The Sanatoga Post

POTTSTOWN PA – Tomorrow (Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010) could be a day of nervous anticipation, sweaty palms and dry mouths among members of the Pottsgrove High School sophomore class. Instead, Principal Chris Shaffer will happily bet that confidence trumps those symptoms, as the 360 sophomores face their chance to take the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test [...]

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POTTSTOWN PA – Volunteers are needed by the Sanatoga PA-based Family Services’ Meals on Wheels program to deliver meals to home bound elderly and disabled individuals in the greater Pottstown area, agency spokeswoman Karen Konnick reported Monday (Oct. 11, 2010). Meals on Wheels provides two meals, a hot lunch and a cold supper to refrigerate, [...]

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POTTSTOWN PA – The top price paid for real estate within Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township from April 8-June 24, 2010, was $205,000, the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper reports. The property is located at 1352 Randy Dr. Also listed was 673 Buchert Rd., at $182,900. This week’s top reported prices were listed Sunday (Oct. 10, 2010) in [...]

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POTTSTOWN PA – Lower Pottsgrove’s political leaders now have two of three 2011 budget meetings behind them, having been scheduled to meet Tuesday (Oct. 5, 2010) and last month (Sept. 21) to discuss next year’s potential spending plan. So how are things shaping up? They’re about what you’d expect in a still-faltering economy, township Commissioner [...]

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SANATOGA PA – Authors of a study that may suggest tolling drivers on U.S. Route 422, and using that money to improve the highway and reduce its congestion, “are not making their case well enough in the court of public opinion,” says a former journalist who now serves on the Spring City PA borough council. [...]

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POTTSTOWN PA – None of the real estate sales within Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township from April 1-June 18, 2010, commanded a high-enough price to be listed Sunday (Oct. 3, 2010) among top-selling properties reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper. Real estate among the township’s municipal neighbors made the grade, though. This week’s top reported prices [...]

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SANATOGA PA – Health care news for western Montgomery County residents (and anyone else!), for Oct. 3-9, (2010) and beyond. These events have been added to The Post calendar. Tuesday, Oct. 12 A free meeting of the Easy Breathers Support Group, sponsored by Phoenixville Hospital, will be held Oct. 12 (2010; Tuesday) from 2:30-4 p.m. [...]

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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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POTTSTOWN PA – The top price paid for real estate within Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township from March 29-June 14, 2010, was $137,900, the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper reports. The property is located at 631 Oaktree Ct. Also listed were 1306 Walnut Ridge Estates, at $130,000, and 2999 Linfield Rd., at $72,000. This week’s top reported prices [...]

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POTTSTOWN PA – The top price paid for real estate within Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township from March 22-June 9, 2010, was $410,000, the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper reports. The property is located at 982 Ivy Ln. Also listed was 7 Augusta Dr., $265,000. This week’s top reported prices were listed Sunday (Sept. 19, 2010) in “The [...]

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