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• Columns

  Art & Antiques by Dr. Lori: Collecting the work of women artists

  March is the month devoted to women and their contributions to society. Major museums and private collectors are enthusiastically assembling paintings, sculptures, and other work by female artists and artisans.

  By Lori Verderame Guest Columnist |9 hrs ago

• Columns

  Think About It: No One is Indespensable

  “Which of us can resist the temptation of being thought indispensable?”

  By Don Meyer, Ph.D. Columnist |10 hrs ago

• Crime

  Police Briefs

  Phoenixville man charged with criminal mischief

  |11 hrs ago

• General news

  Limerick tax collector seeks higher fees

  LIMERICK — Limerick Tax Collector Ryan Wall requested the Board of Supervisors move forward on raising tax certification fees that have been the same for two decades.

  By Frank Otto fotto@21st-CenturyMedia.com |11 hrs ago

• Education

  Kimberton Waldorf School and Triskeles to host youth entrepreneurship conference

  Kimberton Waldorf School and Triskeles will host the second annual Tempus Youth Social Entrepreneurship Conference on Friday, March 14 and Saturday, March 15 at Kimberton Waldorf School, 410 West Seven Stars Road, Phoenixville, PA. The theme for this year’s conference is Stepping Stones to Social Entrepreneurship, and will focus on teaching young adults the essential skills and knowledge needed to plan, organize, fund, and run a business.

  Courtesy of Kimberton Waldorf School |11 hrs ago

• Education

  St. Basil 4th graders warm up with hot chocolate contest

  February is Hot Chocolate Party month for 4th graders at St. Basil the Great Catholic School. Every year the students look forward to this cherished tradition as they try to earn the most marshmallows for their hot chocolate. Over the past month the children have been diligently working on their daily assignments so that they can earn stickers for correct and completed work. These stickers are then counted and the total number of stickers equates to the number of marshmallows for their hot...

  Courtesy of St. Basil the Great Catholic School |11 hrs ago

• General news

  Boys Basketball: Spring-Ford boys fall to Cedar Crest in first round of states

  READING - Alex Epps-Ortiz scored 11 points and Nick Stanek had 10, but Spring-Ford fell to Cedar Crest, 66-52, in the first round of the PIAA Class AAA boys basketball playoffs March 8 at the Geigle Complex on the campus of Reading High School.

  Barry Sankey
  |1 day ago

• Business

  ‘Fenix’ Rising: Bridge Street bar reinvents itself with jazz and tapas

  Much like the legend behind the mythical bird whose name it modifies, the Fenix Bar in Phoenixville is going through a rebirth.

  By Matthew D’Ippolito Editor@PhoenixvilleNews.com |3 days ago

• General news

  Montco officials close sale of Parkhouse in Upper Providence

  NORRISTOWN — After a nearly two-hour recess from Thursday morning’s meeting, the Montgomery County commissioners announced they closed the sale of the Parkhouse geriatric facility with Mid-Atlantic Healthcare LLC for $41 million.

  By Dan Clark dclark@21st-centurymedia.com |4 days ago

• General news

  Hearing set for Meadow Brook objections to Phoenixville School District eminent domain plan

  PHOENIXVILLE — A hearing on the objections filed by Meadow Brook Golf Club against the eminent domain acquisition planned by Phoenixville Area School District is scheduled for Friday.

  By Frank Otto fotto@21st-CenturyMedia.com |4 days ago