Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Peach Festival returns to Boyertown


Frecon Farms in Boyertown is holding its annual Peach Festival Aug. 1 and 2. The festival will feature the traditional sale of peaches and peachy foods and desserts, as well as a recipe contest with cash prizes, wine tastings and a surprise wine release party, as well as live music by the Manatawny Creek Ramblers.

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According to What's the 422, Limerick planners approved a new gas station at the corner of Township Line Road and Ridge Pike.

The station will be part of the Giant Food Store on the Upper Providence side of Township Line Road. The gas station used to be a Valero but now sits empty.

The plans included five pumps, with none of them offering diesel, which the planning board said might not be wise. Planners suggested that diesel would be a good offering since the closest gas station, a Wawa, doesn't offer it.

The plan now moves on to the Board of Supervisors for approval.

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What's the 422 also reports that the new Walgreen's opened its newest location on Township Line Road, and the Limerick Diner is looking to build an area for outdoor seating at its longtime establishment.

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Lower Pottsgrove is doling out $3,000 to three nonprofits that benefit township residents, according to the Sanatoga Post.

The Visiting Nurse Association, Lower Pottsgrove Historical Society and Pottstown Senior Center all received charitable contributions that restore their funding from the township to past levels. The township had originally planned to give only 50 percent of the requested funding to the organizations in order to balance their budget. The Pottstown library had been among those who would've suffered, but a vote turned those cuts around.

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