 | Musings of a Mommy’s Heart -“How do you motivate your children?” our Sunday school teacher asked as he began the lesson a few weeks ago.
I laughed. “I don’t know, but any suggestions would be welcome!” I more... |
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| | Canal Association shares treasures -Visitors to the Schuylkill Canal’s Lock 60 in Mont Clare on Sunday, March 16, had a colorful surprise. A “little leprechaun” had turned the canal’s water green in honor of St. Patrick’s more... |
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| | Spring City teen learns leadership lessons with egg hunt -The annual Easter egg hunt in Spring City offered more than just an opportunity for youngsters to collect candy-filled eggs. A Spring City teenager also collected some valuable leadership experience more... |
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| | Tradition continues with Royersford hunt -For almost 30 years, children have been gathering in Royersford’s Victory Park early on a Saturday morning for a rite of spring – the annual Easter egg hunt.
Pat Weikel, who has been on the more... |
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| | Upper Providence holds first egg hunt -The Easter Bunny added a new stop to its route this year as Upper Providence Township held its first-ever egg hunt on Saturday, March 15, at Black Rock Park, by the Upper Providence Township Building more... |
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| | Musings of a Mommy’s Heart -Every age has its worries.
A few weeks ago, we were talking over lunch about the struggles one woman is facing as her son leaves home (to join the military, no less). As the discussion more... |
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| | Hundreds enjoy Rotary breakfast -Thirty years ago, the Spring-Ford Rotary Club saw a need in the community and looked for a way to meet that need. A pancake breakfast was suggested, and a tradition was born.
That 30-year more... |
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| | Spring-Ford Rotary to host 30th annual breakfast buffet -The Rotary International motto of “Service above Self” will be fulfilled in more than one way as the Spring-Ford Rotary Club hosts its 30th annual breakfast buffet on Sunday, March 2, 8 a.m. to 1:30 more... |
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| | Musings of a Mommy’s Heart -The table was covered with construction paper, stickers, red paper hearts, markers, crayons and more. The list of names was at hand, and Benjamin was ready to begin making Valentine’s cards for his more... |
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| | Spring-Ford Rotary wraps up Christmas for area families -The Spring-Ford High School cafeteria annex was a flurry of activity on the Wednesday before Christmas as the Spring-Ford Rotary Club and the high school’s Interact Club met together to wrap more... |
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| | Spring City celebrates Christmas -There was a new twist to the Spring City Tree Lighting last month. The Dec. 15 event featured a lot more than just a tree lighting and Santa’s arrival. In fact, even Santa’s arrival had something more... |
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| | Holiday homes shine on annual tour -
A blend of old and new highlighted the annual Holiday House Tour sponsored by the Spring City Women’s Library Club recently.
The tour raises between $1000 and $1500 each year to benefit the more... |
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| | Musings of a Mommy's Heart -Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to be efficient.
This year, Benjamin cut pictures from sale catalogs and hung them on the refrigerator to show what he wants for Christmas. He only selected a more... |
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| | Spring-Ford Historical Society hosts open house -The Christmas tree at the Spring-Ford Historical Society is trimmed with handmade paper ornaments, but the decorations are anything but simple.
The theme of this year’s holiday open house more... |
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| | Holidays arrive in Limerick -Children frolicked in a coating of fresh snow as grown-ups huddled in coats and blankets in the brightly lit pavilion at Limerick Community Park for the sixth annual Holiday Tree Lighting on Friday more... |
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| | Royersford lights community tree -Hundreds of people converged on downtown Royersford Saturday night, but it had nothing to do with the spotlight which shone on the borough for much of the past week.
Earlier in the week, more... |
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| | Thanksgiving feast brings community together -Thanksgiving dinner was a bit nicer for several dozen Spring-Ford area residents this year.
For the first time, Project Outreach hosted a Community Thanksgiving Dinner. The plan, according more... |
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| | Musings of a Mommy’s Heart -Benjamin has a new toy, or at least a new form of entertainment. And it came from a most unlikely source.
Thanks to an unlocatable and unfixable leak, we have been without a shower in our more... |
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| | Spring-Ford Rotary adopts families for Christmas -Christmas will be a little nicer this year for dozens of Spring-Ford area children, thanks to the efforts of the Spring-Ford Rotary Club.
The club is gearing up for its sixth year of the more... |
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| | Costumed characters parade in Royersford -
Ghouls and goblins and princesses and pirates, along with assorted flowers and bugs and animals, made their way down Main Street in Royersford for the 56th annual Halloween Parade on Monday more... |
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| | SCA spruces up Lock 60 area -It was a busy weekend for the Schuylkill Canal Association recently as the stewards of the historic area held their annual fall cleanup, as well as a fall craft show and Locktender’s House open more... |
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| | Musings of a Mommy's Heart -There’s a new shutterbug in the Lynch household.
Benjamin was given a simple 35mm camera for his birthday. Before he had a chance to use it, though, he took his first shots with a digital more... |
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| | Music and Market Festival tunes up in Spring City -A musical Saturday is planned for this weekend in Spring City, as the Spring City Revitalization Committee hosts the second Music and Market Fest along Main Street.
The festival, set for more... |
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| | Spring-Ford celebrates Homecoming 2007 -By twos and threes and in small family groups they came, gathering along Main Street in Royersford under a bright late-September sky. Anticipation filled the air as the crowd awaited the start of the more... |
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| | Spring City Lions Carnival creates fun fall weekend -For the second year in a row, the last weekend of September has seen the parking lot of the Brown Street Pool in Spring City transformed into a magical wonderland of rides, games, clowns and more... |
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| | Musings of a Mommy's Heart -It was a vacation that seemed doomed to disaster before it even began.
Benjamin and I both enjoy tent camping and we both like to go to the beach. Ken doesn’t like either one. A few years more... |
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| | Upper Providence Community Day planned Saturday -
Businesses, services and organizations from throughout Upper Providence Township will take the spotlight Saturday, Sept. 22, during the annual Community Day. Festivities get underway in the more... |
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| | Limerick Community Day notches another success -Late summer sunshine blazed from a clear blue sky as hundreds of area residents converged on Limerick Community Park on Saturday, Sept. 8, for the annual Limerick Community Day.
Karen more... |
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| | Musings of a Mommy’s Heart -
Parents of newborns are often told to enjoy these first years with their little one, because the time flies quickly. That may be hard to believe, especially during middle-of-the-night crying bouts, more... |
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| | Schuylkill Sojourn visits Lock 60 -
Colorful kayaks and canoes filled the Schuylkill Canal’s Lock 60 in Mont Clare recently as the ninth annual Schuylkill River Sojourn made its way along the river.
The Schuylkill River more... |
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| | Musings of a Mommy's Heart -Another milestone accomplished!
As Miss Kielbasa opened the door for her little charges to leave Spring City Elementary School on the last day of school, she announced, “Here are the more... |
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| | Limerick Parks & Rec plans tons of summer fun -
The Limerick Parks and Recreation Committee has put together a full schedule of summer activities for children of all ages, as well as some for adults.
A baton twirling clinic will be more... |
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| | Schuylkill Canal Association to celebrate 25th annual festival -The Schuylkill Canal Association presents its 25th annual Canal Day celebration. The local and regional community is invited to participate in this year’s family-fun events on Saturday, June 23 more... |
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| | Spring City Legion, fire co. remember those who served -The morning stillness lent a solemn air to the scene as small groups of people began gathering in the Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery on Memorial Day. Even the sound of traffic passing on Route 724 more... |
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| | Musings of a Mommy's Heart -A child’s enthusiasm is one of the most infectious feelings around.
The other Saturday, Ken and I took Benjamin to Dorney Park. We had planned to go as a group with our Pioneer Club from more... |
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| | Bird walk finds avian treasures in Mont Clare -Sunlight filtered through the leaves as myriad bird songs filled the forest Sunday afternoon during the Schuylkill Canal Association’s annual spring bird walk along the Schuylkill Canal Park in Mont more... |
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| | Families walk together to benefit Royersford Library -After what seemed like weeks of unseasonably cold and wet weather, Saturday, April 21, dawned sunny and mild, a perfect day for a walk.
Dozens of Spring-Ford area residents gathered around more... |
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| | Spring-Ford Rotary gives $6,000 to community -Representatives of several community organizations attended Wednesday’s meeting of the Spring-Ford Rotary Club to receive the distribution of funds from this year’s breakfast buffet.
The more... |
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| | Musings of a Mommy's Heart -Learning is like a series of building blocks. Each new skill lays the foundation for the next.
On second thought, rather than simple blocks, learning is more like Legos, an interlocking more... |
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| | Spring City Revitalization launches proposal for boat ramp -People who canoe or kayak the Schuylkill River may soon have a resting spot in Spring City, if plans of the Spring City Revitalization Committee come to fruition.
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| | ‘Put Play in Your Day’ at Spring Valley YMCA -The Spring Valley YMCA will join more than 1500 YMCAs nationwide in the 16th annual YMCA Healthy Kids Day on Saturday, April 14, from 1 to 4 p.m.
An opportunity for kids and families to “Put more... |
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| | Musings of a Mommy’s Heart -As Benjamin began kindergarten last fall, I knew we were embarking on the great adventure of learning. But I have to confess, our latest undertaking is even more exciting than I more... |
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| | Royersford Public Library celebrates birthday -Children’s entertainer “Mr. David” performed at a very special birthday party last weekend. While dozens of youngsters enjoyed the show, the “guest of honor” was in fact 109 years old.
The more... |
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| | Limerick historians look at township’s future -
Limerick Township is growing, and has been for 300 years. Managing that growth is the key for the future, Limerick Township Manager Dan Kerr told the Limerick Historical Society recently. more... |
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| | Musings of a Mommy’s Heart -It was a moment to make any mother’s heart stand still.
There was my little Benjamin – looking ever so tiny – lying on the floor with his fists clenched at his sides and his eyes squeezed more... |
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| | Safe alternative planned for after prom -Prom and graduation nights are the two most dangerous times of the year for high school students.
With those statistics in mind, a group of Spring-Ford parents got together last year to more... |
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| | Schuylkill Canal project begins -A narrow channel of water trickles through the mud and ice of the bed of the Schuylkill Canal in Mont Clare.
No, it’s not a disaster. The canal has been drained temporarily for the next more... |
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| | Musings of a Mommy's Heart -It is said that failing to plan equals planning to fail.
Benjamin is full of plans, and it’s quite amusing to hear him talking about what he’ll do when he grows up.
He started a more... |
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| | Spring City Women’s Club celebrates birthday -The Spring City Women’s Library Club celebrated its 95th anniversary recently with a Christmas tea at First United Church of Christ, Spring City.
The club was founded as the Woman’s more... |
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| | Spring-Ford Rotary honors memory of former president -The Spring-Ford Rotary Club recently honored the memory of former president Gale Weber, who died July 28 after a long battle with cancer.
The club presented her widower, Bob Weber, with a more... |
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