Women age 40 who meet qualifying conditions are eligible to make online appointments now for March visits in Pottstown, North Coventry, and Boyertown by Reading Hospital’s Mobile Mammography Coach.
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Groundwater use in southeastern Pennsylvania and surrounding areas monitored by the Delaware River Basin Commission appears to be sustainable through coming decades, the combined state-federal agency reported Tuesday.
A Jan. 27 health and wellness fair is being planned by the Parent-Teacher Association at Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School. Vendors are being registered now. The event will be free to attend and open to the public.
Pottsgrove and Pottstown area residents responded in droves Saturday and Sunday and brought more than 160 former Christmas trees to Althouse Arboretum on Gilbertsville Road.
Grocery receipt “round-up” donations through Feb. 28 and a nonperishable food drive Jan. 20-30, both at the Giant supermarket in the Upland Square shopping center, will benefit Pottsgrove School District families in need.
More than 200 tires were scattered over Ringing Rocks Park in Lower Pottsgrove during the Thanksgiving holiday. The remaining two were fished out of the park pond this week. Police and state agencies are still investigating.
Administrators of Sanatoga Center, the skilled nursing facility on Evergreen Road, have sought Lower Pottsgrove's emergency management help in working with Montgomery County to update specialized equipment.
Filmmaker Dan Habib’s documentary shows how three American adults with intellectual disabilities challenge perceptions of intelligence, in a story narrated by parent and Academy Award-winning actor Chris Cooper.