Trappe News

The group show "Urban Convergence" at Asian Arts spins with a mix of imagery. It has more variety than one commonly sees in a group show.

Quakertown officials continue to knock around ways to protect residents from unwanted solicitors at their front doors.

Trappe Ambulance emergency medical technician Jenn McCloy, at center in the photo above, was honored last month by Pottstown Memorial Medical Center , which presented her with its 2009 Local Emergency Medical Services Hero Award, as part of National EMS Week , observed May 17-23 . McCloy was nominated by her peers for the award, which is given to ...

Two village residents, Shawn Petri and Jennifer Tinney, were among the 1,186 students who graduatedA last weekA from Montgomery County Community College during its 42nd commencement ceremony at its campus in Blue Bell PA.

Door-to-door salesmen may soon become a thing of the past. The days of the door-to-door salesman may be numbered if a Quakertown councilman has anything to say about it.

Traffic moves west Thursday along U.S. Route 422 at its Royersford-Trappe exit, which PennDOT will re-pave. a oeWe are ready to upgrade this rough stretch of pavement and provide motorists with a smooth, structurally-sound roadway for many years to come,a PennDOT District Executive Lester C. Toaso said.

Charlie Walker remembers tramps hopping off freights and begging for a chance to sleep in his family's Trappe barn during the Great Depression.

A hands-on building conservation workshop at the historic Speaker's House in Trappe, Pennsylvania, in May will provide job skills training to young masons and support community revitalization efforts.

When the salon where she styled hair closed this month, Leslie Kriebel, who also drives a school bus and prepares meals as a personal chef, decided the time had come to do something different.

Lance Billingsley and David Waterman of Brandolini Cos. are still looking for tenants.

Lower Pottsgrove 's more than 4,100 households may get access to television programming carried by Verizon fiber optic cables within the next five years, under a deal that has yet to be approved by the township ...

Looking for a great job? How about a CAREER instead? Wegmans Food Markets newest location is opening in Collegeville, PA in October 2009 and looking for folks who have a passion for providing incredible ...

"Wegmans is beginning the process of hiring full-time employees for its new Collegeville store set to open in October," the big-store supermarket chain says.

Amid all the municipal budget hand-wringing of recent months, only Upper Pottsgrove Township commissioners have publicly spoken the word that could save money for all: Regionalize.

The waiting list for Pennsylvania's subsidized adultBasic program is at an all-time high, according to the Associated Press.

Last week, Borough Council approved a contract with the Teamsters union despite objections from three council members over generous medical benefits and wage increases.

The scene is the German Palatinate in 1753. Adam Staudt is seeking advice from his father, Dietrich, about emigrating to America.

With the current tough economic times, the talk at Perkiomen Township's Dec. 2 Board of Supervisors meeting turned to charity.

Holiday Open House in Boyertown Boyertown's Sixth Annual Holiday Open House Tour is set 3 to 9 p.m. on Friday and will feature homes, businesses and historic buildings including the State Theater, Boyertown ...

" For his efforts to preserve the home of the United State's first Speaker of the House in Trappe, Congressman Jim Gerlach, R-6th Dist., will receive an award tonight.