The Sanatoga Post

PLEDGING TO PROTECT AND DEFEND – James J. Kenney Jr., center, on Monday (Oct. 4, 2010) became the newest patrolman in the Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Police Department. He accepted his oath of office, administered by Lower Pottsgrove resident and Magisterial District Justice Edward Kropp, left, as his grandfather, Robert Curran of Havertown PA, held the [...]

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POTTSTOWN PA – Fill ‘er up. Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township employees get to do that themselves, from a diesel fuel pump at the municipal garage on North Pleasant View Road, whenever their trucks’ gauges point to empty. They’ll likely be able to continue to do so after tonight (Monday, Oct. 4, 2010), when the Board [...]

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SANATOGA PA – Tracking the local expenditure of federal economic stimulus funds isn’t something that happens over a weekend, a week, or even a couple of months. The Sanatoga Post, which is a veteran member of the national ProPublica reporting network,  has been tracking stimulus grant spending and its effects for the past 15 months. [...]

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POTTSTOWN PA – A fire safety and prevention workshop and kids’ day, conducted annually by The Home Depot on Armand Hammer Boulevard in Pottstown PA, will be held Saturday (Oct. 2, 2010) from 10 am. to 2 p.m. outside the home improvement products store. The event is part of the local kick-off to National Fire [...]

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POTTSTOWN PA – Licensed drivers who are students in the Pottsgrove School District may have no real idea what it feels like to be behind a steering wheel and impaired by alcohol or drugs. The newest member of the Board of School Directors thinks it’s time they found out … safely, rather than tragically. Acting [...]

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HARRISBURG PA – A state law that so far this year has robbed Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township coffers of about $15,000 in unrealized income actually seems to be doing what it’s supposed to: reducing the number of complaints about home improvement contractors working in Pennsylvania. Complaints to the state regarding unfinished or shoddy projects done [...]

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SANATOGA PA – “Slow, but steady.” That’s how Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township police officers characterized the turnout as people deposited unwanted and expired prescription drugs into a box designated for the purpose during Saturday’s (Sept. 25, 2010) “National Take-Back Initiative” to keep such medications out of the hands of potential abusers. Lower Pottsgrove’s department and [...]

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POTTSTOWN PA – Seven different law enforcement agencies covering municipalities within a 20-mile radius of Pottstown PA are participating today (Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the “National Take-Back Initiative,” during which anyone can drop off unused or unwanted prescription medicines at designated police stations and other sites. Police departments [...]

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SANATOGA PA – From a public perspective, the biggest month of the year for the Sanatoga and Ringing Hill fire companies – the all-volunteer organizations that protect Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township residents from fire, accidents and other hazards – is only 13 days away. October is National Fire Prevention Month, specifically chosen because the Great [...]

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POTTSTOWN PA – As parents of Pottsgrove High School students filled Rader Auditorium last night (Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010) during an annual back-to-school event, Principal Chris Shaffer warned that one of the greatest dangers their children faced was lurking in their family medicine cabinet. “Prescription drugs. Big, big problem,” Schaffer said, “and we want to [...]

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