The Limerick (PA) Post

LIMERICK PA – It’s the day that dentists dread (all that candy), that mothers obsess over (all that costume preparation), and that kids revel in (all that fun). Today is Halloween. The area’s anticipated holiday events – besides the evening trick-or-treat walk, of course – include: Horsin’ Around For Halloween The Central Montgomery County 4-H [...]

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BRIDGEPORT PA – The DeKalb Street bridge, which connects Bridgeport to Norristown via Route 202 North over Norfolk Southern railroad tracks, will be officially re-opened today (Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009). Gov. Edward G. Rendell will join local officials at 11:30 a.m. to open the new $8.4 million bridge near West 4th Street, the governor’s office [...]

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NORRISTOWN PA – Montgomery County’s Community Action Development Commission is scheduled to receive more than $5 million through March 2012 to help weatherize housing units, reduce their energy costs, and keep them warmer in winter weather, Gov. Edward G. Rendell said Thursday (Oct. 29, 2009). Rendell said the first installment of $123 million in federal [...]

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PHILADELPHIA PA – As the Philadelphia Phillies’ baseball team returns tonight (Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009) to Citizens Bank Park to face the New York Yankees in Game Three of the 2009 World Series, a Temple University journalism professor claims more and more viewers are relying on their computers, and not television, to enjoy the games. [...]

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PHILADELPHIA PA – Two men of substantial cloth – the archbishops of the Roman Catholic archdioceses of Philadelphia and New York, respectively – have bet against each other on the outcome of baseball’s World Series. Philadelphia’s Cardinal Justin Rigali and New York’s Archbishop Timothy Dolan placed a friendly wager on the series’ outcome, according to [...]

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HARRISBURG PA – Video tutorials on how to use electronic voting systems, a polling place locator, and a tool to confirm voter registrations all are being made available now on the Department of State‘s voter education website, VotesPA.com, in preparation for the Tuesday (Nov. 3, 2009) municipal election, Commonwealth Secretary Pedro A. Cortes said. A [...]

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ROYERSFORD PA – Today (Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009) was the last day of employment for about 20 percent of the work force in the former Sermatech International surface coatings facility at 159 S. Limerick Rd., Royersford PA. Sermatech’s new owner, Praxair Surface Technologies Inc. of Danbury CT, is closing the Royersford plant and moving its [...]

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LIMERICK PA – Exelon Nuclear’s Limerick Generating Station and its employees recently donated $3,000 to the Freedom Valley YMCA to provide financial assistance to families who wish to continue their YMCA membership or childcare, but would otherwise be unable to afford it. Freedom Valley operates YMCAs in Pottstown, Royersford (Spring Valley), Audubon, Phoenixville, and the [...]

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POTTSTOWN PA – With Election Day only 5 days away, the Montgomery County Board of Elections on Wednesday (Oct. 28, 2009) officially advertised the hundreds of polling places that will be open for voters to cast their ballots in local and state political races that are part of the municipal general election. Two full pages [...]

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HARRISBURG PA – Montgomery County‘s tourism industry got a boost Tuesday (Oct. 27, 2009), with more than $1.1 million in grants awarded by the state Department of Community and Economic Development, Gov. Ed Rendell announced. About 13 percent of the total $8 million in grant money distributed went to area and regional tourism promotion. The [...]

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