'Female Entrepreneur' Talks Business To Pottstown

New today in The Pottstown Post:

• 'Female Entrepreneur' Talks Business Weekly On Radio A woman who has founded several successful companies - and who, in a Montgomery County Community College class, teaches other women how to be as accomplished - has launched a weekly radio program on the college's Internet station.
• At Historical Society, Tidying Up As Best They Can After an accident two weeks ago that destroyed its sign and veterans' memorial, Lower Pottsgrove Historical Society volunteers are trying to prepare their headquarters for coming fund-raisers.
• This Week: Earth Day Lasts For Several At MCCC In Pottstown In Pottstown, the week's filled with Earth Day-related activities at MCCC, and there's a family reading night, a bingo game, and the annual Healthy Kids Day at the YMCA; and in Sanatoga, the police department trout rodeo, and a career fair preparation workshop.
• 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:

• 'So Long' To Pottstown's WBZH, Now Off Web As Well WBZH, the successor to former Pottstown radio station WPAZ-AM, went on the airwaves, then off the airwaves, then on the Internet. That's now gone too, and its web connections are being removed.
• Pottstown Goddard Students Douse Their Lights Monday Lights will go out, and appliances off - anything non-essential gets shut down - for a symbolic hour Monday at The Goddard School on East High Street, as its children learn about environmental concerns and protecting the planet.
• Vietnam Vets' Memories, Mementos Needed For Exhibit They'll become part of an interactive display being planned for an education show that will run from September through November at ArtFusion 19464, the community art center at 254 High St. in Pottstown.
• First Niagara Offers Grant For Cluster's New Initiative The bank, which operates several branch offices across western Montgomery County, made a $25,000 contribution to help the Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities expand its "Getting Ahead Initiative" for area residents living in poverty.
• Annual May Fair Returning To Historic Pottsgrove Manor One of Pottstown's best known spring attractions, the annual May Fair at Pottsgrove Manor on West King Street, returns May 4 (Saturday) for hours of fun and exploration.
• Like Bolt From Blue, Lincoln Readers Win Top Honors Members of the Reading Olympics team at Pottstown's Lincoln Elementary School recently took the event's blue ribbon in an April 11 competition at Souderton High School.
• Still Time To Claim Your Seat For Pottstown SCORE Seminars Beginning Monday, the Pottstown chapter of SCORE - an affiliate of the Small Business Administration - will hold four workshops intended to help small business owners to get up and running.
• Chamber Plans To Cap Off Its Year With Biggest Dinner The Pottstown-based TriCounty Area Chamber's biggest event of the year, its annual member dinner, has been scheduled for May 30 in Phoenixville. The night's featured speaker is Michael Araten, president and chief executive officer of K’Nex. Tickets are still available.
• Artist Celebrates Mother's Day At Frederick Living Well-known local artist Julie Longacre will sign copies of her new book, "A Sketch in Time," during a May 11 Mother's Day observance at the Frederick Living complex in Frederick PA.
• Right People, Property, Price In 2012 Vacation Home Sales Sales of vacation and recreational homes were up during 2012, according to a National Association of Realtors' annual survey, in part because interested buyers with more money in their pockets found some good deals.
• Cold But Fun Bargain-Hunting In Hell's Kitchen There are fewer vendors during winter at this world-famous New York City flea market, but it remains a lively place almost every weekend. And who knows what bargain you'll snag?
• Unemployment Cheats, Beware! PA Set To Crack Down A proposal to increase penalties for unemployment fraud, eliminate the statute of limitations on the crime, and stop prison inmates from collecting checks has passed the House of Representatives.
• Family Services Hosts Fathers' Workshop In Pottstown A free and interactive series of sessions conducted at the Pottstown Family Center beginning May 1 are intended to help fathers become the best possible parents, and offer coaching and community resources support.
• A First For Local Freshman: Amendment Passes In House State Rep. Mark Painter, who represents Pottstown and Lower Pottsgrove, achieved a milestone of sorts Tuesday.
• Tweaking's Done, With The Post Calendar Fully Online After four years of using popular but limiting calendar software from Google, The Pottstown Post and its accompanying publications have installed a new, more fully featured calendar system. It's been in development since January, and was fully launched Tuesday.
• Four Pottstown Area Construction Projects Wrapping Up Pottstown-based engineering firm Bursich Associates reports that four construction projects located just east and north of the borough lines - one of which has been in development for 9 years - are almost done.

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