Fire guts Upper Pottsgrove home

Friday, December 5, 2008

By Brandie Kessler, bkessler@pottsmerc.com

UPPER POTTSGROVE — Fire gutted a home at 1337 N. State St. Thursday afternoon, causing $200,000 in damage to the structure alone, officials said.

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Couch fire burns Upper Pottsgrove home

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

By Mercury Staff

UPPER POTTSGROVE — A single-story, unoccupied home on Farmington Avenue sustained smoke and heat damage during a Monday morning fire.

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Firefighters stop blaze

Monday, November 17, 2008

By Mercury Staff

Firefighters from the Upper Pottsgrove Township Fire Company stopped a blaze that destroyed the living room of a home on Farmington Avenue near West Moyer Road. The call for the fire came in around 11 a.m. and firefighters quickly extinguished it.

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Hundreds hit polling places early to vote in 'historic' election

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

By Eileen Faust, efaust@pottsmerc.com

Long lines, backed-up traffic, limited parking and even emergency surgery didn't deter the hundreds of area residents who turned out early to cast their vote in what many were calling a "historic" election Tuesday.

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Man run over by trailer

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

By Evan Brandt

UPPER POTTSGROVE - An 84-year-old man was airlifted to Lehigh Valley Hospital Center Monday morning after her was run over and dragged beneath a camper that had just been unhitched from a pickup truck.

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Once-troubled fire company adds equipment, additional volunteers

Thursday, July 24, 2008

By Evan Brandt

UPPER POTTSGROVE — The township's once-embattled fire company has rebounded, both financially and from a membership point of view and is now moving ahead with plans to purchase a new fire truck, with the "blessing" of the township commissioners.

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