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Published during the week just ended in The Sanatoga Post:

Saturday, Oct. 16

• 422 Drivers Beware: One Lane Eastbound Overnights
  PennDOT is making pavement repairs near the First Avenue interchange. Travel with caution.
• Lower Pottsgrove Soldier Completes Basic Training
  He’s completed the road between a Pottsgrove High School graduating class and military preparations in Kentucky.

Friday, Oct. 15

• Lower Pottsgrove Hearings Set For Apartments, Lighting
  Questions over building height on Buchert Road, and of lighting sufficiency on East High Street, are on the Zoning Hearing Board agenda next week.
• Chamber President Leaving In Move To Cut Costs
  The Pottstown-based business advocacy organization is shrinking its leadership to stay lean as the economy continues to falter.
• Pottsgrove Joining Hunger Campout For Fourth Year
  The high school students hope to make a difference on the dining tables of those in need across the Philadelphia area. They’re hoping for your help, too.
• Rain Postponed Seven Pottsgrove Sports Events
  Thursday’s wet weather made play impossible on some fields. Six of the seven are already rescheduled; decisions are yet to be made on the last.
• Building Vocabulary A Seminar At West Pottsgrove School
  Word use can have an impact on scholastic performance. A Pottsgrove School District seminar intends to show parents and guardians how, and how they can help young pupils.
• Senator’s Veterans Salute Scheduled At Sunnybrook
  Sen. John Rafferty’s breakfast event and patriotic celebration for veterans is returning to the Sanatoga ballroom for another year.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • MCCC Participating In National Sustainability Day
    The college is demonstrating how some of its programs and practices at the Pottstown campus are geared toward saving the environment.

Thursday, Oct. 14

• Exterior Demolition To Begin At Ringing Rocks
  Most of the Pottsgrove School District building’s disassembly so far has taken place on the inside. Now the roof will come off, and so will some exterior walls.
• Lower Pottsgrove, Limerick To Receive Chamber Award
  The townships, which are cooperating on planning for commercial growth at the Sanatoga interchange of Route 422, will be honored for their efforts.
• County Closes Keim Street Bridge Over Schuylkill
  Montgomery County has closed the South Keim Street bridge across the Schuylkill River between Pottstown and North Coventry to all traffic. A PennDOT engineer Wednesday said it was unsafe.
  
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Child Tracking With GPS On Lecture Agenda
    Locating a child using global positioning satellite technology will be a discussion topic in Phoenixville.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • A First At PMMC: Abdominal Wall Reconstructive Surgery
    An hours-long surgery to rebuild a patient’s abdominal wall muscles and tissues was recently completed for the first time at the Pottstown hospital.

Wednesday, Oct. 13

• Labor Contract Planning Prompts Pottsgrove Closed Session
  The Pottsgrove school board dispensed fairly quickly with routine business Tuesday night, then turned to an executive session to discuss upcoming labor negotiations with its teachers.
• Lower Pottsgrove School Presented With Its ‘Star’
  A federal award that recognizes energy efficiency at the Pottsgrove School District building was presented Tuesday night to the Board of School Directors.
• :-O Pottsgrove Parents’ Seminar Covers Social Networking
  Kids increasingly communicate using texts, Facebook, or other social websites. Who are they chatting with, and what’s being said (or shown)? A discussion series aims to help parents understand and control the situation.
  
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Rain In Collegeville An Unusual Market Mover
    Flood water damage to its office in the Collegeville Shopping Center has sent a local financial brokerage scrambling for temporary quarters.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Pottstown SCORE Offers Workshop For Entrepreneurs
    Want to start a business of your own, and be the boss? This local organization shows, during the course of four workshops, how to make that dream come true.

Tuesday, Oct. 12

• Confidence Supplants Sweats Wednesday At Pottsgrove
  Pottsgrove High School sophomores on Wednesday face a test that gets them ready for an even bigger test, one that often determines which college they can attend. The testing cost is being paid for by the school district.
• Pottsgrove Foundation Announces Grant Awards
  More than $10,000 has been awarded by the foundation to benefit school district initiatives proposed by staff members, that either promote culture and the arts or represent new and innovative teaching methods.
• Sanatoga Meals Program Hopes You Can Help
  If you’ve got an hour to spare and an available vehicle just once a week, the Meals On Wheels program can use your assistance.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • What They Sold For In Limerick
    A review of highest prices paid for real estate in Limerick (PA) Township, the borough of Royersford, and surrounding municipalities.
  • Royersford, Lower Perk Meals Program Needs Helpers
    Help is being sought for weekday distribution of meals across parts of Limerick and the valley. Delivering just one hour a week can be a real boost to those in need.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • What They Sold For In Pottstown
    A review of highest prices paid for real estate in the borough of Pottstown PA and surrounding municipalities.
  • Pottstown Seminar Next Week Explains Health Law
    What’s happening with the federal health care law presents some confusion to those who will rely on it. A free explanation of how it affects most people is being offered in a specially scheduled presentation.
  • Bike Pottstown In Foundation Report’s Spotlight
    The success of the borough’s much-written-about bicycle-sharing program, funded in part by the Pottstown Area Health And Wellness Foundation, is the cover story of the non-profit’s new quarterly report.
  • Freedom Valley Ys Accepting Fall Registrations
    Reduced fees during October and the chance to win a prize means it pays to sign up now at any of the agency’s five Montgomery and Chester County branches.

Monday, Oct. 11

• What They Sold For
  A weekly review of highest prices paid for real estate in Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township and surrounding municipalities.
• Pottsgrove Falcons Sports For Oct. 11-18, 2010
  Who they’ll play, what, when and where this week in the Pottsgrove School District.
• Clothing Drive A Weighty Success
  Hundreds of bags, and tons of clothes. That’s what Pottsgrove School District residents offered during the weekend in response to a used clothing drive conducted by the district’s Music League.
• Peanuts! Get’cher Peanuts In Sanatoga, Heah
  Decades ago, members of the Kiwanis Club used to sell $1-bags of peanuts to the lunch crowd in busy downtown Pottstown. Now, club members have followed the crowd east; they were in Sanatoga on Saturday.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Thousands Crowd Limerick Outlets For Fall Sales
    With Video. Parking lots were packed, and at times traffic backed up too, at the Philadelphia Premium Outlets as merchants there threw their annual Columbus Day Sale.
  • In Limerick, Mother Nature’s A Car Buff Too
    With Video. She provided perfect weather for the first car show to be held at the Texas Road House Restaurant in Royersford to benefit the Limerick Fire Department.
  • The Week In Review In Limerick
    For Oct. 3-9, 2010
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • The Week In Review In Pottstown
    For Oct. 3-9, 2010.

Sunday, Oct. 10

• The Post Week In Review
  For Oct. 3-9, 2010

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Published during the week just ended in The Sanatoga Post:

Saturday, Oct. 9

• Friday Night Football: Pottsgrove 20, Spring-Ford 14
  It was a close and dramatic game for Homecoming Weekend, and the Falcons won. See a Post gallery of photos.
• Four Plays To A Homecoming Touchdown
  With Video. It was Maika Polamalu most of the way on the Pottsgrove Falcons’ first scoring drive during Friday night’s homecoming football game against Spring-Ford.
  
• Pottstown Hospital’s All Decked Out In Pink
  Its overnight exterior lighting commemorates the fight against breast cancer.

Friday, Oct. 8

• Lower Pottsgrove Building Wins Coveted Energy Star
  One of the lessons being learned by administrators, teachers and students on Buchert Road is how to save a watt or two, and the federal government has taken notice.
• Patients Get An Exam, Meals Program Gets A Donation
  The Sanatoga non-profit organization that distributes meals to the elderly and home-bound benefits from a promotion offered by a Pottstown PA chiropractor’s office.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • For Pottstown Business Owner, Hope Is A Pink Carnation
    A borough florist is using something beautiful to honor a loved one and fight an insidious disease.
  • Bladder Control Discussion Set For October Program
    The event coincides with the seventh annual observance of Pink Day at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • What You Eat Makes A Difference, Program Demonstrates
    The Cooperative Extension office in Collegeville hopes to show how the foods you consume can affect your blood sugar levels. Controlling them helps control, or prevent, diabetes.

Thursday, Oct. 7

• State Of Lower Pottsgrove’s Budget? Hurting, Not Wounded
  Revenues lower. Expenses about the same. Scrimping where it can. Long road still ahead for the Board of Commissioners’ budget committee.
• Reason To Cheer: Pottsgrove Homecoming’s Here
  Big bonfire (tonight). Big football game (Friday). And bigger than both, school spirit and pride. Pottsgrove High’s homecoming celebrations, which started Monday, kick into high gear tonight through Saturday.
• TriCounty, Other Chambers Endorse Mostly Incumbents
  Lower Pottsgrove’s Sen. John Rafferty and Rep. Tom Quigley were backed for re-election. So were incumbent congressmen Charlie Dent and Jim Gerlach.
• Same Rain, Same Old Song In Sports Postponements
  The wet weather surely will stop sometime. Until then, Pottsgrove Athletic Director Gary DeRenzo is a very busy guy.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Healthy Relationships Workshop In Phoenixville
    The borough library hosts a seminar on how to improve what’s right, and spot what’s wrong, in your personal relationships with others.

Wednesday, Oct. 6

• The Marshal? Sorry, He’s Kinda Busy Right Now …
  Investigating fires in Lower Pottsgrove is one thing, reporting on them another. The township Board of Commissioners happily acknowledged the difference during its meeting Monday.
• Flyer Goalie Celebrity Host For PMMC Spine Center
  1970s hockey championship goalie Bernie Parent comes to Lower Pottsgrove later this month on behalf of Pottstown Memorial Medical Center.
• Landscape Architects Move To Renovated Norristown Building
  Formerly located in Berwyn, a company that has done substantial work in Lower Pottsgrove has moved its headquarters.
• More Rain, More Rescheduling For Pottsgrove Sports
  Inclement weather has moved some games and bumped others, but not all, according to the district athletic director.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Carousel Project Releases Ornament For Public Sale
    It’s intended to be the first in an annual series to promote and raise funds for the Carousel at Pottstown, near Memorial Park.
  • What They Sold For In Pottstown
    A review of top prices paid for real estate in the borough of Pottstown PA and surrounding municipalities.
  • National Guard Specialist Completes Basic
    The graduate of Pottstown High and Towson University has finished her initial training.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • What They Sold For In Limerick
    A review of highest prices paid for real estate in Limerick (PA) Township and surrounding municipalities.
  • No Matter What Season, Play’s Always In Season
    Give kids a playground, and despite almost any weather (and sometimes, because of it), watch the fun erupt.

Tuesday, Oct. 5

• Former Reporter Asks Commissioners To Support 422 Tolls
  Michael Hays left the newspaper business when he was elected to the Spring City borough council. As an individual, he asked Lower Pottsgrove commissioners to be advocates for imposing tolls along U.S. Route 422.
• Welcoming The Newest Of Lower Pottsgrove’s Finest
  Talk about efficiency. A police patrolman received his oath of service only minutes after he was officially hired Monday night.
• Lower Pottsgrove Gives Gift Its Diesel Fuel Business
  The Boyertown supplier’s bid was the lowest of four considered. Five other firms, asked to quote a price, declined.
• TPD Hires Project Manager In South Jersey
  The Sanatoga-based company chose an engineer with well-established ties to many clients and prospects.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Stowe Airman Graduates From Basic Training
    The son of an East Race Street resident finished his initial exercises in San Antonio TX.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Registrations Accepted For Oct. 23 Gardening Seminars
    As the area’s avid gardeners prepare for next year’s growing season, Montgomery County Cooperative Extension offers a one-day series of seminars to help ease the process.

Monday, Oct. 4

• Lower Pottsgrove Commissioners May Reward Bidders
  You don’t get business unless you ask for it. Diesel fuel suppliers today are asking the township for its business. Tonight, commissioners may give it to one or more of them.
• Tracking Stimulus Funding? Yes, Since July 2009
  The Sanatoga Post so far has published more than 30 stories about the infusion of federal economic stimulus funds into local governments, organizations, businesses and personal wallets. As a member of the ProPublica reporting network for 15 months, it’s also addressed the question, “What good has it done?”
• What They Sold For
  A weekly review of highest prices paid for real estate in Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township and surrounding municipalities.
• Pottsgrove Falcons Sports For Oct. 4-11, 2010
  Who they’ll play, what, when, and where during the coming week.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Birdsboro Car Show Supplies Plenty Of Eye Candy
    If you couldn’t find something to interest you Sunday at Daniel Boone High School, you just weren’t looking in the right places. Ask any car enthusiast there.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Phoenixville Kiwanis Community Day Draws A Crowd
    The smell of barbecued chicken, the sound of an energetic rock band, and the lure of a flea market bargain drew hundreds of people Saturday to the borough’s Reeves Park.

Sunday, Oct. 3

• The Post Week In Review
  For Sept. 26-Oct. 2, 2010

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Published during the week just ended in The Sanatoga Post:

Saturday, Oct. 2

• Friday Night Football: Pottsgrove 30, Pottstown 10
  See a Post gallery of photos from last night’s game at Grigg Memorial Field.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Pottstown Yoga Enthusiasts Fight Cancer A Second Time
    They raised funds during their serene and peaceful Friday evening so those stricken by disease could enjoy many similar nights.
  • Daniel Boone’s Marching Band Takes To The Field
    With Video. The Blazers’ marchers strutted their stuff, and obviously impressed a receptive crowd, last week in competition in Royersford.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Spring-Ford Marching Band Takes To The Field
    With Video. It served as host, and performed too, during its 47th annual Pageantry of Sound last week in Royersford.

Friday, Oct. 1

• Online Survey Seeks Opinions On Local Road Congestion
  Frustrated by the traffic wait at peak times on some Montgomery County highways? Think you know what to do about it? Take an online survey, being conducted by a Harrisburg research institute, to make your opinions known.
• Keeping An Eye On All That Water Around Pottstown
  As the rain keeps falling, rivers and streams keep rising. When and where will the waters crest, and will there be any flooding? An online federal government service helps you stay ahead of the weather.
• Fire Prevention Week Kicks Off Locally Saturday
  A celebration of fire-fighting and emergency services comes to The Home Depot parking lot in Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township.
• More Rain Means More Pottsgrove Sports Postponements
  Some athletic contests Thursday were canceled and re-scheduled. Some were not. And the new date for one has yet to be determined.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Collegeville Workshop Covers Farm Succession Planning
    How do you keep a family-run business in the family, particularly when it’s a family farm? That’s the prime topic of conversation during an upcoming November workshop.
  • Limerick’s Monthly Siren Testing Continues Monday
    It’s a loud wail, and it last a few minutes, but it’s reassuring too. The sound Monday of the sirens means the LGS emergency system is working.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Blogger And Volunteers’ Goal: Fill That Food Pantry
    A Pottstown yoga instructor and volunteer at the North Coventry Food Pantry reports its has a critical need for non-perishable food item donations. You can help tonight, and Oct. 23 too.
  • Veterans Entitled To Stop-Loss Pay Must File By Oct. 21
    Military servicemen and women whose tours were extended, or who were called back to duty from retirement, have additional pay coming to them. The deadline to apply for it arrives later this month.
  • Plan To Vote In November? Be Registered By Monday
    You vote to have a say in how the government operates. You register to be able to vote. The registration deadline is next Monday.

Thursday, Sept. 30

• Stuff To Do This Weekend
  Cancer gets whipped Friday in Pottstown, Saturday in Knauertown, and Sunday in Pennsburg. Baseball art gets a welcoming reception Friday in Collegeville. And Kiwanis Community Day, complete with chicken barbecue, gets served Saturday in Phoenixville. There’s plenty more, too.
• Bankers Help Businesses Shred Unwanted Documents
  A free shredding service offered by National Penn Bank in Sanatoga resulted in thousands of pounds of confetti.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Nooks, Crannies, Hidden Spaces Open At Wentz
    What goes on behind the scenes at the historic Peter Wentz Farmstead in Worcester? This is the weekend to find out.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Cluster Completes First Phase At Its Future Home
    A former American Legion Post property in Pottstown is where the Cluster of Religious Communities is headed. There’s a lot of advance preparation to be done, though, including a clean-out completed this month.

Wednesday, Sept. 29

• Pottsgrove MS Retaining Wall Needs ‘Significant’ Repair
  The wall in front of the cafeteria at the North Hanover Street campus has severely deteriorated over 11 years because water has collected inside and behind it, a report for the school district said.
• Pottsgrove Considers ‘Impairing’ Teen Drivers, For Safety’s Sake
  School directors liked what they heard about a program that shows teens what it’s like to be drunk behind the wheel. Rest assured, they won’t be in this exercise. The car, though, is a different story.
• Wha’daya Know? State Law Does What It Was Written For
  It may have hurt Lower Pottsgrove Township finances a little, but a state law that registers home improvement contractors seems to have helped consumers a lot.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Flower Baskets Dress Up Downtown Royersford
    Students from Montgomery County’s Western Center in Limerick have used their talents to brighten the streetscape.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Housing Topics Focus Of Adult Services Meeting
    Home sharing, local shelters, and rental assistance are among the subjects on the agenda for the discussion in Pottstown.

Tuesday, Sept. 28

• What They Sold For
  A weekly review of highest prices paid for real estate in Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township and surrounding municipalities.
• Ringing Reimbursement On Pottsgrove School Agenda
  Documents that set out expectations for state reimbursement of construction at Ringing Rocks Elementary School are up for school board approval tonight.
• Lower Pottsgrove PTO Needs School Store Help
  Even only an hour would be appreciated from volunteers to help set up and operate the store created for its students, the group said.
• Some Pottsgrove Sports Re-Scheduled Due To Weather
  At mid-day Monday, the Pottsgrove School District announced a few events had been moved to new dates because of anticipated rain and lightning.

Monday, Sept. 27

• ‘Slow, Steady’ Participation In Township’s Drug Take-Back
  The turnout Saturday in Lower Pottsgrove for residents looking to get rid of expired or unwanted prescription drugs pleasantly surprised members of the police department.
• Contest Winner Showed His Work, Won Our Donation
  In The Post high school challenge issued last week, just as sometimes happens in real life, following directions proved to be the crucial difference between being right and being a winner.
• County Starts Keim Street Bridge Work Today
  Work crews from Montgomery County’s roads department will close the Keim Street bridge in Pottstown all this week while it makes some repairs. Detour routes will be in effect.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Thousands Filled High Street For A Taste Of The Best
    Estimates for the size of the crowd attending Sunday’s Carousel Of Flavor event in downtown Pottstown indicate its turnout was the largest ever. There was plenty to eat, drink, and smile about.
  • Dana Corp. Air Cooler On Exhibit In Germany
    One of the newest products of the automotive components manufacturer with Pottstown ties is being displayed at an international conference held in Europe.
  • Berks Art Show In Boyertown Oct. 3-10
    Antique art receives a showcase during an exhibit early next month in a local gallery.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Bright Sun, Lots Of Fun For Community Day Visitors
    Part recreational activity, part business expo, part food court, and a whole lotta fun. That pretty much sums up the crush of smiling humanity that filled Limerick Community Park on Saturday.
  • Drug Take-Back ‘Pretty Busy’ In Limerick, Chief Said
    Chief William Albany ensured the township’s participation in the national drug take-back initiative received premium exposure. He positioned it for thousands to see at Saturday’s Community Day event.

Sunday, Sept. 26

• The Post Week In Review
  For Sept. 19-25, 2010.

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Published during the week just ended in The Sanatoga Post:

Saturday, Sept. 25

• Local Prescription Drug Take-Back Operating Today
  Seven area law enforcement agencies, including those in Lower Pottsgrove and Limerick (PA) Townships, are collecting unwanted prescription drugs today (Saturday). Their hope: to keep those meds out of abusers’ hands.
• County Starts Keim Street Bridge Work Monday
  Work crews from Montgomery County’s roads department will close the Keim Street bridge in Pottstown all next week while it makes some repairs. Detour routes will be in effect.
• Keep Healthy Next Week
  A weekly review of free or low-cost local seminars, support groups, screenings, tests and clinics to help you stay healthy and fit, sponsored or conducted by community health care organizations.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • ‘So, Tell Me, Is It Really Worth Something?’
    That may have been the most-asked question of Thursday night, as antique owners gathered in downtown Pottstown.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Spring-Ford High Open House Welcomes Parents
    A Tuesday night event gave parents an opportunity to meet teachers, and district residents the chance to explore the cavernous, interconnected building. The place is so big, student volunteers were distributing floor maps.
• Also, In The Main Street Post
  • Journal Register Plans Hyper-Local News Portal
    The owner of The Mercury in Pottstown and the Spring-Ford Reporter in Royersford hopes to emulate the growing success of the area’s news blogs.
  • New Diner Opens In Spring City
    The warmth of a good home-cooked meal for all; that’s what this Spring City PA restaurant hopes to deliver.
  • Douglassville Resident Certified As Balloon Artist
    The area entertainer who delights children young and old as “Miss Balloon Heart” has earned a new designation as a mark of her professionalism.

Friday, Sept. 24

• Contractor Agrees To End Night Work At Sanatoga Gateway
  Lower Pottsgrove and Limerick (PA) Township residents can sleep soundly again. The noise of heavy earth-moving equipment working overnight on Evergreen and West Lightcap Roads will end.
• State Says Pottsgrove Schools Make ‘Adequate Yearly Progress’
  The news for the Pottsgrove School District from recent state standardized testing results was generally favorable. But the high school did not measure up, because of a poor showing in reading scores among economically disadvantaged students.
• Contest! Are You As Smart As A Pottsgrove Junior?
  Take a Post challenge and possibly win a donation to the Pottsgrove school organization of your choice.

Thursday, Sept. 23

• Company Cancels Zoning Hearing On Digital Sign
  Haines and Kibblehouse withdrew its request for a Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township zoning hearing. It is expected to be re-scheduled at a later date.
• Stuff To Do This Weekend
  Want entertainment? The Fringe Festival in Collegeville, and Steel Magnolias in Skippack, take to the stage. Want fresh? Hit the farm markets in Boyertown, Phoenixville and Skippack. Want fun? Community days are set in Limerick and Upper Frederick. And food-gorging for a good cause is Sunday’s Carousel of Flavor in Pottstown.

Wednesday, Sept. 22

• Beep!-Beep!, No Sleep For Residents Near Gateway Site
  With Video. While many Lower Pottsgrove and Limerick Township residents slept soundly Tuesday night, owners of homes near Evergreen and West Lightcap Roads put up with the noise of heavy construction equipment at The Gateway At Sanatoga site.
• Leaders Conference Offers Valuable Business Training
  No money in this year’s business budget to provide employees with training they’ll find useful? The TriCounty chamber’s got you covered.

Tuesday, Sept. 21

• Alley To Sunnyside Ave. ‘Elephant’ In Restaurant Plans
  Lower Pottsgrove planners gave preliminary approval Monday to plans for the Bella Italia restaurant. They are unlikely to offer a final OK, however, until the developer and its neighbors reach agreement on using an alley.
• Pipeline Being Moved At Sanatoga Gateway
  Relocating an underground petroleum pipeline on property for The Gateway At Sanatoga project was requested by retailer Costco in its plans to open a store there.
• Pottsgrove American Legion Meets This Week
  The Sanatoga-based group will have plenty to discuss. Its members were among participants in memorial ceremonies during the past two weeks, and are planning their next activities for disabled veterans in Spring City.
• VNA Schedules Well Child Clinic In Sanatoga
  The idea: keep kids healthy by examining them, and determining their needs, before they become ill. Appointments are necessary.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Is Treasure Hiding In Your Attic? Find Out Thursday
    Get your curiosities and antiques appraised by a professional during this fund-raiser in Pottstown to benefit two organizations in the borough.
  • Committee Looks Again Thursday For Blighted Property
    The borough council group tasked with finding problem properties in Pottstown meets this week.
  • High School Students Honor The Fallen
    A color guard consisting of students from Pottstown and Pottsgrove high schools was an important part of the recent Sept. 11 commemoration held in downtown Pottstown.
  • VNA Screens Blood Pressure At Manatawny Manor
    It’s part of the monthly series of activities conducted by the Pottstown health care organization.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Steel Magnolias’ Debuts At Skippack Theater
    The latest production by The Playcrafters will run this week, and also for several evenings during early October, in Skippack.
  • Open Door Ministry Opens Its Pantry
    The Royersford organization, as it does every week, will make food available to qualified persons and families in need.
  • Phoenixville Hospital Blood Drive Starts At 6AM
    Early risers, take note: your opportunity to give a pint of life-saving blood awaits on Nutt Road.

Monday, Sept. 20

• Restaurant, Doctors’ Office Return To Planning Board
  Two familiar projects make a re-appearance during tonight’s meeting of the Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township Planning Commission.
• What They Sold For
  A weekly review of highest prices paid for real estate in Lower Pottsgrove and surrounding municipalities.
• Sanatoga Firm Honored With Sustainability Award
  The company won praise for providing alternative transportation methods to its employees. That kept workers, and the environment too, healthier.
• Pottsgrove Falcons Sports For Sept. 20-27, 2010
  Who they’ll play, what, where and when in the coming week.
• PECO Hosts Consumer Energy Fair In King Of Prussia
  Lower Pottsgrove customers of the electricity utility have a chance Wednesday to talk with alternative energy suppliers, in advance of deregulation and likely higher costs after January.
• Shred Your Business Stuff To Bits In Sanatoga
  Although all community residents are welcome, this week’s document shredding event at National Penn Bank’s Sanatoga branch office is particularly geared to business owners.
• Parents, Teachers Meeting At West Pottsgrove
  It’s the first meeting of the year on Wednesday for the West Pottsgrove Elementary School PTO.
• Blood Drive Wednesday In Lower Pottsgrove
  If you can “spare a pint,” there’s a blood drive scheduled on Medical Drive.
• 24 Hours In Limerick For Sunday (Sept. 19, 2010)
  • Limerick Seeks Grant For Bomb-Sniffing Dog
  • Royersford Gateway Receives Facelift By Year-End
  • Added Charges Filed Against Collegeville Insurance Agent
  • Freedom Valley Swim Team Finishes Strong Season
  • Public Unions Helped Craft Pension Reform Bill
  • Schools Can Choose Graduation Exam Use
  • West Nile Virus Returns To Montco
• Ursinus’ Annual Fringe Festival Opens Wednesday
  It’s sometimes experimental, occasionally wacky, but always thought-provoking theater and public presentation in Collegeville this week.
• 24 Hours In Pottstown For Sunday (Sept. 19, 2010)
  • Pottstown Water System Sets Hydrant Flushing
  • Pottstown’s Development And Low-Income Riverfront Housing
  • Boyertown Oktoberfest Another Success
  • Man Charged With Animal Cruelty In Gilbertsville
  • Two Suspects On The Loose After Invasion In Amity
  • Amity Meetings Covered Live
  • Class Action Suit Targets Berks Furniture Maker
  • PA Home Foreclosures, Bank Seizures Hit 5-Year Highs

Sunday, Sept. 19

• The Post Week In Review
  For Sept. 12-18, 2010

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Saturday, Sept. 18

• Friday Night Football: Pottsgrove Vs. Boyertown
  Pottsgrove’s Falcons were surprised by The Bears with their upset football win at Boyertown’s stadium. See a Post gallery of photos from the game.
• Sanatoga Dinner Raised Funds Against Disease
  The Friday night meal at Sanatoga Court collected money to be used in the battle against Alzheimer’s.
• East Coventry Board Declines 422 Plan Endorsement
  In their second vote on acceptance of the U.S. Route 422 Master Plan, supervisors decided 3-2 against it, despite its sponsor’s request for open-mindedness.
• Keep Healthy Next Week
  A weekly review of free or low-cost local seminars, support groups, screenings, tests and clinics to help you stay healthy and fit, sponsored or conducted by community health care organizations.

Friday, Sept. 17

• Township Firefighters Prepare For October Presentations
  Ringing Hill and Sanatoga fire companies’ volunteers are busy every month, but their public personas will be in demand in just 13 days, as National Fire Prevention Month gets under way.
• It’s (Ugh) Snow Plow Planning Time Again (Sigh)
  Removing snow from Lower Pottsgrove highways can be a tough-enough job even when Mother Nature is kind. But when she turns nasty, well, that’s when additional hired help comes in handy.
• Hiriak Re-Appointed To Planning Commission
  He was returned to the Lower Pottsgrove board for a successive four-year term, with praise and thanks from township commissioners.
• Thrivent Sets Document Shredding For Saturday
  Got some personal or financial documents you’d like to be rid of? Don’t just toss them in the trash, where prying eyes could do you harm. Bring them to Sanatoga and have them ground into bits.

Thursday, Sept. 16

• Lower Pottsgrove Police Will Take Back Prescription Drugs
  The department is participating next Saturday, Sept. 25, in a nationwide initiative to keep unwanted or expired prescription drugs out of the hands of potential abusers.
• Pottsgrove High Lock-Down Ended As Chase Left Area
  High school students were locked inside their building early Wednesday morning as Lower Pottsgrove, Collegeville and other police chased after an alleged assailant and car thief.
• Stuff To Do This Weekend
  In Sanatoga, lasagna’s in the oven, chicken’s on the grill, and Elvis is on the stage. Community days are planned in Oaks, Gilbertsville and Spring City. Drink up (you choose the beverage) at Oktoberfest in Boyertown. Never a dull moment around here.
• Sanatoga’s Fall Chicken BBQ Saturday
  Trust firefighters to cook chicken over an open flame to perfection. Tickets will be available at the East High Street fire hall.
• 24 Hours In Pottstown For Wednesday (Sept. 15, 2010)
  An overview of Pottstown-related news from other websites.
  • Housing Fight Isn’t Over In Pottstown
  • Pottsamucil, The Home Of Low-Income Senior Housing
  • Pottstown Plans Veterans Day Extravaganza
  • Creating A Pottstown Revitalization Library
  • Homeless In Pottstown
• Also, In The Limerick Post …
  • Corvettes Show Saturday Helps Alzheimer’s Research
    If you like fast-looking, deep exhaust note-sounding muscle cars, this may be a place to be during the weekend.

Wednesday, Sept. 15

• Green, Or Maybe Now Brown, Grass Still A Hause Ave. Problem
  Despite a summer drought, grass clippings blown into a Sanatoga street are still causing neighbors to call a Lower Pottsgrove commissioner with complaints.
• PennDOT Proclaims 422 Rehab Project Completed
  The restoration of 4-1/2 miles of U.S. Route 422 between Collegeville and Royersford is officially finished, the state highway agency said Monday.
• 15th Congressional District Candidates Face Off
  Three candidates fighting to represent Lower Pottsgrove Township and the rest of the 15th Congressional District faced off for the first time Monday night in a candidates’ forum. (This story is published by WFMZ-TV, Allentown PA, and is hosted on its website).
• College Hosts 16th Annual Tech Conference
  Teaching about and with technology is no easy task, despite its tremendous impact on daily living. An annual conference hosted by Montgomery County Community College aims to make it easier.
• 24 Hours In Pottstown For Tuesday (Sept. 14, 2010)
  • Gilbertsville Teen Tells Of Making Women’s Baseball Team
  • Pottstown Senor Housing A Tough Vote Made Tougher
  • Landlord-Homeowner Solidarity Is Essential to Pottstown
  • Open Doors 2010: Pottstown Feels the Love
  • Time to Go Fishing; Pottstown Bloggers Call A Halt
  • A Mammoth Message In Worry Over Water
• Also, In The Limerick Post …
  • Federal Indictment Charges Former Limerick Supervisor, 2 Others
• 24 Hours In Limerick For Tuesday (Sept. 14, 2010)
  • Feds OK Emergency Drought Relief For PA Farmers
  • Unemployment Filings Average One for Every Six Pennsylvanians
  • PA Average 2010 Sat Scores Show Little Change
  • Promoting The Schuylkill River Art Exhibit

Tuesday, Sept. 14

• Pass The Excedrin. It’s Budget Time In Lower Pottsgrove
  With the start of fall, and the new year only slightly more than three months away, the work of creating the township’s next annual budget begins in earnest.
• Lower Pottsgrove Officer Chosen For FBI Academy
  Lt. Michael Foltz, the police department’s second-in-command, is headed to months of special training in Quantico VA beginning in January.
• Digging’s Done, Now Real Work Starts At Ringing
  The Pottsgrove School District officially launched its renovation of Ringing Rocks Elementary School with ground-breaking ceremonies Thursday. Grown-ups responsible for its planning, and kids who will benefit from it within 18 months, both got to throw some dirt in celebration.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Radiography Students, Every One of 13, Pass Exam
    A Montgomery County Community College program enjoys a 100-percent success rate.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Safe Indoor Emergency Lighting May Be Just Outside
    If the power goes out candles and flashlights may not be handy, and an open flame might even be dangerous. Limerick’s police chief offers an alternative you may not have considered when all goes dark.

Monday, Sept. 13

• H&K Asks Lower Pottsgrove For A New Digital Sign
  The construction materials and contracting company, which operates the Pottstown-Sanatoga Trap Rock Quarry, wants to replace an existing sign with something more modern and digital.
• What They Sold For
  A weekly review of top prices paid for real estate in Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township and surrounding municipalities.
• Pottsgrove Falcons Sports For Sept. 13-20, 2010
  Who’ll they’ll play, what, when, and where this week.
• Conklin’s Comedy Benefits Local Meals Program
  The WIP Radio announcer and “man of a thousand voices” will do a show to raise funds for the Sanatoga-based Meals On Wheels program.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Chamber Welcomes 11 New Business Members
    The Pottstown-based TriCounty Chamber of Commerce introduced them last Thursday during its first membership breakfast meeting of the fall.
  • Berkshire Commons Sale Assists Research
    The assisted living facility in Exeter will hold a community sale to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Exelon, East Coventry Work On Frick’s Lock Pact
    They’ve been considering an agreement, primarily in executive sessions, to create a historic district. It’s on the East Coventry board agenda tonight (Monday) for public discussion, a supervisor said.
  • One-Day Master Gardener Sessions Opened
    Montgomery County Cooperative Extension volunteers are willing to share their knowledge for better gardening now and next year.
  • Valley Forge Mothers Meeting Wednesday
    The club that caters to families of twins and triplets will gather at the Valley Forge fire hall.

Sunday, Sept. 12

• The Post Week In Review
  For Sept. 5-11, 2010

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Published during the week just ended in The Sanatoga Post:

Saturday, Sept. 11

• Keep Healthy Next Week
  A weekly review of free or low-cost local seminars, support groups, screenings, tests and clinics to help you stay healthy and fit, sponsored or conducted by community health care organizations.
• 24 Hours In Pottstown For Friday (Sept. 10, 2010)
  An overview of Pottstown-related news from other websites.
• 24 Hours In Limerick For Friday (Sept. 10, 2010)
  An overview of Limerick- and Royersford-related news from other websites.

Friday, Sept. 10

• 422Plus Project Plays Offense With FAQs Debut
  Proponents of the U.S. Route 422 Master Plan, which covers Lower Pottsgrove, Limerick and Pottstown PA, on Thursday launched a web page with answers to frequently asked questions to help clarify what the project is … and isn’t.
• Are You Going Through Saturday’s Open Doors?
  Pottstown’s plans to ensure all area residents know all about the borough are blossoming. Saturday is the big day.
  • Here’s a tentative schedule of events provided by the Pottstown Arts and Cultural Alliance
  • Musical performances will make the day merrier; this schedule also is provided by PACA
  • The Open Doors event demonstrates Pottstown’s renewed vibrancy, the Positively Pottstown blog reports
  • Is Open Doors a cool idea? Better believe it, says Pottstown’s Blog
  • Make plans to visit The Gallery School’s special 9/11 exhibit
    
• Scottish-Irish Festival Opens Tonight In Green Lane
  Montgomery County’s three-day tribute to national heritages and traditions will be held in Green Lane Park. Past celebrations have been packed; this year should be no different.
• College Course To Help Women Entrepreneurs
  The extensive sessions offered by Montgomery County Community College are intended to help women launch the businesses of their dreams.
• 24 Hours In Pottstown For Thursday (Sept. 9, 2010)
  An overview of Pottstown-related news from other websites.
  • Things To Do This Weekend Around Birdsboro
  • A New World Is Coming To Pottstown’s Tri-PAC!
  • Toys ‘R’ Us  Seasonal Stores Include Pottstown
  • Labor Day Pet-Togethers In Boyertown
• 24 Hours In Limerick For Thursday (Sept. 9, 2010)
  An overview of Limerick- and Royersford-related news from other websites.
  • MCCC Library Holds Community Book Discussions
  • FDA Approves Limerick’s Teleflex Product To Fight Infections
  • Valley Forge Marketplace Hosts Family Fun Day
  • Attorney General Agrees With Publisher On Deceptive Marketing
  • Spring City Vets’ Center Commandant Replaced
  • Forge Theatre Presents “Spelling Bee” Musical
  • Mont Clare Canal Fall Benefit Concert Sept. 25
• Congressman Returns From Middle East Trip
  Rep. Charlie Dent, who represents Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township in Congress, is back on U.S. soil following a security-focused trip to the Middle East. (This story is published by WFMZ-TV and is hosted on its website).

Thursday, Sept. 9

• Township Approves Planning Map Changes
  Amendments to the Pottstown area’s comprehensive regional planning map sailed through with Lower Pottsgrove’s approval Tuesday.
• Happy Birthday To Lower Pottsgrove’s Historians
  The township historical society tomorrow observes the 25th anniversary of its founding.
• Sanatoga Program Among Golf Outing Beneficiaries
  Family Services’ Meals On Wheels Program, headquartered in the village, will share in $60,000 raised this year alone by Limerick Generating Station employees.
• Sanatoga Court Serves Up Lasagna Dinner
  The fund-raising meal will benefit Alzheimer’s research.
• ‘Geeter’ Jerry Blavat Returns To Sunnybrook
  The historic ballroom will host his rock-and-roll party during October.
• Affected By Gum Disease? Here’s A Chance To Open Wide
  If periodontis is one of your medical maladies, some folks at Montgomery County Community College would like to look you in the mouth.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Yoga For The Cure Makes Fund-Raising Return
    The first event in June was so successful in helping to collect money in the fight against breast cancer that organizers are bringing it back during October. Come relax for a good cause in Pottstown.
  • MCCC Names Five To Summer Dean’s List
    Its Pottstown area students all achieved grade point averages of 3.5 or higher.
• 24 Hours In Pottstown For Wednesday (Sept. 8, 2010)
  An overview of Pottstown-related news from other websites.
  • Pottstown Opens Its Doors!
  • Amity Crime Watch Meeting Tonight (Thursday)
  • Open Doors = Open Eyes + Open Minds + Open Hearts
  • Sound Meditation Every Sunday at St. Peters Bakery
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • MCCC Names 15 To Summer Dean’s List
    The full-time Royersford area students excelled in their college courses.
• 24 Hours In Limerick For Wednesday (Sept. 8, 2010)
  An overview of Limerick- and Royersford-related news from other websites.
  • Fishing for His Health In Sunday Morning Session
  • Pamper Your Pets At Walt Disney World
  • Community Day Fun Experience for All Ages

Wednesday, Sept. 8

• Commissioners OK Tax-Reduction District Research
  Saving incoming businesses some money on their property taxes may bring more jobs into Lower Pottsgrove, township commissioners hope.
• ‘Patient Investigator’ Township’s Officer Of The Year
  Lower Pottsgrove’s police chief claims all Det. Joe Campbell, the department’s 2010 award winner, has to do is get criminals talking. That may take hours or days, but it usually results in solid cases.
• Lower Pottsgrove To PennDOT: Good Job, Guys
  After months of work, and a two years of occasionally angry words, the state agency responsible for repairing the East High Street bridge gets sincere thanks.
• 24 Hours In Pottstown For Tuesday (Sept. 7, 2010)
  An overview of Pottstown-related news from other websites.
  • Pottstown Community Day Offers Music
  • Why is Pottstown’s High Street Empty?
  • Governor Coming To North Coventry PA
  • BARTA Starts Bus Service To, From Birdsboro
• 24 Hours In Limerick For Tuesday (Sept. 7, 2010)
  An overview of Limerick- and Royersford-related news from other websites.
  • Ursinus Graduate Pursues Japanese Folk Music
  • Bills to Merge Local Governments Meet Resistance
  • Pennsylvania’s Smoking Ban Turns Two Saturday

Tuesday, Sept. 7

• Township Examines Tax-Break District Potential
  The Board of Commissioners meets tonight, and on its agenda is a suggestion to create a new special district to attract business development.
• Got The Skills? Township’s Got A Job, And A Deadline
  Lower Pottsgrove is looking to hire another laborer for its public works department. Its application deadline is Wednesday, though, and employment requirements are very specific.
• Ringing Rocks Ground-breaking Set For Thursday
  Yes, some work has already begun on the school’s renovation, but there’s nothing like making it official. Afternoon ceremonies are planned, with student participation.
• Kids Can Explore Veterinary Career In Pottstown
  If your children love animals, it’s not too early to get them thinking about what they want to be when they grow up. Like, maybe, someone who cares for sick animals?
• Pottsgrove Falcons Sports For Sept. 7-13, 2010
  Who they’ll play, where, and when this week.
• 24 Hours In Pottstown For Monday (Sept. 6, 2010)
  An overview of Pottstown-related news from other websites.
  • Here Is A Bold Idea For the Borough’s Riverfront
  • The Law Of Attraction At Pottstown’s Riverfront
  • Pottstown Opens Doors In Community Event
  • Pottstown’s Going To Celebrate September 11
  • Tips And Tricks To Manage Stress
  • Lease With Railroad Reopens Boyertown-Pottstown Line
  • Boyertown Man Going For the Ride of a Lifetime
  • Local Unions Talk About Issues On Labor Day
• 24 Hours In Limerick For Monday (Sept. 6, 2010)
  An overview of Limerick- and Royersford-related news from other websites.
  • Career, Tech Center In Limerick Goes State Of The Art
  • Organizations Cautioned About Travel Scams
  • College Opens Observatory and Observation Deck
  • College Hosts Annual Regional College Fair
  • Community Colleges Gear Up for Fall Advocacy
  • Teachers Spent $1.3 Billion of Own Money on School Supplies

Monday, Sept. 6 (Labor Day)

• Wawa Says It Will Expand … Just Not Yet
  Even a broken clock is correct twice a day, so who’s to say the familiar Pennsylvania convenience store – which operates in Pottstown, Limerick, Gilbertsville  – won’t be seen elsewhere sometime in the future?

Sunday, Sept. 5

• The Post Week In Review
  For Aug. 29-Sept. 4, 2010

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Published during the week just ended in The Sanatoga Post:

Saturday, Sept. 4

• SCORE Announces Classes On Business Start-Ups
  A series of four, covering topics entrepreneurs most often ask about, begin later this month in Pottstown. They’re taught by business leaders who have already been there and done that.
• TriCounty Area Chamber Conducting Job Fair
  You may find the position you’re looking for during the Sept. 16 event in North Coventry.
• Keep Healthy Next Week
  A weekly review of free or low-cost local seminars, support groups, screenings, tests and clinics to help you stay healthy and fit, sponsored or conducted by community health care organizations.

Friday, Sept. 3

• Mother Teresa Postage Stamp Gets A Local Launch
  Postal Service officials from Philadelphia will be in attendance Tuesday when their newest commemorative postage stamp makes its debut in an area ceremony.
• Warning Siren Tests Continue, Even On Holiday
  Don’t be alarmed Monday, Labor Day, when the alarms go off at the nearby Limerick Generating Station … if you’re in town to hear them, that is. It’s just the monthly test.
• You Can Give Pets First Aid, Class Shows How
  It’s a free seminar scheduled later this month at a veterinarian’s clinic in a local pet store.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • 24 Hours In Pottstown For Thursday (Sept. 2, 2010)
    An overview of Pottstown-related news from other websites.
    • Boyertown Football 2010 Season Preview
    • Zumba Classes At Pottstown Ballroom On High
    • East Greenville Man Captured After Police Chase
    • Signs Of Growth In Pa’s August Tax Collections
    • Report Claims 14% Unemployment Without Stimulus
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • 24 Hours In Limerick For Thursday (Sept. 2, 2010)
    An overview of Limerick- and Royersford-related news from other websites.
    • Alleged Burglar Caught Taking Royersford Register
    • Royersford Council Questions Need For Siren
    • Former Spring-Ford Bus Driver Sentenced For ‘Luring’
    • State Of The Art Pope John Paul II Opens
    • Pennhurst Haunted House Stirs Debate

Thursday, Sept. 2

• The Most Important Boring News You’ll Read Today
  Proof that, in its place, even the most mundane business of Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township can have cataclysmic effect if left undone.
• Stuff To Do This Weekend
  Enjoy First Saturday fun in downtown Pottstown during the day, then come back for the car show in the evening. See the horses run and jump at Ludwig’s Corner. Get your fill of fresh veggies at local farm markets. No need to go away for the holiday; there’s plenty to do here!
• Headed Away For Holiday? Here’s A Garbage Reminder
  There’s no trash pick-up Monday, the Labor Day holiday, in Lower Pottsgrove. That’s been bumped to Tuesday.
• National Penn Plans Sanatoga Shredding Event
  In a departure from the usual weekend activity, free confidential document shredding has been scheduled mid-week in Sanatoga. Businesses and residents alike may find that convenient.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • 24 Hours In Pottstown For Wednesday (Sept. 1, 2010)
    An overview of Pottstown-related news from other websites.
    • Company To Close Boyertown Plant
    • Investment Gain Puts State Teacher Pension Fund On Sounder Footing
    • The Regulatory Framework For Land Development – Part 1
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • 24 Hours In Limerick For Wednesday (Sept. 1, 2010)
    An overview of Limerick- and Royersford-related news from other websites.
    • Judge Stops Graterford Project Over Bidding Issues
    • The 15-Year Home Loan Rises in Popularity

Wednesday, Sept. 1

• Sanatoga’s Bursich Named Top Engineering Firm
  The local company was listed by Philadelphia business media as being among the best at what it does during 2010.
• Sanatoga Veterans Join In Recognition Ceremony
  Representatives of American Legion Post 244 will participate later this month, during an observance in Pottstown, to honor prisoners of war and soldiers deemed missing in action.
• An Interview With Pottsgrove’s Terrell Chestnut
  Sports columnist Joe Cleezy of the Harrisburg Patriot-News talks to the Pottsgrove football stand-out about his college choice and the coming season. (This story is published by the Harrisburg PA Patriot-News, and appears on its website).
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Four Blood Drives Scheduled Through Friday
    They’re planned in Limerick, Gilbertsville, and Pottstown. Can you spare a pint?
  • 24 Hours In Pottstown For Tuesday (Aug. 31, 2010)
    An overview of Pottstown-related news from other websites.
    • What’s Been Going On At WZAR In Boyertown?
    • Vatican To Consider Defrocking Priest
    • Birdsboro Woman Charged In 2003 Killing Of Boyfriend
    • Peco Settles In Rate Increase Cases
    • Tough Numbers to Swallow In Pottstown Education
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Newest Dollar General Opens In Royersford
    The North Lewis Road store is the most recent Dollar General has opened within a 20-mile radius. The chain also reported good quarterly operating and earnings news Tuesday.
  • Spring-Ford Marchers Practice In The Evening Sun
    The first day of school may have ended, but members of the Spring-Ford High School Marching Band were working Monday well into the early evening.
  • 24 Hours In Limerick For Tuesday (Aug. 31, 2010)
    An overview of Limerick- and Royersford-related news from other websites.
    • Funding Issue Takes Its Toll On 422 Plan
    • Spring City Man Admits To Porn Charges
    • Legislation Would Add Text Ads to Do Not Call List
    • PA Overpaid For Unemployment Compensation in 2009
    • Peco Settles In Rate Increase Cases
    • County Health Department Wants Volunteer Help

Tuesday, Aug. 31

• School District Extends Cash-Raising Sponsorship Deal
  Pottsgrove school directors last week extended for another year an agreement that gives sponsorship rights to a local physical therapy practice in exchange for a fee. More deals are pending.
• Promises Kept, Sanatoga Bridge Opens On Time
  School buses and cars alike traveled both lanes unimpeded Monday, as a PennDOT contractor removed the barriers that had closed East High Street across the Sanatoga Creek.
• Schools’ Pension Fund Posts 14.6-Percent Return
  The troubled state of the Pennsylvania teachers’ retirement fund, over which Pottsgrove and other districts agonized during the past year, seemed less troubling Monday. The fund announced it had a strong year-end showing.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • 24 Hours In Pottstown For Monday (Aug. 30, 2010)
    An overview of Pottstown-related news from other websites.
    • Pottstown Library Plans Grand Re-Opening
    • Legislators Promote Mobile Web Access
    • Pennsylvania Company Recalls Ground Beef
    • Lawsuits Against Controller Dropped
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • 24 Hours In Limerick For Monday (Aug. 30, 2010)
    An overview of Limerick- and Royersford-related news from other websites.
    • New Spring-Ford H.S. Addition Set For Debut
    • Limerick Township Planners Eye Car-Repair Zoning Change
    • Black Rock Road Closing For Roadwork In Upper Providence

Monday, Aug. 30

• Countdown Shifts To End Of Utility Rate Caps
  Are you ready for your electric and natural gas bills to rise as much as 30 percent at the end of the next 123 days? If not, you should be thinking now about alternative energy suppliers.
• What They Sold For
  A review of highest prices paid for real estate in Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township and surrounding municipalities.
• Pottsgrove Falcons Sports For Aug. 30-Sept. 6, 2010
  What they’ll play, against whom, and where for the coming week.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • What They Sold For In Pottstown
    Highest prices paid for real estate in and around Pottstown PA.
  • 24 Hours In Pottstown For Saturday (Aug. 28, 2010)
    An overview of Pottstown-related news from other websites.
    • Orchards Are Opening Around Douglassville
    • Regional Dancers’ Season Tickets Are Now Available
    • Suit Says Priest Impregnated Teenager
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • What They Sold For In Limerick
    Highest prices paid for real estate in and around Limerick and Royersford PA.
  • College Alumni Host Scholarship Run
    Montgomery County Community College alums plan a fund-raising run to help pay for the tuition of students in financial need.
  • 24 Hours In Limerick For Saturday (Aug. 28, 2010)
    An overview of Limerick- and Royersford-related news from other websites.
    • Spring City Steel Company Goes Solar
    • Tax Hike Likely For Montco Residents In 2011

Sunday, Aug. 29

• The Post Week In Review
  For Aug. 22-28, 2010
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • 24 Hours In Pottstown For Saturday (Aug. 28, 2010)
    An overview of Pottstown-related news from other websites.
    • Orchards Are Opening Around Douglassville
    • Regional Dancers’ Season Tickets Are Now Available
    • Suit Says Priest Impregnated Teenager
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • 24 Hours In Limerick For Saturday (Aug. 28, 2010)
    An overview of Limerick- and Royersford-related news from other websites.
    • Spring City Steel Company Goes Solar
    • Tax Hike Likely For Montco Residents In 2011

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Published during the week just ended in The Sanatoga Post:

Saturday, Aug. 28

• Pottsgrove Girls Soccer Team Ready For Its Season
  After two scrimmage games played earlier this week, the varsity and JV girls were practicing again early Friday morning on fields at School Lane.
• Keep Healthy Next Week
  A weekly review of free or low-cost local seminars, support groups, screenings, tests and clinics to help you stay healthy and fit, sponsored or conducted by community health care organizations.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • 24 Hours In Pottstown For Friday (Aug. 27, 2010)
    An overview of Pottstown-related news from other websites.
    • Borough’s Blighted Property Committee Keeps Working
    • Sad To See New Establishments Shutting Down Locally
    • Walking at Welkinweir
    • More Local Events This Weekend
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • 24 Hours In Limerick For Friday (Aug. 27, 2010)
    An overview of Limerick- and Royersford-related news from other websites.
    • Challenge To Sprinkler System Mandates Goes Up In Smoke
    • PA Seeing More Cases Of Whooping Cough

Friday, Aug. 27

• Pottsgrove District Names, Pays More Coaches
  Supplemental positions and payments were approved Tuesday for another 16 coaches overseeing Pottsgrove Falcons’ sports, and others.
• River Water Quality Grants Announced Monday
  A local organization charged in part with overseeing improvements along the Schuylkill River that contribute to water quality will announce 2010 grant award winners next week.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • 24 Hours In Pottstown For Thursday (Aug. 26, 2010)
    An overview of Pottstown-related news from other websites.
    • Sex Charges Filed Against Former Hill School Teacher
    • Meter Is Running On Pottstown’s Transparency
    • Pottstown’s Proposed John Potts Park
    • Hill School Teacher Faces Misconduct Charges
    • Get Your Music Live This Weekend
    • Help Clean Honor Grove In Valley Forge
    • Pottstown Goes Zany For Zumba
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • 24 Hours In Limerick For Thursday (Aug. 26, 2010)
    An overview of Limerick- and Royersford-related news from other websites.
    • County OKs Prenatal Care For Uninsured Mothers
    • Fernwood Cemetery Road Axed By 5-3 Vote
    • International Film Festival Announced

Thursday, Aug. 26

• Coming Soon: Opt-In Lists For Pottsgrove E-mails
  In its latest attempt to make communication convenient, the Pottsgrove School District is setting up a voluntary opt-in system for topical e-mail blasts. It will use a Media PA company’s services in the effort.
• Stuff To Do This Weekend
  Bringing down “The Wall” is the goal of a concert in Sanatoga. Closing out the summer is a three-day festival in Limerick. Getting kids off to a good start is Education Day in Phoenixville. And in Pottstown, enjoy the last of the month’s Living History Days. Good fun, guaranteed.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Help Tag Butterflies Sunday In Pottstown
    Monarch butterflies will take flight soon on a journey of thousands of miles from Pottstown. Help park rangers track where they go.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Blessed Teresa Community Festival Starts Today
    It’s three days of fun, food, rides and games … and a little business, too … to help close out the summer in Limerick.
  • Saturday Reserved For Bikers In Phoenixville
    Cruise on into the borough, and park your two- (or three-)wheeled ride with hundreds of others expected for the day’s activities.
  • Legislators Plan Education Day In Phoenixville Park
    Kids can get some free school supplies from state lawmakers, and stick around for a park dedication, too.
  • Pixar’s “Up” Featured Night Movie At Valley Forge
    The outdoor, wide-screen showing benefits the Valley Forge Fire Company, and families will love it.

Wednesday, Aug. 25

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• Anxious For Business, Bottom Dollar Already Hiring Staff
  The supermarket chain won approval only last week to build one of its more than 20 area stores in Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township’s north end. Now it has scheduled a career fair for next week in King of Prussia.
• After Month’s Work, Pius Deemed Set For Ringing Pupils
  Pottsgrove School District crews cleaned, repaired and installed replacement items in St. Pius X High School to prepare it for Ringing Rocks Elementary students. It’s ready to open for business, directors were told Tuesday.
• Haven’t Applied Yet? Still Time For Property Tax Rebate
  Money is waiting for qualified individuals through Dec. 31, Lower Pottsgrove state Sen John Rafferty says.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Hearthstone At Amity Schedules Ribbon-Cutting
    The assisted living facility will mark the start of its second phase with an observance.
• Also, In The Main Street Post
  • College Names Freitag VP Of Admin, Finance
    MCCC appointed an executive experienced at other educational institutions to head up its financial and administrative operations.
• Pennsylvania Not Among “Race To The Top” Winners
  For the second time this year, Pennsylvania has lost the “Race to the Top” and will not be receiving additional federal funds for education reforms. (This story is published by The Pennsylvania Independent, and is hosted on its website).

Tuesday, Aug. 24

• Lower Pottsgrove Adds To Pensions On Installment Plan
  The township will make extra contributions to its pension fund savings during a four-year period to raise their status out of the “moderately underfunded” category.
• Pottsgrove School Board To Meet; Coaches OK’d Earlier
  The district Board of School Directors meets tonight in Pottstown; so far, its agenda is a mystery. Last month, anticipating this week’s start of school sports, directors appointed more than 30 coaches at an average cost of about $2,600 each.
• Maillie Firm Wins Lansdale Auditing Contract
  An accounting and business consulting firm with offices in Lower Pottsgrove will provide additional services for the Lansdale Borough Council.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Boyertown’s Chestnut Knoll Marks 10th Anniversary
    A “Celebrating The Lives We’ve Touched” observance is scheduled for this weekend.

Monday, Aug. 23

• Bottom Dollar Market Wins Lower Pottsgrove Approval
  The supermarket chain will change the store’s exterior appearance, and PennDOT will forego some earlier demands for traffic improvements involving the plaza at North Charlotte Street and School Lane.
• What They Sold For
  A review of top prices paid for real estate in Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township and surrounding municipalities.
• Sanatoga Corp’s Dramatically Different Look
  The transformation in the East High Street facade of Sanatoga Corp. is complete, having gone from cinder block to stone to a modern, more muscularly sculpted and colorful appearance.
• Kindergarten Orientation Kicks Off Pottsgrove Prep Week
  The first day of school is now only a week away. Kindergarten pupils get their orientation tomorrow, then teachers get in-service training Wednesday and Thursday.
• Pottsgrove Falcons Sports For Aug. 23-30, 2010
  What they’ll play, who, where and when, in student sports events involving the Pottsgrove School District.
• Lower Pottsgrove Trash Hauler Wins Award
  J.P. Mascaro and Sons will be recognized for its development of a safety manual for employees new to the waste disposal business.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • What They Sold For In Limerick
    A review of top prices paid for real estate in the borough of Royersford and Limerick (PA) Township, and surrounding municipalities.
  • Limerick Business Owner Posts His Protest
    A township business owner who had his request for expansion denied last week by the Board of Supervisors has posted a sign at his West Ridge Pike location that publicizes his unhappiness.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Tavella Tapes His Hit Tune At Tornetta’s
    A Philadelphia recording artist made a Pottstown pizzeria his venue of choice to stage a new music video. In less than two weeks it’s already received more than 8,000 viewings.
  • What They Sold For In Pottstown
    A review of top prices paid for real estate in the borough of Pottstown and surrounding municipalities.
  • Gilbertsville Model Home Gets Designers’ Touch
    Visit it this week for a decorators’ seminar and the chance to win a prize from Pottery Barn.
  • Pottstown Holistic Center Holds Grand Opening
    The Moser Road facility will conduct its opening ceremonies Saturday.
• Also, In The Main Street Post
  • Phoenixville CVS Pharmacy Now Operating
    The newest of more than 7,000 CVS Pharmacy stores opened earlier this month in Chester County on PA Route 724.

Sunday, Aug. 22

• The Post Week In Review
  For Aug. 15-21, 2010

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Published during the week just ended in The Sanatoga Post:

Saturday, Aug. 21

• Keep Healthy Next Week
  A weekly review of free or low-cost local seminars, support groups, screenings, tests and clinics to help you stay healthy and fit, sponsored or conducted by community health care organizations.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Wentz Visitors Rate Kitchen Garden Tour
    Bright colors, savory flavors, and heirloom produce; the Wentz Farmstead garden volunteers are ready to show you everything that makes their work so much fun.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Incoming College Leaders Assume Duty In September
    Women from Pennsburg and Collegeville PA, elected back in May, are student government leaders at MCCC in Pottstown who take office next month.

Friday, Aug. 20

• Sanatoga Bridge Open In 11 Days, PennDOT Promises
  “Open,” however, means one lane and a flagman. That’s better than re-routing school buses, Lower Pottsgrove commissioners said Thursday. “Really open” on both lanes may take a few more weeks.
• Commissioners Support Pottstown Grant Request
  The borough hopes to win $5 million in state funding for its water system upgrades, from which Lower Pottsgrove would directly benefit.
• Physician Long Joins Foot And Ankle Practice
  A medical group with offices in Sanatoga adds another member to its staff.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • First Niagara Buying NewAlliance To Create Top-25 Bank
  • Spring-Ford Decides Monday On Road Easement
  • Hoeffel Wants To Appeal Ethics Ruling
  • Two-Generation Art Show Opens MCCC Gallery Season
  • MCCC Again Named to National Military-Friendly List
  • Camphill Challenge Bike Ride Set Oct. 17
  • Pottstown Social Security Office Moves To Limerick
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • 2 Injured When Fire Truck, Car Collide In Boyertown
• Also, In The Main Street Post
  • Pottstown Foundation Appoints New Directors
    A Bally PA doctor and a representative of the Pottstown PA Hill School join the leadership of a wellness foundation.

Thursday, Aug. 19

• Bridge Repair Schedule Likely On Tonight’s Agenda
  When Lower Pottsgrove Township commissioners meet tonight at 7 in Sanatoga, they certainly will be looking for answers about the status of the currently closed East High Street bridge.
• Pottsgrove’s 2010-2011 Bus Schedules Now Available
  The school district’s new busing lists for each public and private school it serves can be downloaded now from its website. Schools open in less than two weeks.
• We Made Tires, Steel Here. Why Not Clothes From Paper Too?
  A blogger thinks the industrial mindset that helped build Pottstown and Lower Pottsgrove decades ago can be harnessed for success again, but this time with the environment in mind.
• Clearing Space For Costco’s New Store
  Site preparation for Costco and the Gateway At Sanatoga shopping center, which until now has been hidden from view of U.S. Route 422 drivers, moved much closer Wednesday to the Sanatoga interchange entrance ramp.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Folk Fest Detours Start This Morning
  • Former Teacher Assistant Admits Molesting Boys
  • AG Announces Consumer Protection Settlement With CVS
  • Montco Ethics Ordinance Shot Down Again
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Warwick Park Plans Family Night Hike
    It’s dark, yes. It could be scary, too, but it won’t be. The hike is supervised, kids can bring a flashlight, and everyone will have fun.
  • Festival Presents An Uncomplicated Way Of Life
• Also, In The Main Street Post
  • Wellness Center Hosts Chamber’s Aug. 24 Mixer
    A Pottstown chiropractor’s new office serves as the backdrop for the TriCounty Chamber of Commerce monthly get-together.
  • College Gives Businesses Free Job Posting Service
    If your firm has a career opening, a college with campuses in Pottstown and Blue Bell PA has a place to ensure it gets noticed.

Wednesday, Aug. 18

• If You Grow A Garden, Get Ready For Super Seeds
  Their fruits and vegetables resist drought,  stand up to the cold, fend off disease. Yet they taste like heirloom produce of long ago. The Burpee seed company, a local gardeners’ favorite, shows them off today.
• Specialty Jobs Available In Region, Just Not ‘Locally’
  If you’ve got specialized skills certain employers want, there are jobs open in the region, a web search service says. “In the region,” of course, means you’ll have to commute.
• Penn Foundation Board Names New CEO
  A non-profit mental health organization with offices in Lower Pottsgrove has announced new leadership.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • No Charges Expected In Royersford Boy Shooting Death
  • Princeton Review Calls Ursinus “Up And Coming” College
  • FedEx SmartPost Moves Business From Limerick
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • School Districts’ Plans Open Chamber Breakfast
    Pottstown’s new school district superintendent will be one of six speakers next month at the chamber of commerce breakfast. They’ll talk about preparing students for the work force.
  • Pottstown Man Faces Insurance Fraud In Storm Claims
  • Giant Food Stores Alerts Customers To Goya Recall
  • Reading PA Coalition Looking For Local Exhibit Artists
• Also, In The Main Street Post
  • Southwest Missouri County Installs CODY Software
    Law enforcement officials in the county that includes the popular resort city of Branson MO will rely on computer software created in Pottstown PA.

Tuesday, Aug. 17

• It’s A Crumb-y Job, But Somebody’s Got To Do It
  So many breads to sample, so many taste buds to entice. Lower Pottsgrove’s state senator and other judges chose the best of the loaves Friday during a baking competition at the annual Montgomery County 4-H Fair.
• Pottstown, Limerick Shopping Centers Owner Gets Bigger
  The owner of local consumer retail havens said it will spend almost $200 million to add to its portfolio of properties.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Limerick’s Major Elected Banking Association Director
    The president of The Victory Bank is representing institutions of its size from across Pennsylvania on the board of a statewide trade group.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Go Take A Hike, In Pottstown With Sponsor Groups
    Pottstown’s hospital and its wellness foundation are teaming up to encourage women to become healthier with a fun but vigorous walk among friends.
  • TCN Announces September Membership Meeting
    The Pottstown-based network of community providers dealing with health, transportation and environmental issues invites newcomers to join it for an introductory meeting next month.
  • Boyertown’s Cabot Pledges Splash Pad Support
    Cabot Supermetals, the Boyertown PA producer of specialty metals products, has offered its financial support to a project that will help keep kids keep and comfortable during hot weather.

Monday, Aug. 16

• Group Says It’s Got A Deal To Buy WPAZ Radio
  The organizers behind the WPAZ Preservation Association announced the now-silent station’s owner has agreed to a purchase offer.
• Notebook Worthy
  So there are these Lower Pottsgrove commissioners, see, and they’re sitting around the conference room table in Sanatoga. Somebody makes a joke about a building, and it gets a laugh. Somebody makes another joke; bigger laugh. Somebody make a third joke, and light bulbs start popping …
• What They Sold For
  A weekly review of top prices paid for real estate in Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township and surrounding municipalities.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • What They Sold For In Limerick
    A review of top prices paid for real estate in Limerick (PA) Township and surrounding municipalities.
  • Get Your Brain Fit With Sept. 18 Event In Frederick
    People with no or any handicap, and of any age, can benefit from brain fitness tips to be offered during this 90-minute seminar next month.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • What They Sold For In Pottstown
    A review of top prices paid for real estate in the borough of Pottstown and its surrounding municipalities.
  • Pottstown Gallery School Plans 9/11 Exhibit
    The gallery and art school in the heart of the borough’s downtown is asking members of the public to describe where they were, and what they were doing, on that fateful day nine years ago.
  • November Dinner Theater Planned For Elks Lodge
    The fund-raising event features a now-popular monologue, singing, before-dinner refreshments, and a meal with the entrée of your choice.
• Also, In The Main Street Post
  • Pottstown Center Offers Free Shred, Stuff Services
    The word “free” is music to any business owners’ ears. The Montgomery County-operated center is helping them, and those who are looking for work, too.
  • Limerick Bank Names Its Newest Representative
    She’ll work with clients at The Victory Bank to help them meet personal financial goals.
  • Chester County Bank Adds Women’s Financial Team
    The bank, which operates a branch in Phoenixville PA, assembled a team of professional women to help others like themselves deal with financial problems.

Sunday, Aug. 15

• The Post Week In Review
  For Aug. 8-14, 2010

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Published during the week just ended in The Sanatoga Post:

Saturday, Aug. 14

• Labor Holiday To Delay Town Trash Pick-Up
  With the Labor Day holiday approaching, Lower Pottsgrove wants to give its residents an advanced heads-up: garbage and yard waste pick-ups will be delayed by a day.
• Keep Healthy Next Week
  A weekly review of free or low-cost local seminars, support groups, screenings, tests and clinics to help you stay healthy and fit, sponsored or conducted by community health care organizations.
• Pottsgrove Marchers’ 2nd Car Wash Today
  Get the buggy cleaned and shiny, pay only $5 (a bargain), and help the Pottsgrove High School marching band at the same time.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • AAA Members Get Outlet Discounts Saturday
    Are you a Triple-A member? Do you like to shop? Do you like to get stuff you buy cheaper? If yes to all, welcome to the no-brainer of the day.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Girls Softball Travel Tryouts Today, Next Week
    A championship-winning girls’ softball program in Boyertown will conduct tryouts today, Sunday and next weekend for those interested in joining its 2011 travel team.
  • Pottstown man arrested in city check-forgery case
    The fugitive warrants division of the Berks County sheriff’s office on Friday arrested a man in his Pottstown apartment on forgery, theft and related charges. (This story is published by The Reading Eagle and is hosted on its website).
  • Possible Home Invasion Leads To Shooting In Pottstown
    Police in Pottstown are investigating a shooting that may have been the result of a home invasion Thursday night on North Charlotte Street. (This story is published by WFMZ-TV and is hosted on is website).
• Also, In The Main Street Post
  • Chester County Buys Record-Sharing Software In Pottstown
    A Pottstown software development firm that creates specialty applications for law enforcement agencies has won itself a new client, just across the county line here in Pennsylvania.
• Education Subsidy Could Help State Pension Plans
  Senate Republicans are looking at extra education funding from the federal government to address the state’s public pension crisis. (This story is published by The Pennsylvania Independent and hosted at its website).
• Federal Funds For Regional Road Projects Drying Up
  A Montgomery County planning official thinks future highway tolling, if approved, won’t be limited to U.S. Route 422. It may well apply to all state and federally maintained roads. (This story is published by The Lansdale PA Reporter and is hosted on its website).

Friday, Aug. 13

• Pottsgrove Bus Schedules Delayed; Video Reminder Issued
  Anxious about when and where your child will be picked up to be bused to school? Hold on; Pottsgrove School District schedules should be ready next week. Be advised, though: riders are under video monitoring.
• Pottsgrove Singer At Six Flags For Talent Show Finals
  (With Video) Pottsgrove High School graduate Kendal Conrad is among the finalists in a talent competition conducted by WCAU-TV in Philadelphia.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Julia Produces With Royersford Produce
    (With Video) Renninger’s Farm Market in Royersford PA provides the primary ingredients, and Julia Zion offers the preparation, in a series of three cooking videos hosted on the YouTube channel called Foodaholics101.
• Also, In The Main Street Post
  • Pottstown Exec Re-Elected To Marketing Board
    The head of WordTech, on the borough’s Circle Of Progress, earns a new term as a director of the Philadelphia Direct Marketing Association.
  • Nevada Insurer Promotes S-F Grad To Senior VP
    A former Royersford PA resident continues to make his mark in information technology, with another promotion in leadership at a Reno NV-based provider of small business insurance coverages.
  • Jersey Consultant Assists Collegeville Merchants
    A New Jersey-headquartered consulting firm that specializes in helping downtown economies grow has been hired to work its magic in Collegeville PA.

Thursday, Aug. 12

• From Pottstown East, Dozens Competing In 4-H Fair
  From Lower Pottsgrove, Limerick and the borough, they’ll bring their best pies and breads, their largest and freshest-looking vegetables, and their finest bred animals for a chance to win a blue ribbon. Decades after its start, Montgomery County’s 4-H Fair remains relevant … and free!
• Stuff To Do This Weekend
  Besides the 4-H Fair, there’s the Goshenhoppen Folk Festival in Upper Frederick, a Dr. Drill fitness camp in Pottstown, and a Pottsgrove Marching Band car wash fund-raiser at Lower Pottsgrove Elementary.
• Snowmobile Driver Certification Set For October
  It’s too early for most of us to even think about snow, but not for teens just itching to drive out of the garage and into the white stuff. They must be certified under state law; this class is tailored for them.
• Watching The Eagles Fly At Lehigh
  How good (or bad) does the football team actually look for the season ahead? There’s nothing like an at-the-training-camp report (or five, actually) offered in video form by a Montgomery County resident.
• Schools Get Funding Windfall In Rendell Plan
  School districts in Pennsylvania would receive a total $580 million boost in their budgets this year under a plan proposed Wednesday morning (Aug. 12, 2010) by Gov. Ed Rendell. (This story is published by The Pennsylvania Independent and is hosted on its website).

Wednesday, Aug. 11

• 192 Local Charities Risk Losing Tax Exemptions, IRS Says
  Its Pennsylvania list includes one group with a Sanatoga mailing address, four with “Pottsgrove” affiliations, and 49 from Pottstown. If they don’t file appropriate paperwork by Oct. 15, they’ve got significant problems.
• The IRS List Of Local Affected Charitable Groups
  Maybe you’re a member or supporter of one or more of these organizations. If so, you’ll help it or them by letting someone know they should be talking to professional advisers about the IRS demands.

Tuesday, Aug. 10

• Above The Boardwalk, Life Never Seen In Sanatoga
  (With Video) Viewed from a vacationer’s entertaining, 140-foot-high perch above a Jersey shore city, life assumes a perspective rarely offered within the confines of Lower Pottsgrove … and maybe that’s for the better.
• School Districts’ Plans Open Chamber Breakfast
  How do local school districts hope to help students prepare for the work force? The TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce poses that question next month to six superintendents, including Pottsgrove’s Dr. Bradley Landis.
• A Mesa Encore From Sanatoga Park
  (With Video) The country band that played during Sunday’s Sanatoga Park concert offers a smoking hot rendition of Miranda Lambert’s hit, “Kerosene.”
• Big Bopper Speaks. Go To Sunnybrook, He Says
  Sanatoga’s entertainment and conference venue hosts an adult sock hop Friday night. Wouldn’t want to miss that, wouldja?
• What Post Readers Are Saying
  The Post invites readers to add their thoughtful comments to its stories. Lately:
  
  • About the 422 Diner
    An amazingly quick resolution to problems with the now demolished restaurant prompts others to ask, “How do we get similar results?” in Pottstown and elsewhere in Lower Pottsgrove.
  • About the East High Street bridge
    If PennDOT balks on giving Lower Pottsgrove commissioners a progress update, one commenter growls, hold its feet (or something else) to the fire.

Monday, Aug. 9

• What They Sold For
  A review of top prices paid for real estate in Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township and its surrounding municipalities.
• Diner Soon To Be An Eyesore-No-More
  Boy, that was fast. Less than a week after Lower Pottsgrove commissioners heard complaints about the appearance of the fire-scarred 422 Diner, the place was torn down. Only rubble yet to be removed remains.
• Turning The Dial On Sanatoga’s Wayback Machine
  Changes being made this week to the exterior of the Sanatoga Corp. building on East High Street give Lower Pottsgrove residents a glimpse back into the late 1950s. That’s when the firm was known as Sanatoga Radio Company.
• Band, Audience Alike Enjoyed Themselves In Sanatoga
  (With Video) What was she like, that girl with the tattoo of Texas covering her entire body? You had to hold onto Dallas to find out, the country band Mesa joked, during Sunday’s “Concert In The Park” in Sanatoga.
• Commissioners Endorse Watershed Conservancy Plan
  A portion of Lower Pottsgrove is included in the Perkiomen Watershed, and the township already complies with many of the plan’s recommendations to preserve or improve natural water quality. There was little discussion.

Sunday, Aug. 8

• The Post Week In Review
  For Aug. 1-7, 2010

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