Sexual Assault Awareness On College Agenda

New today in The Pottstown Post:

• MCCC Team Holds Sexual Assault Awareness Program The 90-minute program, sponsored by the college's Student Support and Referral Team, will be held Wednesday in its South Hall community room in Pottstown.
• Wendy's Assists Vietnam Veterans' Pottstown Chapter The restaurant has scheduled a fund-raiser for the veterans on Wednesday.
• This Week: Go 'Blonde' Or Go 'Seuss,' But Go Singing Your last chance for Easter candy at Ringing Hill, a Pottsgrove school board meeting, a career fair at MCCC in Pottstown, the Pottsgrove musical "Legally Blonde," and the Owen J. musical "Seussical," discussing sustainable communities in Collegeville, antiques in Kimberton, and Legos at a library.
• Get Movin’! Club Plans Two Dances For Rockers No matter what your favorite music may be, oldies or '80s, Sanatoga's Sunnybrook Ballroom has a night on its schedule for your enjoyment.
• 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:

• Family Fun Offered, And Information Too, At Tuesday Fest Family Fest, the popular and free one-stop event to learn about everything Greater Pottstown organizations can offer to local families, is set for Tuesday night at Pottstown High School.
• Hill School's Faculty Village Pottstown Work In Progress With Video. Sure, it looked Wednesday like any other construction site, but it's another sign of Pottstown renovations and improvements now under way.
• Upper Pottsgrove Fire Company Schedules Egg Hunt The annual Easter tradition is planned for March 30 in Heather Place Park.
• Ready For Spring Business? Try A SCORE Workshop The Pottstown chapter of SCORE, an affiliate of the Small Business Administration, will hold four April workshops intended to help entrepreneurs get their small businesses up and running.
• MontCo Students Hope To Benefit From State JobTrak A $20 million program relies on Pennsylvania's community colleges to identify skills needed at local businesses and then re-train older workers to fill the vacancies.
• Big-League Retailer Boscov First Into Hall Of Fame The leader of the Pottstown department store and 40 others like it in the multi-state chain on Thursday will become the initial inductee of the Pennsylvania Retailers Association Hall of Fame.
• Survey Confirms Many MontCo Eyes On The Road Daily Census Bureau statistics released Tuesday show the largest number of workers commuting into Philadelphia from outside the city are Montgomery County residents ... which in part explains the state of U.S. Route 422.
• Take Advantage Of What's Fresh In The Produce Aisle On Wednesday's Food Page: Snack recipes using Florida blueberries and strawberries; Five recipes that use five or fewer ingredients; With spring around the corner (Mother Nature's whims not withstanding), it's time to dust off the grill; And, great appetizers using tomatoes.
• Secret Valley Rail Line Could Steam Into Boyertown Colebrookdale's Railroad Preservation Trust presented a concept Monday to build a passenger rail station for tourists just off East Philadelphia Avenue.
• Thanks To Competition, College Entrance Exam In Redesign The Scholastic Aptitude Test has been a staple in the Pottsgrove, Pottstown, and Spring-Ford Area school districts for years. But the national college entrance exam now faces stiff competition, and is getting a make-over.
• Valley Forge Tourism Bureau Names New President He's been well-known in the Philadelphia hotel industry for years. Now he'll lead the organization that helps, in part, to promote tourism across the Greater Pottstown area.
• This Week: Irish Songs, Lost In Yonkers, Baskets Galore The coming week is filled with surprises: an employment seminar, a home buyer workshop, a chamber breakfast, baskets at the YWCA annual party and the Ringing Hill bingo blast, pancakes with the Cub Scouts, Celtic melodies and barbershop harmony, and a new exhibit at Pottsgrove Manor.
• Pottstown Guitarist, Songwriter Subject Of New Interview Pottstown's Ray Adkins has been making music for decades. He aims now to do more than just get people moving to the beat; he wants to inspire them, he said in an Ifodige interview.
• They're Ready To Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth In Pottstown An annual hand-dipped Easter egg candy sale is in progress at Ringing Hill Fire Company, White Pine Lane, Pottsown; orders must be in by March 11. It also will hold a a basket-and-bag bingo event March 10. Save $5 by buying tickets in advance.
• Crowd Loved Regional Wrestling Finals In Pottstown Saturday's big event drew hundreds of spectators to the high school.
• Witnesses Capture Pottstown Man In Redner's Incident Several customers at Redner's Warehouse Market came to the aid of two women who allegedly were attacked Saturday afternoon as they left the Lower Pottsgrove store. Police arrested a Pottstown man on assault charges.
• OJR High Students Compete Again In Great Food Fight They're hoping to double the tons of food collected last year on behalf of Philabundance.
• Pottstown School Board OKs Elementary Redistricting It's the first change in elementary school attendance boundaries there in more than a dozen years.
• Pair Faces Robbery Charges; One Arrested From Pottstown They face felony counts regarding an incident Sunday in Hatfield Township.
• Big Company's Big Displays Get Big Pottstown Digs Upstage Video, which creates the kind of video walls you see at rock concerts and political rallies, has completed its move into renovated space on Shoemaker Road.
• Pottstown School Administrators Play 'Who's On First' An administrative level retirement, that of Assistant To The Superintendent Robert Stevens, reportedly will have a ripple effect on other positions.
• Get More Mileage From Your Doctor Visit With A Map The Patient First health care firm suggests you take a road map of sorts - a list of what you want to talk about - with you during every visit to a physician. You'll get more health care in less time that way, it says.
• Former Pottstown Pastor Convicted In Fraud Scheme He sought to illegally obtain $6 million in home loans for properties in Schwenksville and Glenmoore, a U.S. District Court judge
• Police Charge Pottstown Man After Alleged Assault Following tense moments with weapons drawn, Lower Pottsgrove police arrested a Pottstown man Sunday morning on several charges related to an alleged assault at an East High Street home.
• Pottstown Student Chefs Chop Down Their Competitors Their winning sandwich will be recreated for a downtown restaurant menu.
• 'Jazz Nite' Benefit Returns March 30 To Art Fusion The three-hour musical event assists the Give The Gift Of Music Foundation.

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