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Pottstown Teachers Spur Growth, District-wide 'Seussical' Musical Will...
Photos by Evan BrandtSINGING THEIR PRAISES: The Pottstown High School Chorus performed two pieces Thursday for the school board in recognition of School Board Appreciation Month.As veterans of school...
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Pottsgrove Middle School Student Shines in Montgomery County Suicide...
This poster by Pottsgrove Middle School student Christine Hires won third place in a countywide teen suicide prevention poster contest.Blogger's Note:Â The following was provided by the Pottsgrove...
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Ursinus Given $11M for New Scholarship Program
Blogger's Note:The following was provided by Ursinus College.Ursinus College has received the largest single private gift in its 150-year history, a gift that will fill the financial gaps confronting...
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Pottstown Celebration Honors King and Debnam
Photos by Evan BrandtSoloists in the Lincoln University Concert Choir perform Monday at the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at Mount Olive Baptist Church Monday.Former Police Chief Rick Drumheller,...
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Red Cross Needs Type O Blood Donations ASAP
Blogger's Note:The following was provided by the American Red Cross.The American Red Cross has extended its urgent call for donors of all blood types to give blood or platelets. With influenza...
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I'm No Longer Meeting You Halfway
Norman Rockwell's famed painting,'Freedom of Speech' depicts that speechhappening at a town meeting.Perhaps the most important, and least appealing aspect of municipal government is the much-maligned...
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Houlahan Tackles Topics in 1st Town Hall of 2020
Photos by Evan BrandtU.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-6th Dist., speaks Thursday at her first town hall of 2020, held in the Colonial Theater in Phoenixville. At left is an archival photo of Phoenix...
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Pottstown Library CHAIR-ity Event is Underway
Canine reader Annie in the window of the William F. Brogley law firm on South Charlotte Street in Pottstown with chairs from last year's auction painted by Gwen Marie Parrish, and sponsored by the team...
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Match Sought for $20K Edgewood Cemetery Grant
Blogger's Note:The following was provided by Hobart's Run.If you have driven along the Keim Street border of Edgewood Cemetery recently, you may have noticed that the overgrowth on that bank has been...
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Colonial Candymaking at Pottsgrove Manor Feb. 8
Blogger's Note:The following was provided by Pottsgrove Manor.Why buy that special someone chocolates at the store for Valentine's Day?Visit Pottsgrove Manor and learn how to make your own unique and...
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Pine Forge Closure Re-Vote Falls One Vote Short
An attempt by new Boyertown School Board member James Brophy to delay the closing of Pine Forge Elementary School for one year and form a community committee to study the issue failed by a 5-4 vote...
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Hill School Skaters benefit PAL Dek Hockey League
Submitted PhotosPottstown Police officer Zachary Robinson and Samantha Kurtas drop the ceremonial puck at the Hill School boy's ice hockey game versus Albany Academy on Friday, Jan. 25. Kurtas is a...
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Pottstown Middle School Musicians in County Band
Submitted PhotoFront row, from left, Brittany Endy, Aiden Kancianic. Rear, from left, Tyler Broughton, Collin Mattis, Layla Bearden, Makenna Franey, Mehki Jenkins-Glover.Blogger's Note:The following...
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Nike Donates 40 Pairs of Shoes to YWCA Program
Luis Ortiz and Kaelyn Jones of the Nike Factory Store at the Philadelphia Premium Outlets in Limerick measure children for their correct shoe size at YWCA Tri-County Area’s after-school program....
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The Things We Leave Behind
Photo by Evan BrandtFront pages and special sections I rescued in my last visit to The Mercury building.These things always seem to come in threes.First was the news that management at The Mercury had...
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Upper Pottsgrove Dissolves Planning Commission
With little fanfare, no input from the public and little-to-no public discussion, the Upper Pottsgrove Township Commissioners voted 4-1 Monday night to dissolve the township's planning commission.The...
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Groff Thanked for 28 Years With Phillies Fire Co.
Photo by Evan BrandtJoe Groff, right, is congratulated by Pottstown Borough Council President Dan Weand Wednesday night upon his retirement as chief of the Phillies Fire Company. Looking on are Fire...
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Police Racism Probe, Quarry, Town Center, Were All on New Hanover...
Photos by Evan BrandtLand development, and developments (or lack thereof) of racism in the township police department are the items to come out of last night's township supervisors meeting.Gibraltar...
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Tickets On Sale for Exceptional Women Tribute
Blogger's Note:The following was provided by YWCA Tri-County Area.Tickets for the 25th annual Tribute to Exceptional Women, sponsored by YWCA Tri-County Area, are now on sale.Tribute to Exceptional...
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3 Cheers for Pottstown High School Cheer Champs
Submitted PhotoThe Pottsgrove High School Cheeleaders, in maroon, turned out to support the Pottstown High School Cheerleaders at the cheer championships.Blogger's Note:The following was provided by...
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