Thursday, September 3, 2009

Lots of local events this weekend

With a mild sunny weekend expected, area residents are likely to be outdoors and there is plenty of fun awaiting.

This Saturday is First Saturday in the borough of Pottstown, featuring a Nigerian storyteller, music, food and more in Smith Family Plaza. Nostalgia Nights will also be holding their last event of the summer from 5-9 p.m. on High Street with classic cars and other vehicles lined up to be gawked at.

Boyertown is hosting its Duryea Day Saturday as well, with food, rides and more in Boyertown Community Park near the Museum of Historic Vehicles on South Walnut Street in the Borough. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and includes a competition on the balancing board.

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Alice Focht Memorial United Methodist Church, located at 409 E. First St., in Birdsboro is hosting a special service Sept. 13 to remember 9/11 and all those emergency officials who risk their lives to help others.

The 45-minute service, which will start at 4 p.m., will feature a community choir performing “Land of the Free.”

Local emergency services responders were specially invited to the service.

The community is also invited to hang the U.S. flag to commemorate the day.

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It's almost time for the Mouns Jones Country Fair in Douglassville. Planned for Sept. 26 this year, the fair will be held at Morlatton Village on Old Philadelphia Pike from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The buildings in the village will be open to the public during the fair. Festivities will include historical re-enactments from the time of the Mouns Jones family, which first occupied the area in the 1600s.

Local ghost writer Charles J. Adams III will tell tales of the macabre and there will be an antiques appraiser on site to tell visitors what their valuables are really worth. There is a $5 fee for antiques appraisal.

Admission for the fair this year is $2 for adults age 16 and older. Those age 15 and younger enter free. Parking is also free.

More information on the fair can be found at www.historicpreservationtrust.org.


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