The Sanatoga Post

SANATOGA PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation hears more than its share of complaints, and rarely gets an “atta boy” for its successes. Time to change that, Scott Exley figures. Exley, president of Bursich Associates – Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township‘s engineering firm – observed Tuesday (Sept. 7, 2010) to the Board of Commissioners that [...]

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SANATOGA PA – If you know how to plow snow, cut grass and fix potholes – no, not at your home, but on public properties and highways – Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township is interested in talking to you about a job opportunity. But hurry! You have only until Wednesday (Sept. 8, 2010) to submit a [...]

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TRAFFIC FLOWS FREELY ON FIRST DAY – The East High Street bridge crossing Sanatoga Creek between Sanatoga Road and Allison Drive in Pottstown PA re-opened Monday (Aug. 30, 2010), with no fanfare and 77 days after its initial closing on June 14. The formerly crumbling stone arch bridge has been substantially rebuilt by a Pennsylvania [...]

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SANATOGA – The back-to-school countdown officially ends today (Monday, Aug. 30, 2010), as doors to school buildings in the Pottsgrove, Spring-Ford and Pottstown districts open to welcome returning students. So for the numerologists among us, here’s a new countdown to keep you occupied. Call it “The Power Scream.” Only 24 days remain until Fall (Sept. [...]

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POTTSTOWN PA – When Pottsgrove School District teachers arrive today (Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010) for in-service training to prepare for next week’s opening of district schools, they’ll be treated to a slide show that displays the former St. Pius X High School – and temporary home to displaced Ringing Rocks Elementary pupils – in before-and-after [...]

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SANATOGA PA – The currently closed East High Street bridge crossing Sanatoga Creek will be open for vehicular traffic by Aug. 30 (2010; Monday), Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials have promised. But there’s “open,” and then there’s “really open,” and then there’s “completed.” Those three definitions probably will be fulfilled on different dates during the [...]

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SANATOGA PA – A borough of Pottstown PA grant application that seeks $5 million from the state to help defray the $7 million cost of upgrading its water treatment plant, which serves many Lower Pottsgrove Township homes and businesses, received the township Board of Commissioners‘ endorsement Thursday (Aug. 19, 2010). The reason? The more money [...]

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POTTSTOWN PA – Forget rubber tires. Shelve those steel girders, and pass on PVC plastics. Despite the wide array of goods that Pottstown area industries make now or have made in the past, blogger Sue Repko thinks the borough’s manufacturing future can be found in fashion clothing infused with environmental edginess. Repko, a native who [...]

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SANATOGA PA – Because Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township’s trash hauler, J.P. Mascaro and Sons, will observe the Labor Day holiday (Sept. 4-6, 2010; Saturday through Monday), the first garbage pick-up of September will be held Sept. 7 (Tuesday), the township announced this week on its website. This event has been added to The Post calendar. [...]

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SANATOGA PA – A proposal to add the Lower Perkiomen Creek Watershed Conservation Plan to Pennsylvania’s Rivers Conservation Registry, which gives its author a chance to both qualify for grant funding and to help further protect water quality in streams and creeks across 57 municipalities in four counties, was endorsed last week (Aug. 2, 2010) [...]

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