15 Face Charges From Alleged Drinking Party

New today in The Pottstown Post:

• 15 Face Charges Stemming From Alleged Drinking Party Lower Pottsgrove police last Friday cited 14 people younger than age 21, including two from Pottstown and one from Gilbertsville, who they said were found to be consuming alcohol at a Potter Drive home. The alleged host of a party there also was arrested.
• Bring On Spring, Even If It's Just With Your Next Meal On Wednesday's Food Page: New ideas for sweet corn-on-the-cob that's in your supermarket now; Small bites for your in-home happy hour; Desserts that put you in a mood for spring; And adding high-quality proteins to your meal.
• Thanks To You, Posts' Readership Statistics Climb Higher More than 11,000 unique visitors read articles last month in The Sanatoga Post and the accompanying Post network, marking March's readership as third-highest in 55 months of operation. We sincerely thank you.
• Boogie To Big Band's Beat, And Help Senior Center Too An 18-piece dance band will wear World War II era uniforms and feature their USO Canteen Show during the annual World War II Swing Dance on April 12 in Sanatoga's Sunnybrook Ballroom. It benefits the Pottstown Area Seniors’ Center.
• Public Reception Launches MCCC Pottstown Art Show Meet the latest group of award-winning student artists on Montgomery County Community College's Pottstown Campus during an April 10 reception in the Fine Arts Gallery in North Hall.
• Reading Railroad Revival Exhibits In Hamburg Museum In a display that continues through November, the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum in Hamburg PA shows why a travel series called Iron Horse Rambles was so popular in the late '50s and early '60s.
• Montgomery County’s Latest Emergency Dispatches Did you just hear a siren? It could be the police, emergency medical service personnel, or fire companies being dispatched by Montgomery County’s Department of Public Safety. See its incident list here in real time.
• From ‘Serious Eats,’ Something Great For Dinner Tonight Whip up something fabulous for tonight’s dinner, with fresh recipes daily from “Serious Eats”.
• Ahead On The Calendar Local events by the day, week or month. Got one to add? E-mail The Post.
• Tomorrow’s AccuWeather Forecast, And National Weather News A look at what the next day could be like, provided by AccuWeather.

Earlier:

• Count This As Among Good Things From The Depression Depression-era glassware, and many other collectible glass objects too, go on display and up for sale next Saturday during an annual show at the North Coventry Fire Hall.
• Learn How To Get Away From It All During Saturday Expo The Travel Expo scheduled for April 6 in Oaks is free and open to the public. You'll have to register, though, either in advance online or at the door on the day of the show.
• This Week: Runs For Fun, Funds; And A Quilt Showcase Spooky information on ghosts in Boyertown, sobering information on taxes in Sanatoga; the exacting detail of creating quilts in Creamery; and 5-K runs in Pottstown and Collegeville.
• Changing Insurance Environment A TCC Membership Topic A new way for people to buy health insurance begins next year. A Tri-County Community Network speaker April 16 will discuss resources to help people apply, enroll, and get coverage.
• Looking For A Career? Get Looking April 10 In Pottstown Up to 15 regional employers will be at Montgomery County Community College’s campus in Pottstown on April 10 for a career fair, called “Recruiters On Campus." It's free and open to the public.
• Enjoy A Boyertown-Style Party, And Lend A Hand Too Chestnut Knoll, the residential care center, is sponsoring a beef-and-beer fund-raiser April 13 at the Keystone Fire Company, 240 Walnut St., Boyertown PA. It benefits the Berks County Alzheimer's Association.
• Make Some Historic Art, Kids, And Win Some Local Notice Pottstown's state representative wants elementary school children to depict Pennsylvania's rich story as they see it.
• Keep The Bad Stuff Out Of Your Young Child's Mouth The teeth of growing children need protection from cavities that a good dental sealant can provide. A program offering that service for free is coming to Pottstown.
• Mourning The Loss Of A Loved One? Help's Available The Pottstown branch of the Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA offers a grief support group.
• Drexel President Named MCCC Commencement Speaker The community college's graduation event will be held May 23 in Blue Bell.
• Ghosts, Creepy Things Calling Boyertown Home Scott Wiley should know. He's been hunting them for years, and will talk about his adventures next Wednesday night.
• The Award For Best Actor In Alleged Crimes Goes To ... A Pottstown man gave a convincing performance to Lower Pottsgrove police Wednesday in a tale that involved children who were supposed to have been missing. They weren't, and he's been arrested for burglary and false reports, among other charges.
• Fleeing Driver Captured After Accident, Police Say Pottstown police helped capture a Lower Pottsgrove man Tuesday. He faces multiple charges after he allegedly caused a traffic accident on Armand Hammer Boulevard, then tried to run away down nearby railroad tracks.
• Want To Make Your Fortune Locally? Consider These There's no magic formula to making money. It takes hard work, a good business plan, a little bit of luck, and an idea, product or service that will fire the public imagination. For Pottstown, Stowe and Sanatoga, here's some help on that last item.
• Fill Up On Food-Related Tunes In Pottstown And Trappe The Coventry Singers are performing two concerts you'll relish during April.
• A Spelling Carnivore, He Ate Up This Pottstown Contest Eight-grader Angel Onate digested word after word in the Pottstown Middle School spelling bee, and went on to a respectable finish in Norristown too.
• MontCo Commissioners Offer Summer Internship Program For some high school students, as well as those in college undergraduate and graduate programs, this Montgomery County invitation could launch your interest in political science.

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