text: A new event is coming to Pottstown. The craft beer movement is sweeping the nation and Pottstown is no exception.
  The event will feature 100+ craft beers and hard ciders from 50+ brewers that you can sample. Sly Fox will be there representing Pottstown along with many Pennsylvania brewers AND brewers from more than a dozen other states (as far away as Oregon!).
  There will be food (Lily’s Grill, The Heart Foodtruck, The Cow and the Curd and Grumpy’s) and music (Celtic Spirit Band).
  1500 tickets go on sale starting July 17th at 9:00 am.
  The Brew Fest benefits the Pottstown Elks Lodge #814.
  Click here to check out the website and buy your tickets starting July 17th.
  Memorial Park and Manatawny Park are the same place. So no matter what you call it, you know where to go :).
  By Roy • Posted in Entertainment, Food, Music, Pottstown • Tagged alcoholic beverages, beer sampling, Celtic Spirit Band, craft beer, Food, hard cider, Memorial Park, Music, October, Pottstown, Pottstown Brew Fest, Pottstown Elks, Sly Fox Brewing Company
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  Oct 13 2014
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  Temple of Terror Returns To Pottstown – Seasonal Entertainment
  By Roy • Posted in Holidays, Pottstown • Tagged Franklin Street, Halloween, haunted attractions, Holidays, Masons, October, Order of the Eastern Star, Pottstown, Pottstown AMBUCS, Pottstown Elks, scary, seasonal attractions, Stichter Masonic Lodge, Temple of Terror
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  Dec 2 2013
  US Manufacturing Grows At Fastest Pace In 2½ Years
  WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. manufacturing grew in November at the fastest pace in 2½ years as factories ramped up production, stepped up hiring and received orders at a healthy clip.
  The Institute for Supply Management said Monday that its index of manufacturing activity rose to 57.3. That was up from 56.4 in October and was the highest since April 2011. A reading above 50 signals growth.
  One component of the index, a measure of hiring, rose to its highest level in nearly 18 months. And a gauge of export orders reached its highest level in nearly two years. Overseas demand is benefiting from modest recoveries in Europe, Japan and China.
  Manufacturing activity has now expanded for six straight months after hitting a rough patch in the spring. The steady gains suggest that growth is remaining healthy in the current October-December quarter.
  Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20131202_ap_4978c48d3b504648b48b0acc2f267984.html#flx0Btf732s7obLS.99
  By Roy • Posted in Everything Else • Tagged aircraft, durable goods, factory output, furniture, Institute for Supply Management, inventory, job creation, job growth, Jobs, Joshua Shapiro, manufacturing, November, October, primary metals, production, United States
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  Dec 7 2012
  U.S. Unemployment Rate Falls To 7.7 Percent
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy added 146,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent, the lowest since December 2008. The government said Superstorm Sandy had only a minimal effect on the figures.
  The Labor Department‘s report today offered a mixed picture of the economy.
  Hiring remained steady during the storm and in the face of looming tax increases. But the government said employers added 49,000 fewer jobs in October and September than it initially estimated.
  And the unemployment rate fell to a four-year low in November from 7.9 percent in October mostly because more people stopped looking for work and weren’t counted as unemployed.
  Read more: http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=433757
  By Roy • Posted in Everything Else, Politics • Tagged Barack Obama, economic development, Economy of the United States, Employment, fiscal cliff, Hostess liquidation, Jobs, Labor Department, November, October, Politics, retail, seasonal jobs, Superstorm Sandy, Temporary work, unemployment, United States Department of Labor, US Congress
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  Jul 31 2012
  Oktoberfest To Expand At ArtsQuest’s SteelStacks
  Oktoberfest, the most successful new festival in the first year of ArtsQuest’s SteelStacks campus in 2011, returns in October with new food, new contests and advance tickets that save festival-goers up to 25 percent, it was announced Monday.
  The celebration of autumn and the Lehigh Valley‘s Germanic heritage, set for Oct. 5-7 and 12-14, will retain its most popular components: music, food, activities and, of course, beer. And it will have the same title sponsor: D.G. Yuengling & Son brewers.
  “The first Oktoberfest celebration at SteelStacks was a huge hit, with nearly 25,000 people coming out,” said ArtsQuest Vice President of Marketing and Public Relations Curt Mosel. “This year’s festival will feature even more attractions and special events, with something for all ages.”
  Yuengling announced that the Yuengling Oktoberfest beer debuted at last year’s festival “was so well received that it will make a triumphant return in kegs and now bottles for 2012,” Yuengling Marketing Manager Jen Holtzman said.
  Read more: http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/mc-oktoberfest-artsquest-bethlehem-20120730,0,6919333.story
  By Roy • Posted in Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, Entertainment, Food • Tagged alcoholic beverages, ArtsQuest, beer, Bethlehem PA, Curt Mosel, Dick Yuengling, festival, Jen Holtzman, Lehigh Valley, Levitt Pavilion, Miss Oktoberfest Contest, October, Oktoberfest, SteelStacks, Yuengling, Yuengling Pairing Lunches
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  Oct 30 2011
  150,000 PECO Customers Still Without Power
  PECO is reporting that at the height of yesterday’s freak blizzard, 250,000 customers were without power. That number has been reduced to 150,000.
  Chester, Bucks and Montgomery Counties were the hardest hit. Customers in these three counties represent almost 100% of the 150,000 still left without power.
  By Roy • Posted in Chester County, Norristown/Montgomery County • Tagged Bucks County, Chester County, electricity, Exelon, Montgomery County., October, PECO, Philadelphia, power loss, power outages, snow, storm, weather
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  Oct 29 2011
  Hundreds Of Thousands Without Power In Pennsylvania
  PHILADELPHIA – Mother Nature’s October surprise snowfall has cut power to about 428,000 customers in eastern and central Pennsylvania as trees weighted down by heavy flakes topple onto power lines or traffic accidents bring down utility poles.
  Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/pennsylvania/20111029_ap_rareoctobersnowcutspowertothousandsinpa.html?ref=twitter.com#ixzz1cCoU0WAf
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  By Roy • Posted in Pennsylvania • Tagged downed power lines and trees, electricity, nor'easter, October, October surprise, PECO, Pennsylvania, power outages, PP&L, snow
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  Oct 29 2011
  Snow In October!
  By Roy • Posted in Pottstown • Tagged freak storm, nor'easter, October, Pennsylvania, Pottstown, snow, weather
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  Nov 18 2010
  Pennsylvania Jobless Rates Dips Again
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  The unemployment rate in Pennsylvania has dropped for the third consecutive month. October’s rate fell to 8.8%, down from 9.0% in September.
  By Roy • Posted in Pennsylvania • Tagged economy, Employment, jobless rate, Jobs, new jobs, October, Pennsylvania, Seasonal adjustment, unemployment, unemployment rate, United States Department of Labor