Skippack News

Pennsylvania State Police are looking for University of Rhode Island college student, Matthew Royer who went missing while driving back home to Skippack Township, Pa., May 16, 2013.

Police are seeking help in locating a missing Skippack man who hasn't been heard from since leaving his Rhode Island college on Thursday.

A Skippack man reported that his wallet and bottles of pet medication were stolen from his Garges Road home in an early-morning breaking, according to the Pennsylvania State Police .

The Skippack Village Summer Time Concert Series kicks off Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. with a performance from Bill Turner and Blue Smoke.

A group of parents plan to attend Monday's Perkiomen Valley School Board meeting to discuss the switch of two school district principals this year, affecting Perkiomen Valley Middle School West and Skippack Elementary School .

The Skippack Township Board of Supervisors authorized the ability to bid to rejuvenate Chuch Road Park in east Skippack at its monthly meeting on Wednesday.

A Norristown woman was charged with driving her vehicle at unsafe speeds after a crash on Stump Hall Road in Skippack Township, according to the Pennsylvania State Police .

Centre Square Fire Company is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a year long celebration.

The Perkiomen Valley School Distric t and the Pennsylvania State Police, Skippack Barracks , are joining forces to help keep children safe online, and to set limits with technology.

State Representatives Marcy Toepel and Mike Vereb brought out Perkiomen Valley residents of all ages with their Youth Fishing Derby on the banks of the Skippack Creek Saturday.

As businesses throughout Skippack Village were preparing for the inaugural First Friday of the spring, a fire broke out on the 4000 block of Skippack Pike around 1:30 p.m., causing three businesses to close.

UPDATE 2:29 p.m.: According to witnesses at the scene, the business damaged appears to be Merle Norman cosmetics shop , in Skippack.

The Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a report of criminal mischief at 4038 Skippack Pike in Skippack Village between 5 p.m. on April 25 and 6:30 a.m. on April 26.

Perkiomen Valley Patch: When did you open your business? Floral & Hardy : Floral & Hardy has been in Skippack since 1999.

According to the Pottstown Mercury , 21-year-old Morrison Vo, of Skippack, pleaded guilty earlier this month to felony robbery for armed robbery of the Walgreen's in the 2800 block of Ridge Pike in Trooper on Jan.