of Sanatoga, on Tuesday to be admired and test-driven by local residents.

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Theft Hits Township Streets; Covers, Grates Disappearing

Scrap metal thieves in Lower Pottsgrove are becoming more brazen, the acting police chief said. They’ve stolen engine parts, wire from electrical stations, and now, manhole covers.

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Posted in Business, Lower Pottsgrove, People, Police, Sanatoga4 Comments

Pottsgrove To Host Camps For Five Sports This Summer

Camp operations for football, soccer, field hockey, wrestling and basketball were approved last Tuesday by the Pottsgrove school board.

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Posted in Education, Featured, People, Pottsgrove Schools, Pottstown, Sports2 Comments

Pottsgrove Personnel Decisions Affect 19 Positions

Pottsgrove Personnel Decisions Affect 19 Positions

Pottsgrove school directors last Tuesday approved new assignments and appointments, substitutes, student teacher placements, supplemental position resignations and appointments, and attendance at conferences.

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Township Fixes Paperwork ‘Ooops’ With A Penstroke

An eagle-eyed Lower Pottsgrove commissioner found a simple clerical error in a document the board was about to approve. Alterations were made on the spot.

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Firefighting, Safety By The Numbers In Lower Pottsgrove

Lower Pottsgrove firefighting and emergency safety volunteers spent 400 man hours recently just getting ready to save your home and protect your family.

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Early Warning: Town Commissioner Ponders SRO Costs

Lower Pottsgrove Township Commissioner Stephen Klotz said Monday he’d like to explore having the Pottsgrove School District pay more, maybe even the full cost, of its resource officer at the high school.

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Posted in Education, Lower Pottsgrove, People, Police, Politics, Pottsgrove Schools, Pottstown, Safety, Sanatoga6 Comments

Literary Treat: Two Book Authors Visit Pottsgrove MS

Their arrival, coordinated by middle school Librarian Shelby Kqira, was in appreciation for the students’ work in conducting a food drive to benefit veterans.

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‘A Camping We Will Go!’ Hottest Tune At Ringing Rocks

The school’s fifth graders are off next week for two days to commune with nature at a YMCA South Mountain camp in Wernersville PA, 28 miles away.

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Posted in Education, People, Pottsgrove Schools, Pottstown, Recreation, Social, Travel1 Comment

With Donations, Digital Copies, Township Historians ‘Win’

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.

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