Posted on 30 September 2011. Tags: Lower Pottsgrove Board of Commissioners, Lower Pottsgrove Highway Department, Manager Rodney Hawthorne, Pruss Hill Road, Pruss Hill Road bridge
Pruss Hill Road in Lower Pottsgrove, between North Pleasant View and Schaeffer roads, has been closed for two weeks. Until repairs are made to Pruss Hill’s unsafe bridge – and that date hasn’t yet been specified – it will stay closed, according to the township.
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Posted in Fire, Lower Pottsgrove, Montgomery County, Pottsgrove Schools, Pottstown, Safety, Transportation, Weather
Posted on 24 September 2011. Tags: disaster recovery center, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Tropical Storm Lee
Montgomery County residents may now qualify for assistance if their property was damaged earlier this month during Tropical Storm Lee.
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Posted in Montgomery County, Safety, Weather
Posted on 20 September 2011. Tags: disaster assistance, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Hurricane Irene, Montgomery County
Representatives from federal, state and local agencies will be on hand Wednesday in Montgomery County to help those affected by Hurricane Irene’s winds and flooding make it through the maze of government assistance.
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Posted in Business, Montgomery County, Real Estate, Safety, Weather
Posted on 15 September 2011. Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Hurricane Irene, Montgomery County
Federal grants may be available for uninsured and under-insured local property owners and renters who were affected last month by Hurricane Irene. Apply by phone or online.
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Posted in Limerick, Lower Pottsgrove, Montgomery County, Pottstown, Real Estate, Safety, Weather
Posted on 09 September 2011. Tags: evacuation, flooding, power outage, Schuylkill River
Sometimes dealing with inclement weather is all a matter of attitude. At least, when they sought refuge Thursday at social media outlets like Twitter and Facebook, that’s what many of your neighbors were hoping. See what they had to say …
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Posted in Pottstown, Safety, Weather
Posted on 08 September 2011. Tags: basement, cellar, First Avenue, flooding, pumping water out, Sanatoga Fire Company
With Video. In some portions of Lower Pottsgrove, soggy cellars are an inclement weather way-of-life.
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Posted in Fire, Lower Pottsgrove, Real Estate, Safety, Sanatoga, Video, Weather
Posted on 08 September 2011. Tags: East High Street, flood, flooding, North Sanatoga Road, rain, Sanatoga Creek, storm
With Videos. Places in Lower Pottsgrove and across greater Pottstown that succumb to heavy rain flooded Wednesday. The water appeared deeper, moved faster, and inconvenienced drivers more than usual. Your neighbors had plenty to say about it on social media platforms.
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Posted in Lower Pottsgrove, Police, Safety, Sanatoga, Transportation, Video, Weather
Posted on 08 September 2011. Tags: Beulah Land Swim Club, East High Street, flood, flooding, Hurricane Irene, rain, Sanatoga Creek, storm
With Video. The ground was soaked before Hurricane Irene. It was even more saturated after, so the incessant and occasionally heavy rain Wednesday made flooding seem worse near the Beulah Land Swim Club on East High Street.
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Posted in Business, Lower Pottsgrove, Safety, Sanatoga, Video, Weather
Posted on 29 August 2011. Tags: Hurricane Irene
Water, water everywhere in Lower Pottsgrove, in scenes that are by now familiar to those who followed Hurricane Irene during the weekend.
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Posted in Weather
Posted on 29 August 2011. Tags: Sanatoga Fire Company
More than two dozen Sanatoga Fire Company volunteers worked long hours before, during, and after the height of Hurricane Irene’s impact to respond to emergencies, assist police with public safety, and pump out a basement or two.
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Posted in Fire, Lower Pottsgrove, Safety, Sanatoga, Weather