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Montgomery County Community College expects to help relieve economic hardships for 20 students deemed affected by the coronavirus pandemic, thanks to a scholarship grant from a software provider.
The JukeBox Cafe in Boyertown and the Oley Turnpike Dairy Diner in Oley are openly appreciative of public support they've gained for continuing to serve patrons despite state orders to close. More than 540 businesses across the state reportedly are doing the same.
Anticipating that coronavirus cases might rise after the winter break, the Perkiomen Valley School District is delaying its Jan. 4 planned resumption of on-site education by a week, to Jan. 11.
A reported rise in coronavirus positivity rates last week among Pottstown borough residents has caused the school district to remain in virtual class sessions after the winter break, at least until Jan. 8.
Shipments of the life-saving vaccine have already arrived in Pennsylvania, state Rep. Tim Hennessey reported Tuesday, and are being awaited within days at Montgomery and Chester county hospitals.
A "limited number" of outpatients attending a Tower Health hospital unit received a new federally approved emergency-use drug to combat the coronavirus, the health care non-profit said Tuesday.
Exelon Generation sirens will sound at full volume Monday at 2 p.m. for three minutes during one of the nuclear power facility's two semi-annual tests.
Coronavirus restrictions on public gatherings that would be in place during January has prompted the promoter of the annual Motorsports, Racecar, and Trade Show to postpone the event until 2022.