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In this Pottstown Local Scoop Issue…
📅 Monster List of Pottstown Events
🏥 Pottstown Medical Specialists Sale Could Be Approved at Friday Hearing
🚧 Route 422 Night Lane Closures Continue in Limerick and Upper Providence
🏊 Boyertown Community Pool Gets $500,000 State Grant for Renovations
🍲 Salvation Army Boyertown Corps Welcomes New Leaders
📰 Pottstown History: The News Building and the Pottstown Daily News
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Upcoming Pottstown Local Events
October 30th:
REACH Relationships & Coffee – 8:00 AM (Pottstown)
2nd Annual TRUE TATTOO EXPO – 1:00 PM (Oaks)
Live Music + Late Night Happy Hour – 5:00 PM (Pottstown)
Pottstown Area Artists Guild Members’ Show opening reception – 5:00 PM (Pottstown)
The Barn Yard’s BOO BASH – 5:00 PM (Collegeville)
Fridays With Friends: Halloween Party at Spring Valley YMCA – 5:30 PM (Royersford)
Music: Bryan Fioriglio at Gatsby’s Pub – 6:00 PM (Pottstown)
70’s Halloween Costume Party – 6:00 PM (Boyertown)
Lovelace LIVE at Union Jack’s on the Manatawny (costume party) – 6:00 PM (Boyertown)
Pottstown Spooktacular Bash – 6:00 PM (Pottstown)
Mischief Night w/ AM Radio and special guest Charlie Ingui – 7:00 PM (Pottstown)
Reading Royals vs. Trenton Ironhawks (Slapshot’s Halloween Party) – 7:00 PM (Reading)
Comedian Rich Vos returns to SoulJoel’s – 8:00 PM (Pottstown)
The Greatest Moments in Philadelphia Sports History with Glen Macnow, Ray Didinger & Joe Conklin – 8:00 PM (Phoenixville)
Mischief Night at 238 E. High Street – 8:00 PM (Pottstown)
OJR School Sports
OJR Boys Varsity Football — PAC Crossover Game – A – 7:00pm (site TBA; both teams enter 5–3)
OJR Girls Varsity Sideline Cheerleading – H – 7:00pm
OJR Varsity Coed Band – H – 7:00pm
OJR Girls Varsity Hockey vs West Chester Henderson – A – 8:00pm
OJR Boys Varsity Hockey (opponent not listed) – A – 9:00p (Center Ice Rink, Oaks)
Pottsgrove School Sports
PG Boys Varsity Football (opponent not yet listed) – H – 7:00pm — SENIOR NIGHT; Pottsgrove Stadium / Pennypacker Field; Pottsgrove enters 6–0
Pottstown School Sports
Pottstown HS Boys Varsity Football (opponent not yet listed) – H – 7:00pm — Grigg Memorial Stadium; Pottstown enters 3–5
👇 Keep in the Know about Pottstown Area Events👇
Meme of the Day
Pottstown Medical Specialists Sale Could
Be Approved at Friday Hearing
Travels With The Post, citing the Philadelphia Business Journal, reports that the sale of Pottstown Medical Specialists could be approved at a bankruptcy court hearing set for Friday, Oct. 30, at 9:30 AM.
Jefferson is the only bidder for the practice, which has 145 employees.
The sale is not final until the court rules, and we will share what we learn.
Route 422 Night Lane Closures Continue in Limerick and Upper Providence
Night lane closures on Route 422 between Royersford Road and Troutman Road continue Friday, Oct. 30, and again Monday, Nov. 2, through Friday, Nov. 6.
Eastbound closures run 7 PM to 5 AM and westbound closures run 8 PM to 6 AM.
The work is part of a $6.2 million PennDOT project resurfacing 4.4 miles of the highway, so plan a little extra time for late drives.
Boyertown Community Pool Gets $500,000 State Grant for Renovations
WFMZ reports that the Boyertown Community Pool is getting a $500,000 grant from the state Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) for renovations.
The goal is to have the refreshed pool open next May, just in time for summer.
Salvation Army Boyertown Corps
Welcomes New Leaders
Salvation Army Boyertown Corps has welcomed Captains Derek and Betty Ellen Barrett as its new leaders.
The Corps runs a soup kitchen on Mondays and Tuesdays, a food pantry on Thursdays and Fridays, and the Club 316 youth program.
Together those programs serve about 26,000 people a year.
📰 Pottstown History: The News Building and the Pottstown Daily News
The Pottstown Daily News was founded in 1887 by P. Elwood Baum, and in 1896 it moved into the News Building at 17 N. Hanover St.
In 1925 and 1926 a new building went up at Hanover and King streets, with 836 steel pieces raised in just 16 days.
The first paper printed there came off the press on March 22, 1926.
The Mercury bought the News in 1933.
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