The Sanatoga Post

By Dr. Paul Swanson Medical Staff, Pottstown Memorial Medical Center (PMMC) Summer has arrived. So have a lot of other substances that may be causing itchy, watery eyes, a runny nose and sneezing. If you have allergies, your body’s delicate balance can be knocked out-of-kilter by hundreds of environmental triggers: animals, plants, foods and medicines, [...]

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Photos by Nicole Cooper and Jake Zlomek POTTSTOWN PA – The sun was bright and temperatures were daunting, but an occasional breeze kept both participants and viewers of the annual Independence Day Parade on High Street in Pottstown PA entertained and cheering through Saturday morning (July 3, 2010). The day’s full slate of events capped [...]

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IT’S COMPETITION. IT’S JUST NOT BASEBALL – Wednesday’s (June 23, 2010) 9-Year-Olds Little League tournament game in Pottstown PA between Pottsgrove and Chester Valley teams had high scoring, ups-and-downs excitement, and a come-from-behind victory. None of that seemed to matter, however, to two youngsters seated on a blanket at the field on South Penn Street. [...]

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WYNNEWOOD PA – More than 140 Pennsylvania municipalities and organizations – including those in Phoenixville Borough, Pottstown Borough, Royersford Borough, and Spring City Borough – have registered their intent with the National Association of Town Watch to participate in the 27th annual National Night Out (NNO) program being held across most of the country on [...]

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POTTSTOWN PA – This Sunday’s (June 13, 2010) second installment in the free-to-the-public  summer music series presented by the Pottstown Arts and Cultural Alliance (PACA) offers chances to hear some great ’70s rock, as well as to learn more about the borough’s growing arts and culture scene, says PACA’s Mike Holliday. The band “2nd Childhood” [...]

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POTTSTOWN PA – The upper parking lot of Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, 1600 E. High St., Pottstown PA, will serve as a staging area Sunday (June 13, 2010) for what organizers expect will be dozens of motorcyclists participating in the second annual Kidney Run and Family Run Day, a fund-raiser that benefits the National Kidney [...]

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POTTSTOWN PA – A formal flag retirement ceremony will be conducted Sunday (June 6, 2010) at 1 p.m. at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Memorial Park, at Manatawny and King streets, Pottstown PA, Pottsgrove American Legion Post Adjutant William Worrell announced Wednesday (June 2). The event is open to the public. This event has been [...]

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POTTSTOWN PA – Large crowds turned out for both the festivity and solemnity of the Pottstown PA Memorial Day Parade during Monday morning (May 31, 2010) on High Street, and the accompanying tribute to the fallen in Memorial Park downtown. Photos by (and The Post’s thanks to) Fred Remelius Sign up to get The Sanatoga [...]

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POTTSTOWN PA – Eighty-four students from the Class of 2010 at Montgomery County Community College – including 17 from Pottstown, Stowe, Boyertown, Gilbertsville, Barto, Douglassville, Birdsboro, Green Lane and Pennsburg – were named to Who’s Who Among Students In American Junior Colleges for the 2009-2010 academic year, the college announced Monday (May 24, 2010). Among [...]

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POTTSTOWN PA – Blood drives scheduled for locations in Limerick, Gilbertsville, Pottstown and Oaks PA will be conducted through mid-June by the Miller-Keystone Blood Center. These events have been added to The Post calendar. Drives currently on its local calendar include: Monday (May 31, 2010) from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Bruster’s Ice Cream, [...]

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