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Pottsgroves, Coventries Join In Holiday Sobriety Checks

Joe Zlomek — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:32:36 +0000

Police officers from several townships surrounding Pottstown will participate in the multi-jurisdictional Team DUI efforts during the Independence Day holiday week.

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Challenge League Baseball Gets Started In Pottsgroves

Joe Zlomek — Sat, 26 May 2012 10:30:59 +0000

Its target audience is kids with special needs who want to play America's grand sport.

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Posts, Mercury, Bloggers Unite To Fight Local Hunger

Joe Zlomek — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:10:17 +0000

More than ever, food pantries across our area are in desperate need of help in assisting those less fortunate to put a meal on their families' tables. The Mercury newspaper, The Posts, and other local news sites and bloggers are working together to meet that need. And we're asking for readers' help.

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CMERT Squad Looks To Welcome Lower Frederick

Joe Zlomek — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:35:19 +0000

Pottstown and surrounding municipalities are being asked to vote on including Lower Frederick Township as a member of the Ches-Mont Emergency Response Team. It was Lower Pottsgrove's turn Thursday; its commissioners gave unanimous consent.

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‘Breaking Dawn’ Sets Record, Due In Part To Pottstown

Joe Zlomek — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:55:03 +0000

'Breaking Dawn Part 1," the fourth installment in the Twilight Saga teen vampire movie franchise, enjoyed the fifth-best weekend opening ever for a single film, grossing $138.1 million in ticket sales. The grand opening of the new Carmike Cinemas in Pottstown contributed to that total.

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Pottstown-Stowe Lions’ White Cane Days Return

Joe Zlomek — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:51:35 +0000

The club's annual fund-raiser helps buy eyeglasses and other vision assistance for local residents who are unable to pay for it. It will be held this weekend at Redner's Warehouse Market on North Charlotte Street.

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Rain, Flooding, Closed Roads Now Across Pottstown

Joe Zlomek — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:34:23 +0000

With Videos. Places across greater Pottstown that succumb to heavy rain flooded Wednesday. The water appeared deeper, moved faster, and inconvenienced drivers more than usual. Your neighbors had plenty to say about it on social media platforms.

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If U.S. Defaults, Are There Local Effects? Few Sure

Joe Zlomek — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:33:26 +0000

Worried about the prospect of default on the nation's debt, government officials and other experts can only speculate over what may happen to federally funded programs that pay for projects and benefits in Pottstown, Royersford, and elsewhere.

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Walls Going Up At Upland Square For Carmike Cinema

Joe Zlomek — Mon, 16 May 2011 10:34:39 +0000

Masons have been busy within the Upland Square Shopping Center, preparing a foundation and raising walls for the new Carmike Cinemas multiplex being built next to the Target department store there.

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