Pottstown YWCA Event Explores Human Trafficking
People are being bought and sold as slaves for forced labor or sexual exploitation. A seminar on human trafficking Saturday at the YWCA in Pottstown explores the crime and solutions.
View ArticleWednesday Program Explains Affordable Care Act
Experts who can tell you about, and get you enrolled, in federal Affordable Care Act insurance programs will be available Wednesday from 4-7 p.m. at the Pottstown Regional Public Library.
View ArticleOld Insurance Shifts To New Without Consumer OK
Some consumers are caught in an unexpected predicament: health insurers have enrolled them in new plans, and taken money from their bank accounts, without permission.
View ArticleCVS Stores, Here And Nationwide, Abandon Tobacco
Corporate executives have decided to end tobacco sales in all CVS Pharmacies, including nine local sites, by October.
View ArticleAfter CVS Decision, PA Doctors Call For E-Cigs Ban Too
CVS Pharmacies are removing tobacco from their shelves by October. The Pennsylvania Medical Society applauds that decision, but wants the company to ban electronic cigarettes too.
View ArticleFamily Fest Returns March 12 To Pottstown High
More than 30 area organizations offer community information during the annual free event, and accompany i8t with entertainment, activities, food and fun. It will be held March 12.
View ArticleCounty College Adds Life Sciences Degree To Its Arsenal
The new degree at the Pottstown and Blue Bell campuses of Montgomery County Community College offers a clear path to move into four-year schools with similar offerings, it said.
View ArticleCollegeville’s Collins Hosts Web Video Health Show
"Health And Wellness," a series of 17-minute web video programs on local hospitals, physicians and health, begins airing later this month. Its host is a Collegeville PA resident.
View ArticleSeniors, Boomers Tops At Recycling, Not Gens X And Y
Older generations are skeptics as far as global warming is concerned, but a new survey shows they ready to pitch in to the effort that keeps our planet cleaner.
View ArticleIt’s Nutrition Month; Survey Says We Could Eat Better
As the nation observes National Nutrition Month, a survey finds more than half of our region's adults don't consume recommended nutritional servings.
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