Norristown News

According to a release issued by theA Valley ForgeA Convention and Visitors Bureau, twenty Norristown-area middle-schoolers will be bringing award-winning author and Norristown native JerryA Spinelli's 11-year-old wonder boy "Maniac Magee" to life Saturday, June 2, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Elmwood Park.

TheA Norristown Police Department is hosting their annual Bicycle Rodeo & BMX Stunt Show this Saturday June 2, from noon to 4 p.m. in theA Montgomery County Parking Lot atA DeKalb & East Freedley Streets.

In an effort to bring government closer to the citizens, the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners will hold a meeting outside the usual venue the eighth floor of One Montgomery Plaza in Norristown.

Daily Slice gives a quick snapshot each weekday of a different slice or pie that the folks at the Serious Eats empire have enjoyed lately.

The preliminary hearings for Joshua Siringhaus, of Upper Gwynedd, and Kristin Leidy, of Hatfield Borough were continued today to June 7 at 2:30 p.m. before District Judge Andrea Duffy.

Frank J. Puleo, 89, of Center Square , formerly of Norristown, passed away on May 29, 2012 at his home with his family by his side.

Environmental impact from Tuesday's tractor-trailer accident, which spilled about 180 gallons of fuel onto Interstate 76, was limited to a few gallons of diesel, the state DEP reported Thursday.

A Deborah Belani, 64, of Norristown, was taken to Mercy Suburban Hospital "for minor aches and pains on her left side," according to a police report after a school bus reportedly ran a red light and collided with her car and another at the intersection of Routes 73 and 113 in Skippack Township around 10:15 a.m. Wednesday.

According to The Times Herald , West Norriton Police have arrested two men in connection with the rash of car break-ins in West Norriton earlier this month.

Your vision may weaken as you get older, but the Cleveland Clinic says there are things you can do to maintain the health of your eyes.

PHILADELPHIA - The state of Pennsylvania took a first of its kind step today to protect children against the number one killer of student athletes, sudden cardiac arrest, when the heart stops beating suddenly and unexpectedly.

There will lane closures on the turnpike in the East Whiteland area Wednesday night.

It's an old tale. A kid with extraordinary skills simply lives with the ordinary desire to belong.

A Lansdale man on Tuesday has waived all 12 charges against him to county arraignment July 18, in connection to his alleged involvement in a huge methamphetamine trafficking bust in Philadelphia and Montgomery counties.

Msgr. William J. Lynn asserted again Tuesday that he did more than his predecessors at the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to curb or stop sexual abuse by priests, but that he had little choice but to follow directives of his bosses and medical professionals.

You may have passed by the corner of Main & DeKalb Streets and wondered what all the hustle and bustle was about.

Thomas C. Daley, 49, formerly of Chester County, was paroled from state prison on May 13 and is living with a family member in Montgomery County, according to court records.

Centre Theater in the Montgomery County Cultural Center at 208 DeKalb Street in Norristown, announces that its zany show Lucky Stiff will be staged June 1 through 24 in the fourth floor black box theater.

NORRISTOWN, Pa. - A Montgomery County judge has refused to order prosecutors to copy several images of child pornography requested by the attorney representing a Norristown man accused of molesting a child he was babysitting.

At the May 21 Public Health And Safety Committee meeting, Ward 2 Commissioner Kevin Spearing expressed concern over how the Montgomery County 911 Emergency Dispatch Call Center is utilized.