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Wall Street Journal: Hill School Doctor’s Approach to Measles Nine Decades Ago Has Lessons For Coronavirus
J. Roswell Gallagher, a former staff physician at the Hill School in Pottstown, managed to prevent a virus outbreak in 1934 in a way that offers lessons for today’s handling of the coronavirus, writes Arturo Casadevall for The Wall Street Journal. During the winter break that year, a student had been exposed to measles. At…
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More ‘Superheros’ Needed for Pottstown Community Clean-Up Challenge
Hobart’s Run is looking for more “superheroes” to help answer the call from Reading’s South of Penn Task Force to engage in a friendly “clean-up competition” on March 28. To meet the challenge, Hobart’s Run needs 500 volunteers. To make things more interesting and fun, volunteers are invited to wear the superhero costume of their…
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Sly Fox Brewing to Honor Carol Stoudt with Special Tribute Beer
Pottstown-based Sly Fox Brewing will celebrate Carol Stoudt, the first female brewmaster since prohibition who recently announced her retirement, with a special, Punk-inspired tribute beer. Stoud was one of the craft beer revolution’s pioneers, the punks of the industry who advanced and innovated. She started Stoudts Brewing Company in 1987 near Lancaster. In the years…
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Interactive Exhibit at Pottsgrove Manor to Tell Life Story of Dr. Jonathan Potts
Starting on April 4, an interactive exhibit at Pottsgrove Manor will explore the life of Dr. Jonathan Potts, son of Pottstown founders John and Ruth Potts, writes Joe Zlomek for The Pottstown Post. “Physician, Patriot, Potts: An Exhibit on Dr. Jonathan Potts” will have a special opening-day lecture and tours and will run through Sept.…
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Help Pottstown Emerge As Champion In Community-Wide Clean-Up ‘Competition’
Hobart’s Run has been challenged by Reading’s South of Penn Task Force to engage all of Pottstown in a friendly “clean-up competition” on March 28. The dual-city event will start at 10 a.m. at both locations and finish at noon. After the clean-up’s conclusion, lunch will be served to the Pottstown volunteers at Hobart’s Run…
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Pottstown-based Sly Fox Brewing Co. Bringing Three of its Beers to Citizens Bank Park for 2020
Pottstown-based Sly Fox is bringing three beers from its selection to Citizens Bank Park for 2020, writes Corey Seidman for NBC Sports Philadelphia. One of the premier craft brewers in the Mid-Atlantic will be offering its Vulpulin IPA, Slugger Pils ABV, and Reading Premium “The Friendly Beer for Modern People” American Lager ABV to baseball…
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Philadelphia Magazine: Millennial Mayors Determined To Bring Their Post-Industrial Montco Towns Back From Dead
Millennial mayors in Montgomery County are young, energetic, social media savvy, and determined to bring their post-industrial towns back from the dead no matter what, writes Sandy Hingston for the Philadelphia Magazine. Among them is Pottstown Mayor Stephanie Henrick, who considers herself a part of “the Montgomery County Mayors Squad.” Since she was sworn in…
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State Reps Ride SEPTA From Pottstown to Norristown Transportation Center to Highlight Commuter Issues
State Rep. Joe Ciresi hopped on a SEPTA bus from Pottstown to Norristown Transportation Center to showcase the problems faced each day by non-driving commuters, according to a staff report from the Montgomery Media. He was joined by SEPTA officials and state Rep. Joe Webster, who took the ride from Collegeville. “It’s no secret that…
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Pottstown and Goodwill Firehouse Gets First Female Career Firefighter
Pottstown has its first female career firefighter in Goodwill Firehouse’s Jamie Kreidler, writes Evan Brandt for the Reading Eagle. Forty-one-year old Kreidler has loved firefighting since she was a child. She began volunteering with a fire company in her native Easton in 1998, but when it was time to choose a career, she opted to…
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Pottstown NAACP Chapter President Makes Surprising Discoveries About His Family, Including History Of White Abolitionist
Pottstown NAACP Chapter President Johnny Corson has made some surprising discoveries about his family over the years, writes Evan Brandt for The Times Herald. Corson was born 56 years ago as the child of a black man and a white woman. His biological mother, Betsy Corson, gave her newborn baby her name before giving him…
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Pottstown Area Artists Guild to Host Talk by Sculptor Val Bertoia on Sounds His Metal Sculptures Make
Pottstown Area Artists Guild is sponsoring a talk by artist Val Bertoia on March 17 in the Boyer Gallery at The Hill School Center For The Arts in Pottstown. Bertoia, who studied Mechanical Engineering at Indiana Institute of Technology, followed in the footstep of his father Harry Bertoia, a renowned sculptor. Over the last several…
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MCCC to Host Exhibition of Works by High School Students in Berks, Chester, Montgomery Counties
Montgomery County Community College will host the 7th Tri-County High School Exhibition from Feb. 18 through March 20 at North Hall Art Gallery at its West Campus in Pottstown. The opening reception will be held on Feb. 18 from 5-7 PM. Both the exhibition and the reception are free and open to the community. The…
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Fun Home Musical Brings Out Emotions at Steel River Playhouse in Pottstown
Fun Home, a one-act musical based on Allison Bechdel’s bestselling graphic memoir, is playing at Steel River Playhouse in Pottstown, writes Christine Tarlecki for The Montco Explorer. The musical details the events leading to Bechdel’s coming out to her parents and her trying to find out where she belongs in the world. At the theater,…
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Popular Party in White is Coming Back to Pottstown on September 18
Hobart’s Run and Pottstown Area Industrial Development planners are already hard at work preparing this year’s Fete en Blanc, the popular Party in White that will take place on Sept. 18 at Smith Family Plaza at Pottstown Borough Hall. Last year, the everybody-wears-all-white, last-hurrah-of-summer party was capped at 500 attendees. The eclectic and enthusiastic group…
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Pottstown-Based American Keg Sells Major Ownership Stake to Germany’s Blefa
Pottstown-based American Keg, the only U.S. keg manufacturer that lobbied for protection of domestic manufacturing from German, Chinese, and Mexican competitors through tariffs, has sold a majority ownership stake to Germany’s Blefa, writes Bob Fernandez for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. But according to American Keg chief executive Paul…
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Fourth Annual Pottstown CARES Concert Promises Lots of Good Music for Good Cause
The fourth annual Pottstown CARES “Welcome Home” concert benefiting the Ministries at Main Street, a Pottstown homeless shelter organization, will take place on Jan. 17 in The Hill School’s Center For The Arts, starting at 6:30 p.m. The family-friendly pop music concert is being organized by students from The Hill School, Pottstown School District, and…
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Montgomery Bar Association Finds Its New President in Pottstown Lawyer
Lawyer Patrick J. Kurtas is the new president of the Montgomery Bar Association, and the first to come from the Pottstown area since it was founded in 1885, writes Carl Hessler Jr. for the Phoenixville News. Forty-two-year-old Kurtas is also one of the youngest lawyers to ascend to the post in recent history. Kurtas did…
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After Banner 2019, Pottstown Expecting Even Better Year for Business in 2020
With the last year placing Pottstown’s High Street back on the map, the town is expecting to see business pick up even more this year, writes Holly Harrar for the WFMZ. In 2019, booming business created many new opportunities for developers, investors, and small businesses. “People that have been here for quite a few years…
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