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Local Connections
How Will Your Kids Be Spending Their Summer?
Before you know it, that final bell will ring and school will be out for the summer. If you haven't already made your kids' summer plans yet, there are plenty of options for camps and pro...
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Schools
Photo Gallery: EarthFest
The 10th annual EarthFest, held at Temple Ambler, was hosted by the Center for Sustainable Communities and welcomed schools and groups from the Ambler and Philadelphia region to learn abo...
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Volunteers in the News
Boy Scouts Retire Old Flags
Prior to the ceremony, members of Troop 752, from Norristown; Troop 50, from Schwenksville; and Troop 100, from Philadelphia, spent the day cleaning Montgomery Cemetery. Each scout r...
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Local Connections
Freedom Valley Y Hosting Free Saturday Full of Fun
This weekend, YMCAs across the country will throw open their doors and invite everyone in the community to come in, get active and have fun, at no charge. Saturday is the official H...
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Government
Valley Forge Park Hunt Culls over 300 Deer
A team of marksmen armed with special non-lead ammunition and working under tightly controlled conditions shot and killed 377 white tailed deer in Valley Forge National Historical Park ov...
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Arts
Council Member Mimi DeSouza Honored With Award from Local Arts Group
Norristown's council and community leaders have been touting the arts as a way to help revitalize Norristown for years now and one council member in particular has put her money where her...
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Arts
Award-Winning Author Jerry Spinelli Comes Home
Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library hosted an evening with Newberry Medal-winning author Jerry Spinelli, April 26. Spinelli, who was born in Norristown, reflects many childhood me...
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Local Connections
Norristown Alum Honored With Prestigious Scholarship
Philly.com is spreading the word about former Norristown student Akbar Hossain and his epic success story. Hossain, now a junior at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, was recentl...