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• Wednesday, July 09, 2008-Boyertown Farmers Market Awarded Grants
  The Boyertown Farmer’s Market, a sub-committee of the Building a Better Boyertown (BBB) organization, has been awarded a $10,000 grant from Cabot Supermetals and the Cabot Corporation Foundation and a $3,500 grant from the Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation. The Boyertown Farmer’s Market is grateful to Cabot Supermetals and Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation, which have been long-time members of the community, in recognizing the mission of BBB and the Boyertown Farmer’...


• Wednesday, July 09, 2008-3rd Saturday July 19
  Family Fun in the Main Street for Boyertown’s 3rd Saturday July 19th As a participating member of Building A Better Boyertown’s “3rd Saturday” events, Miracles In Motion Dance School will launch its new theatre department “Theatre In Motion” under the direction of Dawn Haas Rhude. A teen cast will present an audience participation children’s play: The Little Mermaid and the Prince by Hans Christian Andersen, adapted for the stage by Sheila Smolensky. Matinee performances will be during the ...


• Tuesday, July 01, 2008-Summer Reading Program at Bause s
  Please see the attached to learn more about the summer reading program sponsored bu Bause's Supper Drug Store....

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• Tuesday, July 01, 2008-Miracles in Motion Presents Little Mermaid in July
  BOYERTOWN, PA -- As a participating member of Building A Better Boyertown’s “3rd Saturday” events, Miracles In Motion Dance School will launch its new theatre department “Theatre In Motion” under the direction of Dawn Haas Rhude. A teen cast will present an audience participation children’s play: The Little Mermaid and the Prince by Hans Christian Andersen, adapted for the stage by Sheila Smolensky. Matinee performances will be during the “3rd Saturday” events to be held on July 19 at 2:00pm ...


• Tuesday, July 01, 2008-AAA Hosts a Plein Air Festival in July
  We Want You! Watch Them Work! Arts and Activities Alliance Hosts Artists, Invites Community to Boyertown’s Inaugural Plein Air Festival Boyertown’s Arts and Activities Alliance, a committee of Building a Better Boyertown, is hosting artists in its first Plein Air Festival, scheduled for July 18-19, 2008. The festival’s mission is to challenge artists in a contest, encouraging them to spend their talents and their day in Boyertown painting or drawing on the streets and avenues while allowin...


• Tuesday, July 01, 2008-AAA Yak n Chat
  Yak-n-Chat: Thursday, July 17 at 7:00 p.m. At the Home of Jane & Paul Stahl. Please e:mail or call Paula 610-473-9221 paulas_studio@comcast.net so that she can then send out directions. Paint en plein air: Sessions forming in Boyertown! Painting with local artists Susan Biebuyck and Beth Wagner.Sessions starting in July.Please 484-332-2757 or e:mail suebie@ptd.net Artists & Crafters: Please sign up for "Boyertown Oktoberfest" on "Third Saturday" Saturday, September 20th SPE...


• Tuesday, July 01, 2008-Boyertow s July 3rd Saturday
  Family Fun in the Main Street for Boyertown’s 3rd Saturday July 19th As a participating member of Building A Better Boyertown’s “3rd Saturday” events, Miracles In Motion Dance School will launch its new theatre department “Theatre In Motion” under the direction of Dawn Haas Rhude. A teen cast will present an audience participation children’s play: The Little Mermaid and the Prince by Hans Christian Andersen, adapted for the stage by Sheila Smolensky. Matinee performances will be during the ...


• Wednesday, June 25, 2008-2008 BBB Facade Design Award granted
  In recognition of the beautification and revitalization of Boyertown’s Main Street district, Building a Better Boyertown (BBB) has granted the “Accent Award” to Mr. Milton Sheeler and Mr. Robert Hoffmaster for their residential home located at 233 E. Philadelphia Avenue. This award is granted due to their consistent commitment to maintain and beautify their home providing a great model for the other property owners within the Main Street district as well as creating a visual pleasure for resid...


• Monday, June 02, 2008-OKTOBERFEST in BOYERTOWN
  In the 1700’s immigrants from Germany first settled in the area that is now Boyertown. Houses and roads were created, taverns were built, small industries and farms were established, and the early settlement grew into a thriving farming and industrial community. Those early settlers created this small town community -- a place “where friends and family want to be.” Today, Boyertown retains a strong identification with its German heritage with 45.8% of its residents being of German descent, a...

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• Monday, May 12, 2008-Farmer s Market Opens for the Season
  The Boyertown Farmer’s Market is about to begin the start of its second season! This year is bigger and better, with a brand new day and time to accommodate all the excitement. So please join us on Saturday, June 7th from 10am until 1pm, and every Saturday thereafter until November 1st for a great selection of produce, fruit, beef, poultry, baked goods and much, much more. Many of your favorites are back, but we have added many new exciting vendors – organic and heirloom vegetables, wild caug...


• Tuesday, May 06, 2008-Boyertown Farmers Market
  The Boyertown Farmer’s Market is gearing up for its second season. The grand opening will be June 7th at 10pm in the same location as last year, 100 South Walnut Street (in the parking lot of the Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles). Until that date, please join us on May 17th for “3rd Saturdays” on Main Street in Boyertown. We will be located just outside of Durango’s where all the bands will be playing. The Farmer’s Market will be collecting canned goods for donation to the local food ban...


• Monday, April 14, 2008-Boyertown Live
  Boyertown, PA – The new TV show all about Boyertown and the surrounding communities will be featuring a phone interview with a national star, who is known quite locally. Noelle Croner, 20, of Gilbertsville, became a contestant of Lifetime TV’s “Your Mama Don’t Dance” in October. Little did she know, the show surprised her by flying her dad out to California to be her dancing partner for the remainder of the competition. Noelle and Doug have beaten out the competition all the way to the seaso...


• Monday, March 17, 2008-WZAR NEWS
  Boyertown, PA - WZAR News will be premiering their monthly feature, “Boyertown Live,” on PCTV, Pottstown Comcast channel 22. The program will first air Thursday, March 20th at 6:00 p.m. and repeat March 27th at the same time. The show will then continue on a monthly basis. The program is produced by WZAR Productions in partnership with Thunder Outreach. Boyertown Live is a collaboration of news and events happening in Boyertown and the surrounding communities which has been broadcasted mon...


• Tuesday, February 12, 2008-Other ways to get in touch
  BBB now has a "myspace" and a "facebook" myspace/boyertownpa and facebook Heather Oxenford or managerpa.org...


• Monday, February 04, 2008-Boyertown Inn Make Over
  To: Media/Press Release From: Thunder Outreach/Building a Better Boyertown Date: January 31, 2008 Contact: Heather Oxenford Building a Better Boyertown Main Street Manager 610.369.3054 Mark Malizzi Thunder Outreach Director www.ThunderOutreach.com. Boyertown Inn Makeover You can expect to hear the ROAR of Thunder in Boyertown in August 2008 but the storm will be a storm of goodwill. The faith based community unity program of “Thunder Outreach” in collaboration with “Build...


• Thursday, January 24, 2008-Artists of all Genre WANTED
  Beginning February 16, 2008 Building a Better Boyertown and the Boyertown Main Street Businesses will be joining together to host "3rd Saturdays". These events will be to bring the community closer by highlighting local artists, musician, and performers within the Main Street district while our local merchants extend their hours and offer specials. At this time we are in the process of generating a list of artists who would be like to offer their talents on an in-kind basis (a tip container is ...


• Tuesday, December 11, 2007- Bear Fever raging with no cure in site
  By Brandie Kessler >Pottstown Mercury > bkessler@pottsmerc.com > > BOYERTOWN --- Hunting bears isn’t a seasonal sport in Boyertown anymore, it’s an all-year event which brings people from near and far to town to track the creatively crafted bears that sit on sidewalks and outside of businesses thro-ughout the community. > > And the best part is you don’t even need a license for this bear hunt, which can be done on foot or by car. > > Less than five years ago retired Boye...


• Monday, December 10, 2007-WIll Dexter honored Lifetime Achievment Award
  Building a Better Boyertown board member, artist, and owner of Taylor Backes and Tibitu Studio, Will Dexter was honored with the 2007 Pagoda Award for Lifetime Achievment, sponsored by Wachovia, and the Berks Arts Council. Dexter's works of hand-blown glass have been shown in more than 40 exhibits and 17 museums across Asia, Europe, and the U.S. You may visit Dexter's studio at 148 South Washington Street Boyertown Pa or e-mail him at will@dejazzd.com...


• Monday, November 26, 2007-Award Incentives for Boyertown s Main St.
  In an endeavor to identify the businesses that have a mutual awareness and dedication to the revitalization of Boyertown's Main Street district, Building a Better Boyertown has designed three levels of awards that these businesses may display with honor. Accent Award: Framed certificate of the town sketched, with color wash This award will be given for the placement of a Boyertown bench, tree, fencing or any combination of: a railing, sign, or planter using natural (not artificial) plant m...


• Wednesday, November 21, 2007-Boyertown Bites
  Boyertown Bites The Best of the Best Food in the Boyertown Main Street District: Boyertown Café (previously known as Schaeffer’s Family Restaurant): · The best club sandwiches in town · Incredible deserts! · I never had an “Egg Beaters” omelet that was this good… 25 South Reading Ave. 610.367.2214 The Grill Shop (Greasy Spoon): Celebrating 62 years in Boyertown Home of the large civic organization “The Royal Order of Raccoons” · Hot diggity dog, “they are the best hot dogs in t...