The Coventry Financial Center of Malvern Bank, at Route 100 and Ridge Road south of Pottstown, is one of nine locations slated to become a First Bank branch in mid-2023. A merger agreement was announced Wednesday.
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.
Pottstown area drivers must deal Monday with periodic lane closures in both directions on Route 100, between its interchanges at King Street and U.S. Route 422. Bridge inspection work is scheduled.
The 5K run, presented this year by Pottsgrove Athletics and the Manatawny Athletic Club, starts in Pottstown’s Riverfront Park near the MCCC campus on College Drive. Registrations are being accepted now.
Non-profit organizations assisting persons in need in Pottstown, Norristown, Reading, and other areas benefited from the distribution last week of more than 6,500 pounds of free clothing and blankets.
Vendors of quality arts and crafts are still being accepted for the Oct. 22 edition of the Edgewood Cemetery Art Fair in Pottstown. If you’ve got spare time, clean-up volunteers are being welcomed too.
Employees at PNC Bank’s five local branch offices are among 62,000 workers to whom the company is offering a new education benefit. It’s designed to provide knowledge that helps advance their careers.
An Oct. 22 celebratory event, free and open to the public, will mark the culmination of the annual “Week Without Violence” observance conducted in Pottstown by the YWCA Tri-County Area, 315 King St.