Saturday, May 25, 2013
The parade will be held down Main Street on Monday, beginning at 10 a.m.
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The following is a press release from the Collegeville Economic Development Corporation: Our communities’ parade, now in its third year, promises to be the most melodic and best yet for both parade participants and onlookers! This year’s parade theme, “Patriotic Songs” provides creative inspiration for floats and banners and encourages more musicians and bands to join in than last year. Parade chairman Russ Henze and his Parade Committee have devoted countless hours to creating a must-see spectacle of bands, cars, floats, marchers and other displays dedicated to showcasing our remembrance and gratitude owed to our veterans and our service men and women. The parade will begin on Monday, May 27th at 10 a.m. sharp at Augustus Lutheran …
Chase Utley joins a growing list of injured Philadelphia Phillies so far this year.
Add Chase Utley to the list. Just when you thought the Philadelphia Phillies second baseman might make it through the year injury free, Utley has now been shelved by an oblique strain. He's the latest casuality on a growing list of players that could sink the Phillies season before we hit June. Utley's out. And he joins Carlos Ruiz who has a foot injury that will keep him out of action for several weeks; fifth starter John Lannan, who got knocked out after a few starts; Roy Halladay, possibly out for the year after shoulder surgery; and Mike Adams, the key set-up man to closer Jonathan Papelbon. And don't forget that Ryan Howard is battling injuries that could linger all season. It's not looking good for a team that needs every player …
Friday, May 24, 2013
Two local banks were robbed on Friday afternoon.
The Upper Providence Police Department and the Pennsylvania State Police are investigating two bank robberies in Upper Providence and Skippack Township that occurred Friday afternoon, in which a masked man demanded money from bank tellers. According to the Upper Providence Police, a man entered the Harleysville Savings Bank on Ridge Pike in Upper Providence around 5:00 p.m. and forced a customer to the floor before demanding money from a teller. A witness at the bank said that a masked man had a gun and waved it around the branch. Police said the man left through the back door and was last seen heading across the parking lot, northbound towards Township Line Road. A dye pack exploded onto the money as the man left the bank, according to …
Joseph Anthony Samsel Jr. admitted to participating in residential burglaries that netted more than $100,000 in stolen property.
According to the Pottstown Mercury, Joseph Anthony Samsel Jr., 25, of the 100 block of West Ridge Pike, pleaded guilty to charges of burglary and conspiracy to commit burglary in connection with a string of 21 break-ins from July 2012 to January 2013. Specifically, Samsel admitted to taking part, with Benner, in burglaries along Reller Road in Salford, during which jewelry valued at $5,000 was stolen, and along Meng Road in Lower Frederick, during which jewelry and cash totaling more $2,000 was reported stolen, reported the Mercury. In all, a reported $100,000 was stolen in jewelry and other items. As previously posted on Patch, the string of burglaries took place over a period of seven months leading to the arrest of another Limerick …
Looking for something other than a Camry from one of the world's largest automakers.
My car’s rear seats don’t fold down. They did on my previous car, which was a coupe version of my current car, but my car’s first owner didn’t pony up the money for the cold-weather package … so now I’m stuck with a small trunk and no headlamp washers. First world problems, I know. And because my seats don’t fold down, whenever I want to go skiing, or surfing, or just carry a long stick in my vehicle, I’ve got to run to my mother. She drives a 2001 Toyota RAV4. It’s cavernous, can plow through 2 feet of snow with its gas-guzzling, always-on 4-wheel drive system and 70-series tires, and is probably the slowest vehicle I’ve ever driven. I’m always welcome to drive it when I need to take a tortuous trip to Ikea and I love it. But, being a …
The disappearance, and subsequent recovery, of Matthew Royer has started a lively debate among Patch readers on missing person investigations.
Skippack man Matthew Royer was located Thursday after disappearing on his way home from the Univeristy of Rhode Island on May 18. The Royer family asked the media to consider this a "private and closed matter," and there have been no details on the reasons for his disapearance, or the details surrounding his recovery. Patch readers, however, have started a lively discussion on if indivuduals who go missing are found to have left on their own accord without telling anyone, who should be responsible for the search efforts? Click here for the lengthy discussion, see below to vote in a poll.
The group is on a 10-day trek to Harrisburg to pressure government leaders into investing in communities, not prisons.
Decarcerate PA, an anti-prison activist group, has organized a 10-day march from Philadelphia to Harrisburg beginning Saturday, and will spend the weekend walking through Norristown and Collegeville to Pottstown, stopping for a protesting to end prison expansions along the way. The 113-mile trek has been labeled the “March for a People’s Budget: Stop the Prison Expansion Now!,” and will begin Saturday at noon with a rally in Love Park. “The march will build pressure on legislators to reject Governor Corbett’s prison expansion projects and invest in communities, not prisons,” said a release from the organization. "Decarcerate PA and allies are marching to oppose the unchecked grown of Pennsylvania’s prison budget even as 23 schools in …
This event will be held at the beautiful, private golf course at Spring Ford Country Club.
Parade begins at 5th & Main at 9 am, travels up Main to 7th Ave, right on 7th to Walnut, then left on Walnut.
Planning a vacation or just a day trip? Patch has all the information on the Shore's best beaches
More than six months after Superstorm Sandy caused unprecedented damage to the Jersey Shore region, the beaches will be open for Memorial Day Weekend and the summer. While certain access points and facilities might be closed as municipalities continue to work on restoration, for the most part, the beaches will be operational. The only beach that remains off limits to the public is Mantoloking. The borough was home to a breach that split Ocean County's northern barrier island in half and was one of the hardest hit communities in New Jersey during the storm. So as you prepare to stick your toes in the sand, are you wondering what will be accessible after Sandy? Need to know how much it will cost to buy badges to your favorite beach? Curious …
Kevin Huff Sr.
8:53 am on Saturday, May 25, 2013
Everything is OK. The new Head Cheese is the current third base coach. Charlie Manuel can go now and all will be forgiven. They had a good run but the Phillies are older now and if I may quote the Roliing Stones,who know better than anyone,"time waits for no one,and it won't wait for me". more ›