Home-based pressure canning to preserve foods is a skill many cooks want to master, but don't know how to get started. Their chance (and yours) has arrived in the form of a July 6 canning basics workshop.
Schwenksville Edition
Lower Frederick hosted its annual "Going Native" event Saturday at Cuddy Park, which introduced its audience to the basics of pollination, and the beauty and taste of flowers, fruits, and vegetables they help produce.
Lower Frederick residents of all ages are among those nationwide occasionally being conned by scam artists in phone calls, e-mails, and text messages. Its police department offers advice to deal with the problem.
Upper Providence police, much like other local law enforcement agencies, see value in using property owners' video surveillance footage for investigation purposes. The department launched a voluntary video system registry.
With video. Thursday's rain presented an "iffy" call for Lower Frederick's Parks and Recreation Board, but showers ended before evening. It decided to go with its first summer concert. The crowd was small, but it enjoyed the show.
Students from Pottstown, Pennsburg, Collegeville, and Phoenixville were among 21 members of Class 22-01 who are now graduates from the Municipal Police Academy at Montgomery County Community College. One also is an award-winner.
A Barto resident driving a pick-up truck in Skippack Township crashed into a utility pole, and was injured and trapped inside when the truck landed on its driver side. He was taken to Grandview Hospital.
Get your musical groove on Thursday at 7 p.m. in Collegeville's Community Park, as The Bachelor Boys Band performs in the borough's second summer concert. It's free to attend and open to the public.