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🌱 Patch AM: Vaccination Rates At Pottstown Schools: See Newly Revealed Data

Coming up: Estate Sale - Third and final sale on the Pottstown Patch calendar

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Good morning Pottstown! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How protected are Pottstown students against measles and polio?
  • What Upper Pottsgrove's $3 million land deal means for your taxes
  • How to legally explore the eerie ghost village near Pottstown

Also on today's calendar: Estate Sale - Third and final sale and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What do evil hens lay? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 88 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Thursday: A shower and t-storm; humid, temps: high: 82, low: 59.
  • Friday: Clouds and sun; less humid, with a high of 85 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Vaccination Rates At Pottstown Schools: See Newly Revealed Data (patch.com) — Families in Pottstown can now see detailed vaccination rates for local seventh-graders and high school seniors, thanks to new state health department data. The figures show generally strong coverage at Pottstown Middle and Senior High Schools, though some vaccines fall below the 95 percent herd immunity benchmark, giving parents and community members clearer insight into student health protections.
   

• Upper Pottsgrove votes to buy 3 properties for $3 million (pottsmerc.com subscription) — Upper Pottsgrove commissioners voted 4-1 to spend $2.9 million buying three Mingey-owned parcels, planning a new municipal complex on Farmington Avenue and Steinmetz Road and expanding nearby open space. The deal includes a $100,000 settlement over a sewer-line dispute and comes despite resident concerns about groundwater contamination history, road conditions, price, and the township's ongoing financial relationship with the developer.
   

• 8 Forgotten Ruins In Pennsylvania With Mysterious Histories You Will Want To Know (takingthekids.com) — One of the featured ruins, Fricks Locks Village, sits just outside Pottstown and can only be visited on guided tours because it lies within Limerick Nuclear Power Plant's exclusion zone. The broader piece highlights seven other eerie, historic Pennsylvania sites, from Austin Dam to the abandoned Sideling Hill Tunnel and Valley Forge's Colonial Springs Bottling Plant, for road-trippers seeking atmospheric, offbeat destinations.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Wednesday August 19
  • Elvis Bingo →
    SoulJoel's at SunnyBrook, 50 Sunnybrook Rd, Pottstown
    7:00 pm
    • Thursday August 20
  • Historical Commission at Fernbrook Lodge
    North Coventry Township 1954 St Peters Rd, Pottstown, PA 19465, USA
    3:00 pm
    • Friday August 21
  • Line Dancing →
    SoulJoel's at SunnyBrook, 50 Sunnybrook Rd, Pottstown
    6:00 pm
  • The Bacon Brothers - Pottstown, PA →
    SoulJoel's at SunnyBrook, 50 Sunnybrook Rd, Pottstown
    7:00 pm
  • The Bacon Brothers →
    The SunnyBrook Ballroom, 50 Sunnybrook Rd, Pottstown
    7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Does anyone know where I can buy a 50 lbs.
    bag of caustic soda flakes now that the Pottstown Roller Mills has closed? I really need to find a reliable source soon! (Nextdoor Pottstown/Spring City)
  • American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. posted a job opening for Aerie - Stock Associate - Early Morning (Off-Hours) in Pottstown. Apply here.
  • Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Team Member in Pottstown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pottstown here.

🗞 Nearby News

Pottsgrove

Boyertown

  • Studio B Art Gallery Announces Opening to "PETS!" (town.news)
  • Boyertown library, Spaatz Museum awarded $100K in state grants (berksweekly.com)
  • HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Pope John Paul II aims to return to championship form following 2025 'learning experience' (pottsmerc.com)

Ok Pottstown! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Deviled eggs (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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