Collegeville News

The economy isn't giving us a lot to cheer about this holiday season ... and it could get worse.

Ten arts organizations and programs in Chester and Montgomery Counties will receive $143,485 in state funding, State Sen.

Thomas J. Bernardo, the surviving partner of a well-known AIDS physician in the area, is in a legal battle with his deceased partner's ex-wife for close to a half-million dollars in death benefits.

The head of Montgomery County's public library system is using a red pen to slash away at next year's budget in the wake of decreased state funding.

Monday is the deadline for veterans of all U.S. armed servicesA who live in Pennsylvania's 44th Senatorial District, represented by state Sen.

Nurun Khan, right, a trainee with Geo-Explorers , a company that designs foundations for bridges, from Collegeville, Pa., records statistics during a core drilling operation done by L.G. Hetager Drilling Inc., Paxatawny, Pa.

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. - November 2, 2009 -- This is a great time of year to stock up on Fall produce, like apples, potatoes, carrots, onions and squash.

The Berks County sheriff's department has provided this information about people wanted for failure to appear in family court.

OK, don't tell anyone I said this, particularly my mother, but I was terribly disappointed when I visited the new Wegman's in Collegeville.

It's the weekend that dentists dread , that mothers obsess over , and that kids revel in .

Pottstown, Collegeville and Royersford boroughs, and Lower Pottsgrove and Limerick townships were among 61 Montgomery County municipalities that recently were paid licensing fees by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board for the six-month period ending July 31, the board reported Friday .

Kauffman-Gamber Physical Therapy on New Holland Avenue in Manheim Township first installed solar panels on its roof in 2004.

Officers Resign In Historical Society Bickering Leadership has had a falling-out among Lower Pottsgrove historians, whose revenues depend in part on taxpayer-funded contributions from the township.

Image Solutions Inc. said Monday it has acquired Collegeville, Pa-based Apyx Inc ., a provider of products and services that help life sciences companies deal with regulatory and submission issues.

Pennsylvania ranked ninth last month among top 10 states whose residents used printable coupons downloaded from the Web to buy goods and services at a discount, coupon provider RetailMeNot.com said Tuesday in a press release .

That big sigh of relief coming from Montgomery County, Pa. may be the several thousand employees whose jobs appear to have been saved by Pfizer's decision to keep Wyeth's Collegeville plant open.

Who knew the grand-opening of a grocery store could garner the same excitement as a rock concert coming to town? Apparently owners of the new Wegmans in Collegeville sure did.

Sixteen residents of Pottstown, Royersford, Limerick, Spring City, Collegeville, Schwenksville and Phoenixville are among 55 students who were named to the Dean's List for the summer 2009 semesters at Montgomery County Community College, the college announced Monday .

By the time several hundred Wegmans employees had massed inside the new Collegeville supermarket to perform the traditional opening-day cheer early yesterday morning, lines of shoppers already were snaking along two sides of the building.

It's 132,000 square feet of groceries, produce, frozen foods and everything else you would find in a supermarket.