The Sanatoga Post

Mother Nature’s been playing artist again.

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It hasn’t been much of a winter to speak of this year in Lower Pottsgrove. In years past, though, when the wind howled, the snow fell heavily and the cold crept in, the township’s Sanatoga Park was a fun place to enjoy a many hours.

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With Video. A Pottstown business Thursday had to chop its way out from under big ice before its employees could start working.

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SANATOGA PA – Schools closed across western Montgomery County PA, organizations canceled events, and driving proved to be hazardous for some Wednesday (Jan. 28, 2009) during a snow and ice storm that began the previous night and didn’t relent until mid-day, when precipitation turned to rain. Today’s (Jan. 29, 2009) weather will be drier, the [...]

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SANATOGA PA – It would have been pretty to look at if it wasn’t so dangerous. Freezing rain Wednesday (Jan. 7, 2009) caused slick roads, vehicle crashes, and school delays across the Greater Pottstown area. As temperatures plummeted, a pouring rain solidified into clear, thick, glass-like ice that coated trees, vehicles, patio furniture, and anything [...]

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Acknowledging that colder weather has arrived and snow may soon follow, the Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township Board of Commissioners approved bids last night (Oct. 23, 2008), made by three independent contractors, to help plow roads in coming months. The township has about 100 miles of public road, of which 25 miles are maintained by the [...]

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Computer chips turn on your coffee machine in the morning, and help you drive more safely while drinking that coffee and cruising U.S. Route 422 to work. Those tiny pieces of silicon also play a big role in keeping 422 and other state-maintained highways free of ice and snow this winter, according to Pennsylvania’s Department [...]

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To a list of things jumping up in cost this winter, add road salt. The grainy, pebble-sized mineral used to melt ice and snow off roadways is selling for as much as $185 a ton. A nationwide salt shortage is the reason, Pennsylvania’s Department of Transportation (PennDOT) said Tuesday (Oct. 21, 2008), and at current [...]

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Chopping wood works the muscles, a Nor’east tale goes, keeping the chopper warm during Fall’s bluster. But a woodsman’s real warmth, the story adds, comes from the fire in winter long after his work is done. The Yeager family knows both kinds of heat. Sanatoga resident Barry Yeager Sr., 1411 Sunrise Ln., handled a chain [...]

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Patients of Pottstown Medical Specialists can receive a 2008 influenza (flu) vaccination this Friday (Oct. 24, 2008) or Nov. 7, both days from 9 a.m. to noon at the practice’s office, 1591 Medical Dr., Lower Pottsgrove Township (Pottstown PA). Either a cash fee will be charged, or a billing made to a health insurance provider. [...]

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