Posted on 06 March 2012. Tags: chemical, haz-mat, J.P. Mascaro and Sons, Lower Pottsgrove Police Department, Ringing Hill Fire Company, Sanatoga Fire Company
A Mascaro recycling crew Monday afternoon saw a white cloud and smelled a chemical odor at the back of its truck. Fearing the worst, workers abandoned the vehicle and called Lower Pottsgrove police. A haz-mat team later said there was no danger involved.
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Posted in Business, Fire, Lower Pottsgrove, Police, Safety, Sanatoga
Posted on 10 February 2012. Tags: CMERT, Logan Street apartments, Pottstown, shooting
A tense, day-long gun drama Thursday between law enforcers and a lone gunman at a Logan Steet, Pottstown, apartment ended in the evening darkness with the wounded suspect in custody and hospitalized. None of the officers and first responders, and no other members of the public, were injured.
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Posted in Fire, Montgomery County, Police, Pottsgrove Schools, Pottstown, Safety, Social
Posted on 09 February 2012. Tags: Exelon Nuclear, Limerick Board of Supervisors
Officials from the Limerick Generating Station arrived Tuesday at the Limerick Board of Supervisors’ meeting to deliver Exelon Nuclear’s fourth donation of $150,000 during the past our years. The money supports a variety of first responder and recreational programs in Limerick Township.
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Posted in Business, Fire, Limerick, Police, Recreation, Safety, Social, Sports
Posted on 03 February 2012. Tags: Lower Pottsgrove Zoning Hearing Board, motorcycle safety, Ringing Hill Fire Company
Lower Pottsgrove’s zoning hearing board has scheduled a Feb. 21 hearing on whether it should grant a special exception to the Ringing Hill Fire Company to conduct motorcycle safety training courses on its property, which is in a residential zone.
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Posted in Education, Fire, Lower Pottsgrove, Pottstown, Recreation, Safety, Sanatoga, Sports, Transportation, Travel
Posted on 19 January 2012. Tags: Sanatoga Fire Company
The village fire company’s newest piece of apparatus, specifically designed for the needs of its busy fire police team, is due to arrive in Sanatoga.
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Posted in Fire, Lower Pottsgrove, Police, Safety, Sanatoga
Posted on 14 January 2012. Tags: Lower Pottsgrove Township Police
A Lower Pottsgrove man appears to have died as the result of a medical emergency while driving his car Friday in the township, police said.
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Posted in Fire, Health, Lower Pottsgrove, Police, Sanatoga
Posted on 19 December 2011. Tags: Ringing Hill Fire Company, Santa Claus
You couldn’t miss the noise or the excitement Sunday morning as Santa visited the coverage area of the Ringing Hill Fire Company, accompanied by volunteers who announced his presence with blaring sirens. Families lined the streets to see him.
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Posted in Fire, Holiday, Lower Pottsgrove, Social
Posted on 13 December 2011. Tags: Metropolitan Edison, Ringing Hill Fire Company
An automobile accident early Monday night on North Charlotte Street cut electrical power for about three hours to dozens of Lower Pottsgrove homes.
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Posted in Fire, Lower Pottsgrove, Montgomery County, Police
Posted on 11 December 2011. Tags: Ringing Hill Fire Company
Santa knows there are plenty of good girls and boys living with the service area of Lower Pottsgrove’s Ringing Hill Fire Company! He’ll cruise the township’s west side on a fire truck Sunday, beginning at 11 a.m., to wave hello and toss some candy their way.
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Posted in Fire, Holiday, Lower Pottsgrove, Pottstown
Posted on 10 December 2011. Tags: Sanatoga Fire Company
When Santa makes his Dec. 17 run with the Sanatoga Fire Company, its president says, there will be more planned visit stops than previously announced, and he’ll be in town longer too.
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Posted in Fire, Holiday, Lower Pottsgrove, Recreation, Sanatoga