Lower Pottsgrove commissioners met Thursday night at The Sunnybrook Ballroom because the Buchert Road municipal building conference room could not be occupied. It and other areas were being repaired.
With video. For an accident that occurred Thursday on U.S. Route 422 in Lower Pottsgrove, tow truck operators used a crane to retrieve a car from behind a guide rail. The heavy lift was completed in less than 2 minutes.
With 5 photos. At least one driver was injured in an accident Thursday morning on westbound U.S. Route 422 that occurred between Evergreen and South Park roads. Both cars needed to be towed from the scene. Fire police detoured traffic.
With 11 photos. A driver lost control Tuesday morning of a dump truck while headed east on U.S. Route 422 in Lower Pottsgrove. It went flying off the side of a bridge and down a steep ravine. The driver survived. Part of the highway was closed.
Five alleged offenses prompted Lower Pottsgrove police to visit Pottsgrove school buildings during December. The remainder were for foot patrols, service calls, and assistance, police Chief Rick Bell said.
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.
A shooting incident that occurred only minutes before midnight Tuesday near the corner of East High Street and Hause Avenue in Lower Pottsgrove is the subject of an active investigation by township detectives.
Law enforcers outside Lower Pottsgrove stopped and held a 40-year-old Philadelphia man wanted by township police for allegedly making a terroristic threat, and recklessly endangering another person.