Of 214 municipalities ranked statewide for safety, Pottstown ranked at 205; Lower Pottsgrove landed in the middle of the pack at 149th, Limerick came in at 106, Safest locally? New Hanover Township, 13th.
Safety
Emergency management officials in neighboring Lower Pottsgrove will work this week to determine how they'll respond if a crude oil train derailed there.
The borough police department, as it has in previous years, will participate in the county-wide Drug Take-Back Day. Get rid of unused and unwanted medications conveniently!
Area residents and small businesses can take advantage of a document shredding event April 18 at the Douglassville Shopping Center.
Montgomery County's district attorney has cash that was seized last September in Pottstown, presumably by law enforcers. If it's yours, file a claim by May 9 to get it back.
Pottstown borough police officers and patrols will join those in 10 other local police departments in a concerted crack-down on DUIs and other alcohol-related crimes.
Protect yourself against all the nastiness that's out there. An AARP seminar scheduled for Friday afternoon in Sanatoga is intended to keep you in the know and make you safer.
One youth was injured, another arrested as fights reportedly broke out after a Friday night dance at the 422 SportsPlex in Lower Pottsgrove. Pottstown was among 11 police departments responding.