Pottstown News

Reading Eagle PNC Bank sent a notice to customers this week that it will close one of its two Berks County branches this summer.

Racing legends Billy Pauch, front, and Kenny Brightbill, in SpeedSTRs, take part in a practice session at JeffreyHougueRealtor.com Action Track USA on the Kutztown Fairgrounds.

A Royersford man was arrested Saturday following two alleged robbery attempts and an alleged purse-snatching in the Pottstown area, Pottstown police said.

Only three of four incumbents did as well, however. Kaiser, Watson Win Township Commissioner Primaries One of two incumbents and the sole challenger won primary nominations Tuesday to run for Lower Pottsgrove commissioner seats during the fall.

Information courtesy of Montgomery County Community College With an increase of 38 percent over the last five years, the largest class in Montgomery County Community College history will graduate on May 23.

Twenty-three students from western Montgomery County - including 12 from Pottstown, three from Collegeville, and one each from Barto, Bechtelsville, Gilbertsville, Limerick, Phoenixville, Spring City, Stowe and Trappe - are among the Montgomery County Community College Class of 2013 named Monday to Who's Who Among Students in American Junior ... (more)

Three men have been charged with first, second and third degree murder as well as a laundry list of other charges in the May 4 abduction and murder of 19-year-old Kareem Borowy.

Meet The Candidates For Pottsgrove's School Board Eight local residents have demonstrated their willingness to volunteer time and talents to help govern the actions of the Pottsgrove School District.

A fight with a teen resulted in the arrest and conviction of one Pottstown man. When the fight escallated, police said he even swung a broom stick near a child.

Pottstown Police say a man went to a pharmacy and a pizza shop in Pottstown, and a grocery store in West Pottsgrove Township and tried robbing the places with his fingers in the shape of a gun! They say the man demanded drugs at the pharmacy, but left when the pharmacist told him they didn't have any.

Chester County will hold a collection of household hazardous waste and electronics waste Saturday at Owen J. Roberts Middle School in Pottstown.

A Pottstown woman was arrested Monday on charges that included assault, after Lower Pottsgrove police alleged she was involved in an altercation in which one of her daughters was visibly injured.

A mother-and-daughter couple was cited for retail theft after Lower Pottsgrove police alleged they attempted to leave a local supermarket with goods they didn't pay for.

Cast Your Vote Before May 28 For Pottsgrove's New Look It's exercise in brand-building is done, and now three choices for a new logo and statement of "culture and aspirations" in the Pottsgrove School District have been unveiled.

Police have not yet declared success in solving the May 5 murder of Pottsgrove High School graduate Kareem Ali Borowy, but they reportedly have arrested a Philadelphia man on allegations he lied to them during their investigation of the 19-year-old's violent death.

A suggestion made last month by Lower Pottsgrove state Rep. Mark Painter to designate the length of High Street as "Business U.S. Route 422," from the township's eastern boundary all the way west across Pottstown to the Berks County line, hasn't yet gained traction with the Board of Commissioners.

A father and son duo from Norristown were arrested after they allegedly broke into a Lower Providence man's apartment, threw him down a flight of stairs, and stole his fiance's phone to settle a drug debt.

Construction of a two-car garage on a Rockwood Court property will be discussed Wednesday at 6 p.m. during a meeting of the Lower Pottsgrove Township Zoning Hearing Board , it announced in a recent legal advertisement .

Volunteers Honor Area Veterans With Flags Saturday The annual effort by volunteers from Sanatoga and across greater Pottstown to decorate veterans' graves at Pottstown's Highland Memorial Cemetery will begin at 8 a.m. Building Garage An Issue For Township Zoning Board It will conduct a public hearing Wednesday to determine the fate of a two-car ... (more)

VETERANS' GRAVES TO BE DECORATED SATURDAY - Members of B.G. Elmer S. Friedberg American Legion Post 244 in Sanatoga, and groups of volunteers from Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops, local churches, and cadets from Owen J. Roberts High School, are expected to turn out Saturday at 8 a.m. to begin placing more than 2,000 American flags on the graves of ... (more)