In 2024, the Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission (PHMC) awarded East Coventry Township a $25,000 Planning Grant to renovate one of the structures within Fricks Lock Village, a publicly and privately owned former Schuylkill Canal village listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The planning grant, matched with $10,000 in Township funding and $15,000 provided by Constellation Energy, allowed the Township to prepare architectural plans for the renovation of the Ellis Hoffman...

Carpet Replacement Begins. Photo by: Shelley Kriczky After another successful summer season, Manatawny Greens Miniature Golf Course, 71 W. High Street, Pottstown, has received a fresh new look! The course is now outfitted with brand-new greens surfacing, giving the miniature golf course a needed refresh just in time for some of the fall season’s biggest events, including Spooky Mini-Golf and PARRC’s Putt for Parks Mini-Golf Tournament, which will be held on October third. This course...

Montgomery County, working with Wilson Consulting and Flyway Excavating, has completed construction of the Schuylkill River Trail (SRT) into the Borough of Pottstown. Prior to the opening of the new segment, the SRT was completed through North Coventry Township crossing the Schuylkill River on the Route 422 bridge, terminating at the east end of the bridge, with a gap heading west to Industrial Highway. Now the SRT extends past the bridge, makes a loop, passes under the highway, and connects...