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PennDOT is set to re-open the White Horse Road bridge tomorrow afternoon, three months ahead of schedule. See phoenixvillenews.com for more info.

This Saturday, April 30th, the first ever Schuylkill River Shad Festival will be held at various locations throughout the area. The event will be held at three locations, Taylor Alley, Lock 60 in Mont Clare, and Black Rock Sanctuary on Route 113 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. From the Shad Festival website : The introduction and establishment of this exciting new festival is based in the building of a new fish ladder for the Schuylkill River. Exelon Power, in cooperation with Chester County has completed the building of the ladder enabling the American Shad and other migratory fish to travel northward of Black Rock Dam. For the first time in over 200 years, the Schuylkill River will again become home for once indigenous fish species. In celebration, The Schuylkill Canal Association, the Phoenix Iron Canal & Trail Association, Phoenixville Area School District, the Phoenixville Historical Society, the Phoenixville Green Team, and other community organizations have worked to produce an...

This Saturday, April 30th, Valley Forge Volunteer Fire Company is hosting their Auxiliary Yard Sale. The Yard Sale will be held rain or shine at their main station, 630 Valley Park Road, from 8am-1pm and is open to the public. Interested in being a vendor? Book your space today! Prices are $10 w/ table or $8 if you bring your own table. Rent a table by completing our online registration form here: http://www.valleyforgefireco.com/yardsale.html or call (610) 935-9930 for more information. Setup starts at 7am. In case of inclement weather, the sale will be moved inside the apparatus building.

Two months after submitting his plans for Lot "O" of the steel site , Manny DeMutis was back in front of the Planning Commission with a new project named The Fairway, envisioned as an arts and entertainment trail that would replace what is currently the Schuylkill River Trail. From the Steel Site blog: Phoenix Steel Site developer Manny DeMutis presented to the Phoenixville Planning Commission Thursday a plan to improve the Schuylkill River Trail located next to the proposed downtown development. The 7 acre site is adjacent to a temporary trail that was constructed as a make shift effort to have a trail in the downtown. The plan that DeMutis presented would have amenities to compliment the trail plan. The plan would work as part of the proposed development as the temporary trail will be moved approximately 12 closer to the stream as the parcel will be realigned to accommodate the development. “We seek to have the trail amenity be a integral part of the development,” D...

PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. – Horror fans rejoice! On Friday, May 6, 2011, the Colonial Theatre will screen Maniac (1980) as part of their First Friday Fright Night series. The film’s director, William Lustig, will make a special appearance to introduce the film and participate in a Q&A after the screening. This is the only appearance by Lustig and screening of the new 35mm print in the area. Launched in 2008, FFFN has quickly become the Colonia’s most successful film series and presents an eclectic mix of horror, cult, camp and sci-fi films on the first Friday of the month. Past screenings have included films as varied as A Clockwork Orange , Jaws , Blade Runner , Young Frankenstein , Old Boy , Suspiria , Zombie , and Plan 9 from Outer Space . Upcoming screenings include The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension on June 3 and The Planet of the Apes on August 1. Show time is generally 9:45PM but is subject to change. Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and students...

Our friends over at OneNineFourSixZero interviewed our most recent Local Business Spotlight, Toxi-KAB: Toxi-KAB is a public service available along the Rt. 422 Corridor between Pottstown & King of Prussia - including Phoenixville, Collegeville, Skippack, etc... Available to pick up on a moments notice if you find you've been "over-served" and cannot drive. Read the full interview here .

Be the first to see the new Neil Patrick Harris comedy before its summer release! There will be a Q&A with cast members and filmmakers after the movie. A cast to die for, an unpredictable plot full of twists, and a nothing-held-back sense of silly, yet intelligent sense of humor — these are just some of the things that make The Best and the Brightest live up to its name. Josh Shelov directs one of the edgiest comedies ever to touch on the rearing of children, featuring Neil Patrick Harris and Bonnie Somerville as a newly-transplanted New York yuppie couple trying in vain to enroll their little girl into an absurdly elitist private kindergarten. After they hire eccentric placement consultant Amy Sedaris(!), a most outlandish “Three’s Company”-meets-the-Farrelly Brothers chain of events tumbles into place. To say any more would be to ruin the film’s many surprises, but get stoked for savage swipes at class struggle, as well as some of the most hilarious filthy “poetry” on record. B...