Phoenixville News

A Chester County man admitted in federal court in Philadelphia yesterday that he received, possessed, distributed and produced child pornography.

Not every preschooler gets to learn the alphabet in a park that commemorates an epic struggle for independence, but when 80 students at the Montessori Children's House of Valley Forge look out their window, history stares back.

Union members from Atlantic City's hotels and casinos are planning to perform spontaneous flash mobs at several locations in Philadelphia and Phoenixville today.

On Saturday, March 6th, 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m., the Reading Company Technical and Historical Society will hold its annual banquet at Columbia Station , 4 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania For those residing in New Jersey, this may be a bit off the beaten track but if you're interested in fine dining and also have an abiding love and ...

Freshman Democrat state Rep. Paul Drucker will have a challenger for the 157th House District.

Pottsgrove Middle School has been selected to host the 54th annual Inter-County Junior High School Band Festival, which will be held Saturday beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the school, 1351 N. Hanover St., Pottstown PA.

Notebook Worthy In Lower Pottsgrove, succumbing to a habit despite the known risks.

Planners Hold Off On Leadership Choices Two absent members of the Lower Pottsgrove Planning Commission may never know how close they came to being selected for its leadership positions.

Pottsgrove Falcons football boosters will celebrate the high school team's highly accomplished Pioneer Athletic Conference championship season with a banquet scheduled for Feb.

Pottsgrove 8th-grader Nico DeMetrio works for a pin. COMPETING AT THE PHOENIXVILLE TOURNAMENT -Dozens of wrestlers from Pioneer Athletic Conference middle schools made their way Saturday to the Phoenixville High School gym for the Phoenixville Boys' Middle School Wrestling Tournament.

A Taste of Phoenixville Food provided by some of the area's finest restaurants, caterers & food purveyors, silent & live auctions, live music.

About 27,000 people who buy Personal Choice health insurance directly from Independence Blue Cross rather than through an employer are facing steep increases in their premiums in March to maintain similar coverage - for some, greater than 60 percent - or are finding comparable coverage unavailable.

Jan 8 - 23, 2009 Forge Theatre in Phoenixville Presents "THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP". A deliciously funny tribute to Gothic melodrama, the play bristles with horror-movie themes and boasts a large cast of quirky characters.

It's official, U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach is running for a fifth term in his 6th Congressional District seat, one day after dropping out of the Republican primary election for governor.

A Pennsylvania State Police corporal who supervises DUI checkpoints on Philadelphia-area highways faces disciplinary action after he allegedly got drunk and crashed his car while off duty in Montgomery County last month.

The importance of kids staying physically active does not diminish in the wint er, but it gets difficult with cold weather, fewer sunlight hours for outdoor play and the demands of homework.

Daniel Coyle, author of The Talent Code , is one of them: "In 2006, I saw a newspaper clip describing a Russian tennis club with one indoor club that had produced more world top-20 women players than the entire United States.

These guys took the plunge in 2008. You could too! SANATOGA PA - Weekend activities for western Montgomery County residents , Jan.

NANCY JEFFRIES, 63, and her husband worked together as contractors, doing additions and remodeling, and spent about $1,200 a month on health care until they had to drop it about three years ago.

Art and culture can play a huge role in the revitalization of a crippled community.