Pottstown News

The hospital's medical staff department is providing a scholarship of $1,000/year for four years to Jonathan Tang, a recent graduate of Perkiomen Valley High School.

Big Hits Made Township Derby A Hit Too A crowd of children and parents attending the Lower Pottsgrove Township annual fishing derby Saturday at Sanatoga Lake spent several hours in the early morning sun, catching their share of a meal for the dinner table.

Fishing is, for the most part, a silent sport. Anglers choose what they think is the spot where fish are lurking, cast a line in that direction, work their baits as though they had taken on life of their own, and wait patiently for a strike.

Montgomery County Police say they gave 300 deadbeat parents a week to turn their self in and start making payments to their child support.

About 10 deadbeat Montgomery County parents had a rude awakening this morning when sheriff's deputies came knocking on their doors to serve warrants for failure to pay child support.

This Week: A Circus In Sanatoga, Carnival In Collegeville What better way to celebrate the annual summer exit from school than a week of fun? Take the family to St. Eleanor's Carnival in Collegeville, the Lewis and Clark Circus in Sanatoga, the Grange Community Fair in Trappe, the Pedal-And-Paddle in Pottstown, or the Haunted Walk in Boyertown.

Ausha Green of Harrisburg performs with the Steelton Ellis Steppers during the seventh annual Afro-Latino parade Saturday in Reading.

An employee at the Philadelphia Premium Outlets in Limerick was arrested for pilfering roughly $2,400 in cash from her employer, Neiman Marcus Last Call, according to Limerick Township Police .

Weis Markets' Coupon Redemption Goes Paperless With the supermarkets' new eCoupons program, shoppers just select the coupon bargains they want electronically, then present a preferred buyers' card at checkout to claim their discounts automatically.

How do we come to appreciate, celebrate and preserve Erie's sense of place? Local people had a chance to think about that question as they viewed Erie's sense of place through new eyes recently.

As Spring-Ford students head off after graduation on Friday, a majority of them took at least one thing away from their experiences in high school - to buckle up.

The second of two cousins charged in the deadly shooting of a man outside a bar in Montgomery County is heading to trial.

Jessica Levy, in her mother's home in Muhlenberg, shows a picture of her father taken in 2006, the year before he suffered a debilitating accident.

The April 2013 warrant of Lower Pottsgrove Township - which provides details on where the municipality's revenues came from during the fourth month of the year, and on what and with whom it spent money - is now available on the Resources Page of The Sanatoga Post .

Speaker: Joseph F. Shirley, employee benefits consultant, Maillie, Falconiero & Co., will talk about health care reform and employer mandates.

A Lower Pottsgrove teen pleaded not guilty to charges that he allegedly was distracted while driving and high on marijuana when he struck and killed a jogger Merinda Thompson on Lewis Road in Limerick around 2:30 p.m. on March 4. Justin Matthew Jackson, 18, of Walnut Ridge Estate, waived his arraignment in Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas ... (more)

A Pottstown man is facing charges relating to an incident on Sunday at Limerick Community Park , in which he allegedly exposed himself to a mother and daughter on the walking trail near Manderach Memorial Playground, according to Limerick Township Police .

Your kids' summer vacation is almost here. How will you keep them both entertained and safe without breaking the bank? The Pottsgrove Recreation Board 's Summer Playground program may be the answer.

Ninety-four citations for speeding, tickets for three other moving violations, and a misdemeanor drug arrest were the fruits of labors by the Lower Pottsgrove and Pottstown police departments and Pennsylvania state troopers as they wrapped up two weeks of speed enforcement details Sunday within the construction zone of U.S. Route 422 at near the ... (more)

From behind the wheel of his pickup, Fitzhugh "Beanie" Clark navigated the secluded stretch of railroad tracks southwest of Boyertown.