Public voting is open online through Jan. 18 to choose the 2023 winner of Pennsylvania's "River of the Year" title. Both the nearby Schuylkill River and Perkiomen Creek are among four contest nominees.
Travels Edition
Downtown Pottstown merchants have planned a Christmas kick-off celebration for Sunday from noon to 7 p.m. intended to surprise and delight visitors. It was re-scheduled from Saturday to avoid wet and windy weather.
An animated, lighted Christmas light show, accompanied by music and which lasts 10-15 minutes, is being presented nightly by the Ringing Hill Fire Company, 815 White Pine Ln. Volunteers have been working on it for months.
Get something extra from the winter holiday season, with free or no-cost entertainment scheduled by Montgomery County through early January at historic sites in Pottstown, Schwenksville, and Worcester.
Thanksgiving will retain its title in 2022 as busiest travel holiday of the year in Pennsylvania, officials said Monday. They anticipate 3.5 million travelers will hit the highways. Tuesday and Wednesday (Nov. 22 and 23) will be heaviest.
NASCAR was founded in 1948. Nine years earlier, a fifth-mile oval race track known as Sanatoga Speedway opened to the public. Learn what auto racing was like in the “old days” Sunday at the Lower Pottsgrove Historical Society.
Professional stock car racing officially returns April 1 (2023) to the Grandview Speedway in Bechtelsville, as earlier announced plans to sell the property are on hold. A special events schedule is already posted.
Oaks will again form the center of the known dog universe Saturday and Sunday, as the National Dog Show presented by Purina returns without COVID restrictions to the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center.
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