Pottstown News

I started working for a little radio station in West Chester, Pa. in 1969. It was WCHE, a daytime station - it came on at daybreak and went off the air at sunset.

Opponents of a Pottsgrove School District administration plan to create grade-level education centers at its three elementary schools say they are collecting signatures this weekend and during the next two weeks, on hard-copy and online petitions, to show the Board of School Directors they're not the only ones who think the centers' proposal should ... (more)

Kevin Scott of Reading, foreground, joins in a prayer vigil to end city violence Friday night in Holy Trinity Church of God on West Buttonwood Street.

Research on, and the corresponding public discussion about, how to propel the economy in Lower Pottsgrove Township, the borough of Pottstown, and surrounding municipalities forward in years to come - without sacrificing the welfare of one community for another - appears to be ahead of schedule and speeding toward a conclusion in April.

There is no shortage of ideas for new projects in and around Boyertown. Borough council heard three of them this week: rail tourism, a walking trail and a fenced-in park area for dogs.

This evening, police escorted a man from the Logan Court Apartments in Pottstown.A The Pottstown Police Department released a statement about an incident that started early this morning with a report of a barricaded male in a Logan Court apartment.A Meanwhile, police from Pottstown , Lower Providence, Douglass, Whitemarsh, Lower Merion and Plymouth ... (more)

A woman huddling in a home basement near where Pottstown police are engaged in a standoff with an apartment dweller has told her husband she heard "a ton of gunshots" this afternoon.

Emergency Help Arives At Cluster, Via Wegman's Truck The Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities' food pantry will benefit from a Thursday morning delivery of a truckload of donated food from Wegman's Food Markets.

It was around 7:30 a.m. when police were called to the Logan Court Apartments in the 700 block of Logan Street in Pottstown for a report of a man with a gun and shots fired.

Advocates for domestic violence victims are concerned about a recent spike in the number of violent incidents involving intimate partners in the Philadelphia suburbs.

Since his earliest days, Bob Hakun found himself thriving in art class, enjoying an unparalleled sense of accomplishment in the opportunity to be creative and productive all at the same time.

As part of its 25th Anniversary Lively Arts season, Montgomery County Community College has teamed with Norristown's Theatre Horizon to present two performances of Pretty Fire .

A bus driver was rushed to the hospital Wednesday morning, after he crashed into a parked oil truck in Montgomery County.

Traffic may move more slowly along South Park Road in Lower Pottsgrove Township , following two public hearings the Board of Commissioners has scheduled for Feb.

It's only a preliminary estimate, but Pottsgrove Business Manager David Nester believes the school district emerged from Gov.

Feb. 7, 2012: Edwin Carrero was arrested in Broward County, Florida. He's accused of strangling his girlfriend, Alicia Schmidt, from Pottstown, Pa.

Settlement May Be Near In Rupert Road Bridge Lawsuit The sidewalls of the Rupert Road bridge across Hartenstine Creek on Lower Pottsgrove's east side are cracked and splintering.

A Firefighters in Montgomery County were called to a home to battle a fire that destroyed a garage and a boat.

He was born Aug. 7, 1927, in Upshur County, a son of the late John Burr and Nina E. Carpenter Marsh.

Pottstown Hair Salon Workers Help Offset Medical Costs Sunday was a busy ay at the Great Clips hair salon in Pottstown Plaza by Wal-Mart on Shoemaker Road.