LOWER POTTSGROVE PA – From a distance, ice columns building beneath the water of Sanatoga Creek as it cascades down the dam spillway at Pruss Hill and Schaffer Roads glitter like jewelry in the winter sunshine. Up close, the natural structures created by Sunday’s (Jan. 18, 2009) cold look massive and threatening. The scene is [...]
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Free Ice Skating Sunday
Posted on 15 January 2009.
POTTSTOWN PA – Free ice skating for residents of the Pottsgrove School District will be offered Sunday (Jan. 18, 2009) from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the indoor ice rink at The Hill School, 717 E. High St. All skaters must wear a hat. No skate rentals or sharpening will be available. The originally advertised skating times [...]
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Early Morning Ice Chores
Posted on 11 January 2009.
LOWER POTTSGROVE PA – You could say Scott Peck was well prepared for Saturday night’s (Jan. 10, 2009) freezing rain. As he headed home Sunday morning to North Coventry from the Redner’s Warehouse Market on North Charlotte Street, Peck was armed with a heavy duty plastic ice scraper, ice melting liquid in a spray bottle, [...]
Cold, With An Icy Twist
Posted on 08 January 2009.
SANATOGA PA – It would have been pretty to look at if it wasn’t so dangerous. Freezing rain Wednesday (Jan. 7, 2009) caused slick roads, vehicle crashes, and school delays across the Greater Pottstown area. As temperatures plummeted, a pouring rain solidified into clear, thick, glass-like ice that coated trees, vehicles, patio furniture, and anything [...]
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Township Accepts Snow Plowing Bids
Posted on 24 October 2008.
Acknowledging that colder weather has arrived and snow may soon follow, the Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township Board of Commissioners approved bids last night (Oct. 23, 2008), made by three independent contractors, to help plow roads in coming months. The township has about 100 miles of public road, of which 25 miles are maintained by the [...]
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Computers Zap Winter Away
Posted on 24 October 2008.
Computer chips turn on your coffee machine in the morning, and help you drive more safely while drinking that coffee and cruising U.S. Route 422 to work. Those tiny pieces of silicon also play a big role in keeping 422 and other state-maintained highways free of ice and snow this winter, according to Pennsylvania’s Department [...]
Not Salt-Strapped
Posted on 23 October 2008.
To a list of things jumping up in cost this winter, add road salt. The grainy, pebble-sized mineral used to melt ice and snow off roadways is selling for as much as $185 a ton. A nationwide salt shortage is the reason, Pennsylvania’s Department of Transportation (PennDOT) said Tuesday (Oct. 21, 2008), and at current [...]
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