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In this Pottstown Local Scoop Issue…
📅 Monster List of Pottstown Events
🕯️ Longtime Pottstown Community Organizer and Volunteer Bill Krause Dies at 90
🟣 YWCA Tri-County Area to Host Week Without Violence Events Oct. 19th-24th
🥩 Gazzo’s Steaks Ranked No. 1 on Online List of Pennsylvania’s Most Legendary Cheesesteak Spots
💉 Montgomery County Offers Free MMR Vaccines as Health Officials Address Measles
🔔 Pottstown History: The Flying Merkel, a Racing Motorcycle Built in Pottstown
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A Look Ahead at Pottstown Local Events
October 19th:
History Comes Alive: Explore the Beginnings of Pottstown, Keystone Villa, 1180 Ben Franklin Hwy. E. – 1:00 PM (Douglassville)
October 20th:
Entrepreneurship Essentials (Main Street Momentum Business 101), The VIBE Cafe, 249 E. High St., free, register – 6:00 PM–8:00 PM (Pottstown)
October 21st:
“Legacy of Liberty: Pottstown & The Revolution” History Dinner, 227 E. High St. – 6:00 PM (Pottstown)
October 22nd:
Halloween at the Pottstown Y + Trunk or Treat, 724 N. Adams St., free – 5:00 PM–7:30 PM (Pottstown)
Night at the Museum, Pottstown Children’s Discovery Center, 95 S. Hanover St., free, costumes, pre-registration required – 5:00 PM–7:00 PM (Pottstown)
Community COVID, Flu and Measles Vaccine Clinic, Bethel Community Church, 575 N. Keim St. – 4:00 PM–6:00 PM (Pottstown)
October 23rd:
👇 Keep in the Know about Pottstown Area Events👇
Longtime Pottstown Community Organizer and Volunteer Bill Krause Dies at 90
William “Bill” Krause, a longtime Pottstown community organizer, volunteer and driver for the Phillies Fire Company, died Monday, Oct. 12, at the age of 90.
He served on borough council from 1986 to 1991, served as president of the Pottstown Senior Center, spent 28 years on the July 4th committee, and founded the New Year’s Day Polar Bear Plunge in Riverfront Park.
With his wife of 62 years, Susanne, he organized World War II dances at Sunnybrook to raise money for phone cards so service members could call home, and many neighbors knew him best by his trademark roll-up blue hat.
Funeral services will be private, and donations can be made to the Pottstown Historical Society, 568 High St.
YWCA Tri-County Area to Host Week Without Violence Events Oct. 19th-24th
YWCA Tri-County Area’s annual Week Without Violence runs Oct. 19 to 24 in Pottstown, with this year’s theme focused on youth safety.
Open to the public are an expungement clinic with the county Public Defender’s Office on Monday from 5 to 6 p.m. at 301 King St., Women’s Center of Montgomery County resources on Tuesday from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. outside 315 King St., and a family safety night with Mission Kids on Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at 724 N. Adams St.
A community block event follows on the 300 block of King St. on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., with games, raffles, food and giveaways such as coats and socks.
Gazzo’s Steaks Ranked No. 1 on Online List of Pennsylvania’s Most Legendary Cheesesteak Spots
Travels With The Post reports that Gazzo’s Steaks, at 22 S. Hanover St., was named No. 1 on an online list of Pennsylvania’s “most legendary cheesesteak spots” published Oct. 10 by the Family Destinations Guide.
The list’s author did not say what criteria were used to rank the eight spots, but she wrote that Gazzo’s sandwiches are “crafted with focused attention and real quality.”
Two Philadelphia shops were among the other seven on the list.
Read more: Travels With The Post
Montgomery County Offers Free MMR Vaccines as Health Officials Address Measles
The Mercury reports that anyone who lives, works or goes to school in Montgomery County can get a free MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine; call 610-278-5117 or visit montgomerycountypa.gov/measles for details.
County Office of Public Health medical director Dr. Richard Lorraine called the MMR vaccine “one of the safest” and “one of the most effective” vaccines, with two doses giving up to 97 percent protection.
He spoke as Pennsylvania’s outbreak reached 1,222 cases statewide, while Montgomery County has had three cases so far this year.
People unsure of their vaccination status are encouraged to check their records or contact their health care provider.
Read more: The Mercury
🔔 Pottstown History: The Flying Merkel, a Racing Motorcycle Built in Pottstown
For a couple of years around 1909 to 1911, one of America’s most advanced motorcycles was built right here in Pottstown.
After Joseph Merkel’s Milwaukee company joined the Light Manufacturing and Foundry Company, the orange “Flying Merkel” came out of Pottstown with a patented spring front fork that the Pottstown Historical Society calls the forerunner of the modern telescopic front fork.
The Historical Society also notes that a young test rider, Maldwyn Jones, defeated the reigning champion Erwin “Cannonball” Baker in a ten-mile race on one of Merkel’s machines.
In 1911 the Miami Cycle company bought Merkel, and production moved to Middletown, Ohio.
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