The Limerick (PA) Post

PICKING UP THE STONES – Farming, never an easy job, is made even more difficult when stones get in the way of planting a crop. To remove the rocks in anticipation of next year’s harvest, a farmer Saturday (Sept. 26, 2009) used a tractor-pulled Kongskilde-brand automated stone picker to smooth out a field located near [...]

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ROYERSFORD PA – Royersford area residents can safely shred unwanted personal and confidential documents for free on Oct. 10 (2009; Saturday) from 9 a.m to 1 p.m. outside the Royersford branch office of National Penn Bank, 793 Main St., Royersford PA. This event has been added to The Post calendar. The Community Shred Day event [...]

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COLLEGEVILLE PA – A European medicine agency has issued a positive opinion about a new vaccine developed by Collegeville PA-based Wyeth Pharmaceuticals that it hopes will prevent invasive pneumococcal disease, pneumonia, and middle ear infections in children age 6 weeks to 5 years old, the company said Friday (Sept. 25, 2009) in a press release. [...]

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LIMERICK PA – The top price for a home sold within the township from July 13-17, 2009, came in at $211,900, the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper reports. The home is located at 207 Troon Ct. A second, at 5503 Drawbridge Ct., sold for $195,000. This week’s top reported prices were listed Sunday (Sept. 27, 2009) in [...]

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COLLEGEVILLE PA – The classic horror tale, “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” will be staged by the Ursinus College Theater troupe nightly Oct. 7-10 (2009; Wednesday through Saturday) at 7:30 p.m. in the Kaleidoscope Performing Arts Center’s Lenfest Theater on the college campus in Collegeville PA. This event has been added to The Post calendar. [...]

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LIMERICK PA – Banker Joe Giunta called out names in greeting Saturday (Sept. 26, 2009) as crowds of people walked by a Spring-Ford Chamber of Commerce booth, one of many displays packed into the chamber’s annual Business Expo at Limerick Community Day. Giunta, a chamber director since 1992 and its former president, seemed to know [...]

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SPRING CITY PA – For only a dollar apiece Saturday (Sept. 26, 2009) afternoon, during Community Day at the Faith Bible Fellowship on Pennhurst Road and Bridge Street in Spring City PA, kids lined up three and four deep to take three throws at a wet-suited guy sitting atop a dunk tank. Were they excited? [...]

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BETHLEHEM PA – Bethlehem-based Miller-Keystone Blood Center has scheduled blood drives next week at locations in Gilbertsville, Royersford and Pottstown. Appointments are required and may be made by calling the blood bank at 610-926-6060. On the agenda are: Monday (Sept. 28, 2009), from 8-11 a.m. and from 2-6:30 p.m. at Final Results Fitness, 1100 Grosser [...]

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ALLENTOWN PA – As beautiful and wonder-filled as nature is, it also sometimes can be smelly. Witness the stink bug, searching now for someplace warm to spend the winter … like your house. The next two weeks are expected to be the height of stink bug season in Pennsylvania. You can help keep them out. [...]

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LIMERICK PA – Exelon Corp., owner of the Limerick nuclear generating station, said Thursday it will spend $3.8 million replacing the emergency siren system at LGS and three other mid-Atlantic facilities, using more modern horns, complete with battery back-up. Read the full story in The Sanatoga Post … Photo from WikiMedia Commons See our galleries [...]

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