Pottsgrove News

An $80,000 grant that was scheduled last year to be given by Montgomery County to Sunnybrook Ballroom , and then was delayed, and then ran into legal worries from Lower Pottsgrove Township officials, and then seemed dead and lost maybe isn't yet.

Seven riflemen from the post, as they have in years past, will fire three volleys in a 21-gun salute to veterans of all armed services.

Michael McGroarty, of Foxtail Drive, Pottstown PA, and James Kaiser, of Deer Ridge Drive, handily won election as Lower Pottsgrove Township commissioners Tuesday night, according to unofficial 2009 general election results posted at 12:32 a.m. today by the Montgomery County Board of Elections .

Members of the Pottsgrove High School Marching Band will spend Halloween Day on the fields at Ephrata High School , 43 miles west of Sanatoga village center , intent on raising the "spirits" of visitors there and hoping to bring home another trophy.

Weekend activities for Sanatogans , Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2009: Halloween activities and events can be found here .

As of Sunday , members of the Pottsgrove Pirates Under-10 Boys Soccer travel team had collected more than 200 winter coats during a two-week coat drive that will benefit individuals who need the warm outerwear this winter.

The Pottsgrove High School Music League has begun soliciting crafters to participate in its annual Holiday and Craft Show, to be held Nov.

The sounds of laughter and fun filled Sanatoga Park, 200 S. Sanatoga Rd., Pottstown PA , on Sunday afternoon , where the Verizon Fall Festival wasA held by Lower Pottsgrove Township 's Parks and Recreation Department .

Pottsgrove High School senior Andrew DeLena has been named a Commended Student in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program .

A Doylestown Township man has begun serving jail time for a fatal two-vehicle accident he caused in January in Montgomery Township.

A presentation, scheduled to be given by builder J. Wilmer "Wil" Hallman of Wil Hallman Retirement Development , has prompted the Lower Pottsgrove Township Board of Commissioners to move up the start of its Thursday meeting in the municipal building, 2199 Buchert Rd., Pottstown PA , by an hour, to 6 p.m. Township Manager Rodney Hawthorne reports ...

Outgoing Lower Pottsgrove Commissioner Anthony Doyle thinks the public would be interested in the minutiae of how the township spends its money.

SeveralA individuals were approved last week by the Pottsgrove School District Board of School Directors as new district employees.

Without COLA, Dent Favors Payment Lower Pottsgrove's congressman thinks that if seniors won't receive an increase next year in Social Security payments, maybe they should get some stimulus money instead.

When the Pottsgrove School District Board of School Directors meets tonight , it will have a chance to do something most of its members wish they could do more often: save taxpayers a buck or two.

Today should be payday for the Pottsgrove School District . No, not for its employees; for the district itself.

The Under-14 Pottsgrove Boys Travel soccer team will hold a car wash Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School, 1329 Buchert Rd., Pottstown PA, as a fund-raiser to support team activities.

Friday Football Photos: Pottsgrove 20, Spring-Ford 6 In last night's performance the unbeaten Falcon varsity squad gained its sixth win overall, and a fourth against PAC-10 opponents.

Were Drunks Smarter In September? Nah Driving under the influence arrests in Lower Pottsgrove were down last month.

Sly Mercury Competitor, Pottstown Herald, Sets Debate An online news resource called the Pottstown Herald attempts both political and technological one-upsmanship over the borough's newspaper.