Gilbertsville News

A fire destroyed a two-story barn and a small cottage in Douglass Township, Montgomery County, officials said Saturday.

The fire was reported shortly before 12:30 p.m. Friday in the 600 block of Congo Road in Douglass Township, near Gilbertsville.

Customers Bank is the highest-ranked of these. 18 The number of companies on last year's list that didn't rank this year.

The Miracles From Him team with Relay For Life of Boyertown will raise money Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. with the Cruze In for a Cure vehicle show at Douglass Community Park, 1320 E. Philadelphia Ave., Gilbertsville.

Robbers Steal Guns at Gunpoint: According to a report in the Perkioman Valley Patch , an Upper Hanover man was robbed of his guns at gunpoint at his home on Wednesday morning.

Norristown's Brent Worthington joined other students from Montgomery County Community College at the American Student Association of Community Colleges National Student Advocacy and Leadership Conference last month in Washington D.C. The college's Director of Student Leadership and Involvement, Chris Coia, accompanied with Worthington, Abu ... (more)

J.E. Morgan Knitting Mills was the economic backbone of the area for decades, its name synonymous with Tamaqua.