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| | New high school seeks crafters for fall fair -Applications are now being accepted for the annual holiday craft fair to be held at the new Pope John Paul II High School, Royersford, on Saturday, Nov. 13, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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| | Rotary reaches out in international project -A Limerick man’s dream of helping African villagers become self-sufficient received a boost this week as the Spring-Ford Rotary Club presented donations of $5211 to the Moringa Community, an more... |
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| | Costumed characters haunt Royersford -A mild October evening was the perfect setting for the 60th annual Royersford Halloween Parade on Monday. The parade was one of the longest ever, with musical performers, tractors, floats, firetrucks more... |
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| | Spring City Lions to host National Night Out -Spring City Lions Club is inviting people from Spring City and surrounding areas to National Night Out at the Spring City Pool complex, Brown and Wall streets, on Thursday, Aug. 6, 5 to 8 more... |
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| | Interact, Rotary celebrate year of service -A group of Spring-Ford High School students are learning the value of serving others. That ideal was the focal point of the annual dinner meeting of the Spring-Ford Rotary Club and the high school’s more... |
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| | Royersford Public Library gets creative with summer reading -Readers of all ages – from birth to adults – are invited to “Be Creative at Royersford Free Public Library" in this year’s summer reading program.
Children from birth to fifth grade are more... |
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| | Spring City Library plans summer reading fun -
The Spring City Public Library invites children from birth through eighth grade to join the summer reading club and “Be Creative at Your Library.”
Registration began June 1, and the more... |
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| | Rotary distributes funds to community -Every year for the past three decades, Spring-Ford Rotarians have spent a morning flipping flapjacks to feed hungry crowds from the community. But the goal of the annual pancake breakfast is more more... |
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| | Families invited to join in S-F consignment sale -Parents who want to do some spring cleaning and rid their closets, attics and garages of gently used children’s items are invited to participate in Spring-Ford Area School District’s annual more... |
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| | Chamber boosts scholarship fund with Spaghetti Fest -A touch of Italy filled the Spring-Ford High School cafeteria on a recent Friday night as the Spring-Ford Chamber of Commerce held its eighth annual spaghetti dinner and silent auction.
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| | Rotary dishes up fellowship and service with breakfast -The past week has been filled with several sure signs of spring. Early crocuses are painting bare brown lawns with spots of purple. Robins are singing their cheerful song. The sun’s rays carry more more... |
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| | Spring-Ford Chamber, Rotary hold governmental luncheon -The Spring-Ford Rotary Club and Spring-Ford Chamber of Commerce took a look back and a look ahead during the first meeting of the new year, a luncheon held Jan. 7 at the Spring-Ford Country Club. more... |
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| | Library seeks items for Chinese auction -Royersford Free Public Library is accepting items for a Chinese auction.
The auction fundraiser will be part of other festivities planned for Friday, April 17, in celebration of Family more... |
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| | Annual tour highlights holiday homes -Whether over 100 years old or less than 10 years young, the homes on the annual Holiday House Tour sponsored by the Spring City Women’s Library Club all had one thing in common. All were filled from more... |
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| | Rotary, Interact join to supply Christmas for area families -Spring-Ford High School’s cafeteria annex looked like Santa’s workshop on the Wednesday before the winter break as members of the school’s Interact Club came together with the Spring-Ford Rotary Club more... |
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| | Childhood treasures grace museum open house -Memories of childhood greeted visitors to the Spring-Ford Area Historical Society Museum during the society’s annual holiday open house on a Sunday afternoon in December.
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| | Royersford celebrates holiday with tree lighting -Light snow created the perfect winter wonderland setting for the Royersford Borough tree lighting.
As dozens of area residents gathered on a wintry Saturday evening, fluffy white flakes more... |
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| | Spring Valley YMCA plans summer camps -There’s snow on the ground and a chill in the air, but it’s time to think summer!
Spring Valley YMCA will host a Camp 2009 Open House on Saturday, Jan. 31, 8 to 11 a.m., at the Y, 19 W. more... |
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| | Santa visits Royersford Library -As children arrived at Royersford Free Public Library on a December Saturday morning, they found a wide assortment of activities awaiting them.
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| | Holiday event draws crowd in Limerick -On a chilly evening in early December, a crowd gathered behind the Limerick Township Building on Ridge Pike. Anticipation began to build as the magical time of 6:00 more... |
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| | Fire company opens doors to community -Sparks rose into the dark night sky as flames lit the faces of the crowd gathered to watch. But this fire was no tragedy.
The car fire in the middle of Main Street was part of the Fire more... |
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| | Linfield Fire Co. celebrates 95 years -Linfield Fire Co. recently celebrated its 95th anniversary with an open house which also served to kick off Fire Prevention Week.
In addition to the display of current equipment, the event more... |
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| | Festival highlights Spring City’s Main Street -Dozens of area residents gathered on Main Street in Spring City on a recent sunny Saturday to celebrate the third annual Music and Market Festival.
Sponsored by the Spring City more... |
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| | Happy haunters parade in Twin Boroughs -The parades came late, thanks to two days of cold, rainy weather which also postponed the Phillies’ Game 5 victory to capture the team’s first World Series title since 1980. But dozens of spectators, more... |
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| | Halloween parades postponed -The cold, rainy, windy weather that began Monday afternoon has played havoc with more than just the World Series. While the Phillies have to wait for the weather to clear to hopefully clinch their more... |
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| | Spring-Ford plans Homecoming -
The community is invited to celebrate Spring-Ford School District’s 2008 Homecoming in events that will include a bonfire and powder puff football game on Friday, Oct. 17, and a parade and football more... |
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| | Limerick Community Day succeeds despite weather -It seemed everything was against Limerick Community Day this year.
During the first week of September, organizers kept a wary eye on weather forecasts as Hannah approached. By midweek, it more... |
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| | Car show generates funds for Project Outreach -The classic cars parked by the old railroad station in Royersford were there for more than just to show off.
The Pretzel Depot recently hosted the second annual classic car show organized by more... |
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| | Yard sale shoppers support historical society -Eager treasure hunters arrived at the Spring-Ford Historical Society early Saturday morning for the society’s seventh annual fall yard sale festival on the grounds of the society headquarters and more... |
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| | Rotary names Citizen of the Year -It was a night for stars to shine. But while most awards ceremonies celebrate the grand achievements and winning performances of the stars, this one recognized another type of accomplishment. This more... |
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| | Women’s Club dedicates library benches -There’s a new addition at the Spring City Free Public Library. Two granite benches rest in the shade of the front lawn, offering an inviting place for library patrons to sit and read.
The more... |
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| | National Night Out planned in Spring City -The Spring City Lions Club is encouraging the community to step out for safety on Tuesday, Aug. 5, for a National Night Out event at the Spring City Pool Complex on Brown Street.
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| | Musings of a Mommy’s Heart -“How do you motivate your children?” our Sunday school teacher asked as he began the lesson a few weeks ago.
I laughed. “I don’t know, but any suggestions would be welcome!” I more... |
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| | Canal Association shares treasures -Visitors to the Schuylkill Canal’s Lock 60 in Mont Clare on Sunday, March 16, had a colorful surprise. A “little leprechaun” had turned the canal’s water green in honor of St. Patrick’s more... |
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| | Spring City teen learns leadership lessons with egg hunt -The annual Easter egg hunt in Spring City offered more than just an opportunity for youngsters to collect candy-filled eggs. A Spring City teenager also collected some valuable leadership experience more... |
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| | Tradition continues with Royersford hunt -For almost 30 years, children have been gathering in Royersford’s Victory Park early on a Saturday morning for a rite of spring – the annual Easter egg hunt.
Pat Weikel, who has been on the more... |
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| | Upper Providence holds first egg hunt -The Easter Bunny added a new stop to its route this year as Upper Providence Township held its first-ever egg hunt on Saturday, March 15, at Black Rock Park, by the Upper Providence Township Building more... |
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| | Musings of a Mommy’s Heart -Every age has its worries.
A few weeks ago, we were talking over lunch about the struggles one woman is facing as her son leaves home (to join the military, no less). As the discussion more... |
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| | Hundreds enjoy Rotary breakfast -Thirty years ago, the Spring-Ford Rotary Club saw a need in the community and looked for a way to meet that need. A pancake breakfast was suggested, and a tradition was born.
That 30-year more... |
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| | Spring-Ford Rotary to host 30th annual breakfast buffet -The Rotary International motto of “Service above Self” will be fulfilled in more than one way as the Spring-Ford Rotary Club hosts its 30th annual breakfast buffet on Sunday, March 2, 8 a.m. to 1:30 more... |
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| | Musings of a Mommy’s Heart -The table was covered with construction paper, stickers, red paper hearts, markers, crayons and more. The list of names was at hand, and Benjamin was ready to begin making Valentine’s cards for his more... |
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| | Spring-Ford Rotary wraps up Christmas for area families -The Spring-Ford High School cafeteria annex was a flurry of activity on the Wednesday before Christmas as the Spring-Ford Rotary Club and the high school’s Interact Club met together to wrap more... |
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| | Spring City celebrates Christmas -There was a new twist to the Spring City Tree Lighting last month. The Dec. 15 event featured a lot more than just a tree lighting and Santa’s arrival. In fact, even Santa’s arrival had something more... |
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| | Holiday homes shine on annual tour -
A blend of old and new highlighted the annual Holiday House Tour sponsored by the Spring City Women’s Library Club recently.
The tour raises between $1000 and $1500 each year to benefit the more... |
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| | Musings of a Mommy's Heart -Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to be efficient.
This year, Benjamin cut pictures from sale catalogs and hung them on the refrigerator to show what he wants for Christmas. He only selected a more... |
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| | Spring-Ford Historical Society hosts open house -The Christmas tree at the Spring-Ford Historical Society is trimmed with handmade paper ornaments, but the decorations are anything but simple.
The theme of this year’s holiday open house more... |
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| | Holidays arrive in Limerick -Children frolicked in a coating of fresh snow as grown-ups huddled in coats and blankets in the brightly lit pavilion at Limerick Community Park for the sixth annual Holiday Tree Lighting on Friday more... |
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| | Royersford lights community tree -Hundreds of people converged on downtown Royersford Saturday night, but it had nothing to do with the spotlight which shone on the borough for much of the past week.
Earlier in the week, more... |
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