Royersford News

DUI: Vincent Lighty, 29, of 1016-A Main St., Palmyra, was charged following an incident at 12:08 a.m. Sunday at 1235 E. Main St., police said.

In the debate over the future of U.S. Route 422, its traffic congestion, and the loss of its surrounding open space, time has become both an enemy and an ally.

Police said they are looking for a band of robbers that has been targeting local McDonald's restaurants.

Analyzing and classifying employees by personality type may help employers forge better relationships with their workers, a workplace psychology expert told members of the TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce "Women of the Workforce" group during their monthly luncheon Tuesday at The Lakeside Inn, Ridge Pike .

Maddie, a female German Shepherd, fled a home on the 500 block of Church Street late Friday night.

Three home hazardous waste collection dates within Montgomery County remain scheduled for this year, including one next month at Spring-Ford High School.

About 49,000 vehicles travel past Lower Pottsgrove Township on U.S. Route 422 each day, a traffic load 24 percent higher than it was a decade ago, according to regional statistics.

Advocates of proposals to institute driver tolls on U.S. Route 422, and use the revenues to pay for road and mass transit improvements that reduce the highway's increasing congestion, have turned to high-tech tools to spread the word about benefits of their plans.

AS IF AMERICA'S 1,500 breweries don't already produce an unimaginable variety of ales and lagers, now some are expanding their portfolios with series of one-offs that are testing the limits of our palates .

Ross DeSimone, managing director of the Corporate Psychological Resource Center in Royersford , will talk about "Cultivating Productive Workplace Relationships" on June 23 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Spring Hollow Golf Course, 3350 Schuylkill Rd., during the monthly luncheon meeting of the Women Of The Workforce group of the TriCounty Area ...

If you are considering buying into a new development or starting a home improvement project, we have a story tonight you will not want to miss.

A routine traffic update on the radio at mid-morning yesterday carried the first hint that federal stimulus money for road work had finally arrived in the Philadelphia region.

Two village residents, Shawn Petri and Jennifer Tinney, were among the 1,186 students who graduatedA last weekA from Montgomery County Community College during its 42nd commencement ceremony at its campus in Blue Bell PA.

What an audition. Rick Laubach parlayed a one-time opportunity to drive Norm Hansell's No.

Penndot officials admit this is a project that may not have seen the light of day for a couple of years, but thanks to federal stimulus money, the more than $12-million project will get done.

Traffic moves west Thursday along U.S. Route 422 at its Royersford-Trappe exit, which PennDOT will re-pave. a oeWe are ready to upgrade this rough stretch of pavement and provide motorists with a smooth, structurally-sound roadway for many years to come,a PennDOT District Executive Lester C. Toaso said.

Eric Livingston of Drexel Hill, left, and Bob Shoudt of Royersford stuff down hot dogs as Anastasia Clare, of Warrington, center, keeps count during Nathan's Famous Hot Dog eating contest at Dorney Park.

Top eaters chow down at the start of Nathan's famous hotdog eating contest at Dorney Park.

Professional eaters gathered Sunday at Dorney Park for a qualifying round of the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest.

If there's strength in numbers, area municipalities that will re-negotiate franchise contracts with Comcast Corp.