Lower Pottsgrove Planners Change December Meeting Site Cramped quarters inside Lower Pottsgrove's municipal building makes social distancing difficult. So like the township Board of Commissioners, the Planning Commission is changing its meeting location.

Arboretum Conducts Winter Giving Festival Drive through a holiday light show at Althouse Arboretum evenings between Dec. 11 and 18 for the low cost of a canned food donation to the Chester County Food Bank. In-car games are ready for kids, too.

Pottsgrove Helping Hands Creates 'Angel Tree List' Can you make the holidays a little brighter with a gift to a Pottsgrove School District child or family in need? The volunteer Pottsgrove Helping Hands team hopes you'll try, by or before Dec. 18.

January Tree Recycling Planned at Arboretum Get rid of your Christmas tree! (once you're done using it, of course) by donating it to Althouse Arboretum in Upper Pottsgrove. It will be recycled in a variety of ways, and at no cost to you.

Despite Deficit, N. Coventry Taxes Won't Rise in 2021 Despite a projected deficit of nearly $75,000, the draft 2021 budget North Coventry Supervisors voted unanimously to advertise Monday night will not raise taxes if it remains unchanged. (Digital Notebook)

Dick’s Sporting Goods Reports 3Q Earnings The retailer, which operates stores in Pottstown and Collegeville, on Tuesday reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $177.2 million. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. (Associated Press)

Manatawny Still Works raises the bar A new podcast series, Key Change, talks about how PA businesses and community leaders connect with their customers and their communities. It opens with an interview of Derek Menaldino, co-owner of Manatawny Still Works in Pottstown. (Keystone Edge)

Thanksgiving could make or break US coronavirus response As PA's governor and mayors grapple with an out-of-control pandemic, they are ratcheting up mask mandates and imposing restrictions on gatherings that have been blamed for accelerating the spread of the coronavirus. Officials are banking on voluntary compliance. (Associated Press)

In rare move, bipartisan panel rejects Pa. House request to audit 2020 election An attempt by Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled legislature to audit the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election failed Monday when a bipartisan panel rejected it, citing its redundancy. Local 24th District state Sen. Bob Mensch cast the only vote favoring an audit. (Spotlight PA)

Biden certified as winner of Pennsylvania presidential vote Democrat Joe Biden was certified Tuesday as winner of the presidential election in Pennsylvania, culminating three weeks of vote counting and a string of failed legal challenges by President Donald Trump. (Associated Press)