June 24th through August 30th
Fernbrook Access Park in North Coventry
A Full Day School-Age Care Program
For Ages 6 to 12 - $155.00/week
Transportation Provided
Subsidized families - call your case manager
YWCA Phone – (610) 323-1888, Renee Spaide, Child Care Director
Dare To Be The Best, a free, interactive workshop for fathers. Participants will be supported in being the best parent they can be through father-child interaction, case management, education, and advocacy. Information about community resources, services and programs will be available. The workshop will be held on six consecutive Wednesday evenings beginning May 1, 6:30–8 p.m. at Family Services’ Pottstown Office, 1976 East High Street, Pottstown.
Pre-registration is required. Registration deadline is Friday, April 26.
For more information or to register, contact Rob Gaskill at610-326-1610 ext. 239 or rgaskill@fsmontco.org.
A city man was killed Thursday when he drove through a red light on Schuylkill Avenue at Buttonwood Street while talking on a cellphone and his car was hit broadside by a work van, authorities said.
Jose E. DeJesus Garcia, 53, who investigators said lived in the northwestern area of the city not far from the crash site, was pulled from the car by a nearby resident as the vehicle caught fire following the 8:25 a.m. accident. He died before police arrived.
Within minutes, police vehicles, firetrucks and ambulances filled a one-block area that was strewn with mangled vehicle parts. Firefighters quickly put out the burning car.
City detectives and evidence technicians responded along with patrol officers. The intersection was closed nearly four hours, slowing commuter traffic on other routes.
Location of Pottstown in Montgomery County (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Editor’s note: The cheers for the German Club!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The first day of fund-raising to pay $2,660 in borough costs for the Oct. 24 Halloween parade netted a whopping $1,125, just short of the halfway mark, on the very first day.
Way to go Pottstown. The biggest contribution came from Pottstown’s German Club, which donated $1,000 to the cause.
Read entire article: http://www.pottsmerc.com/article/20121011/NEWS01/121019814/-1-000-german-club-donation-starts-pottstown-halloween-parade-fund-drive-off-right
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CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — A southeastern Pennsylvania city will soon be getting its first supermarket in more than a decade, the project of a nonprofit organization best known for collecting and distributing emergency food aid, officials said.
Philabundance announced Friday that it had purchased a mostly vacant building in Chester that housed the city’s last supermarket before it closed in 2001.
In about a year, the organization says it hopes to open a new 13,000-square-foot “Fare and Square” grocery store. Bill Clark, the group’s president, says it is believed to be the first supermarket in the country operated by a food aid group as a nonprofit venture.
The future of the city’s fruit-and-vegetable green cart is no longer followed by a question mark.
Allentown took home a first-place national award — and a $120,000 grant — for the program, securing its immediate future fighting childhood obesity.
Six cities were honored nationally. Allentown was the only city in Pennsylvania to win recognition for the award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the American Beverage Association.
“More than 40 percent of our kids are either overweight or obese,” Mayor Ed Pawlowski said. “We are tackling that problem head-on.”
Camp Wanna-Be Fit
Outdoor Summer Camp Fun!
Youth Ages 7 to 10
June 20 through August 26, 2011
9 AM – 3:30 PM Monday through Friday
Fernbrook Access Park in North Coventry
Children may be dropped off at the YWCA between 6:30 and 8:15 AM.
At 8:30 AM, a bus will transport the staff and children to the park for the day, returning to the YWCA at 3:45 PM.
Children can be picked up anytime from 4 PM to 6 PM.
Rate: $155 weekly
Subsidized Families Welcome!
Call YWCA at 610-323-1888 to Register
Good article from the Reading Eagle about basic driving rules and courtesy.
Every week, my girlfriend and I go out for dinner on Friday and Saturday nights. Usually a cheap meal on Friday and a nicer meal on Saturday.
Friday we went to Arby’s on Shoemaker Rd. for our fast-food meal. All was going well except there was this hyper kid running around like a nut while we were waiting for our order. The restaurant wasn’t busy. There were tons of empty tables but, of course, they had to sit right behind us with spaz-boy. The kid is jumping up and down on the seat, batting at the light fixture etc… while the parents are doing squat to stop him.
As usual, I finished way before Dawn. While I am talking to her as she is eating, she makes this face, lays down her sandwich and says “I can’t eat any more”. Wanna know why????? Because spaz-boy hurled all over the table, the floor, the seat etc… She had taken one bite of her sandwich. We went back to her house so she could finish her meal.
Saturday night we had a coupon for Friendly’s on Shoemaker Rd. They have some new menu items and we decided that sounded good. They seat us in front of a family with two children. We order. We get our soup. Dawn takes about three bites, lays down her spoon and says “Not again”. Wanna know why??? The one kid hurled all over the table. God pity the people who were directly across the aisle. They couldn’t finish their dessert. So the mother stands up and announces that she is going to the restroom to wash the “puke” off….. OMG did you really have to say puke while people are eating all around you.
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So they left and the staff cleaned up the mess pronto. Dawn was fortunately able to eat after that. I had my back to it both nights. She said this wasn’t as bad as Arby’s, the night before, thankfully since we hadn’t even gotten our entrees yet!
Can you even believe the luck????? Be afraid. Be very afraid!
Lord have mercy!
