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White Lodging Names New Manager For Collegeville Hotel

David Arena takes over general manager duties at the Collegeville facility operated by White Lodging Services Corporation. He’s been promoted from the same position and chain in Malvern; the Collegeville hotel is becoming a corporate hospitality training center.

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Fun For Diners: Watching Pottstown Chef Caress A Cake

If you’re interested in watching an artist in action, and want a meal to boot, the show and your sandwich are waiting at Pottstown’s Milkman Lunch and Cake Shoppe on North Charlotte Street.

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In A Pottstown Restaurant, Stars Were Behind The Bar

Bartenders at the TGI Friday’s dining franchise in Pottstown’s Coventry Mall competed Monday night in its annual Bar Champs competition.

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State Liquor Stores Now Offer Android, iPhone Apps

The latest technology to drum up sales allows customers to look for more than 40,000 alcoholic beverages and other products on their smartphones. Don’t drink while you’re dialing!

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Rachael Ray To Sign Book Copies At Wegman’s Market

She’s got a new cookbook, her 20th. Wegman’s has a new, just-opened supermarket brimming with food. Match made in heaven.

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PA Might Uncork Some Savings On Distant Wine Buying

A bill being considered by the Pennsylvania Legislature would allow in-state wine consumers to buy their fill of out-of-state vintages.

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Crayola is among the Lehigh Valley manufacturers whose tourism appeal will help Lehigh Valley bring in new business later this year

Lehigh Valley Wins Bid To Bring Tourism Tour This Way

The convention and visitors’ bureau successfully won its bid to attract dozens of journalists and tourism related businesses to the Lehigh Valley. That means added publicity and, it’s hope, more tourism business.

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Royersford Chick-fil-A Operator Mitchell Wins Top Award

The franchisee beat what his company called aggressive sales goals for 2011. He won a brand-new Ford vehicle.

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‘Welcome To Cantown!,’ New Sly Fox Video Cheers

A short-and-snappy new video promotes the borough of Pottstown PA as much as the new canning facility being created for the Sly Fox Brewing Company on Circle of Progress Drive.

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PA Tourism Office Signs Exclusive Deal With Foursquare

Pennsylvania tourism officials on Wednesday said they had signed an exclusive deal with social media game platform Foursquare.com to create and distribute special PA badges for Foursquare “check-ins.”

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