WASHINGTON – With President Donald Trump now the only U.S. President in history to be impeached twice, local Congresswoman Madeleine Dean will be part of the effort to make him the only one e…

When Mike Bendowski was seven years old, he failed to recover a fumble in a youth league football game. His grandfather, Dave Kennedy, was determined that it would not happen again. “We’d sit in hi…

UPPER PROVIDENCE >> Ever since losing last season’s District 1-4A football championship game, Pope John Paul II has been on a mission to get back to the final and win it. That year-long…

WEST CHESTER — In mid-June, the Democratic Party’s lead in voter registration figures in Chester County appeared to be weakening. In the November 2021 election, in which the party’s candidates for …

Throughout her four-year career with the Rams, opponents could expect two things from point guard Anna Azzara: 100 percent effort and 0 percent emotional ammunition.

ROYERSFORD >> Throughout the 2023 season, Pope John Paul II maintained the same rallying cry. No matter the score, the statistics, the Golden Panthers’ mantra remained identical. “We haven’t …

Kapp went from undrafted minicamp invitee to being signed by the Jets on May 25, earning a place on the team’s 90-man training camp and then came a little show HBO’s NFL behind-the-scenes ser…

The Mercury All-Area teams for the 2023-24 girls’ basketball season

Find out which local athletes earned a place on the 2024 Mercury All-Area Baseball Teams

PHILADELPHIA — Watching his Perkiomen School teammate Alex Zakheim’s first-half heat check, Gabe Tanner must have felt a strong sense of déjà vu stemming from his 19-point performance in last…

PLYMOUTH MEETING — Touting menu options —  “can I interest anyone in a ‘cini mini’ or a bagel?” — Gov. Josh Shapiro got behind the school cafeteria counter Thursday morning to serve breakfast…

Mercury All-Area: 2023 Football Teams – Offense

Scott Reed never doubted the talent on his Pope John Paul II football team. “11-on-11? We can play with them,” he told his Golden Panthers in the days leading up to the Pioneer Athletic Conference …

One year ago, Spring-Ford made a resounding statement in just two District 1 playoff games. The Rams rallied from a 14-point halftime deficit to dispatch Ridley in the opening round, then traveled …

COLLEGEVILLE — It’s no secret that Julian Sadler is the engine that makes Perkiomen Valley’s offense run. That being said, the deeper the Vikings advance in the District 1 Class 6A tournament, the …

Matt Zollers, the top-rated football prospect in the state of Pennsylvania for the Class of 2025, announced his commitment to the University of Missouri at a press conference at Spring-Ford High Sc…

Football Griffin Lehman (Pottstown/Hill School) >> The senior offensive lineman helped Dartmouth win its second straight Ivy League championship with a 52-31 win over Brown. Dartumouth (9-1 o…

For the second straight game, Spring-Ford traveled three hours northwest to the State College area to pick up another victory on Friday night. This time around, it was a 60-47 quarterfinals triumph…

Reserve guard Brady O’Donnell made the game-winning assist on a Max Lebisky layup with 1.6 seconds left, breaking a tie and delivering No. 2 seed Phoenixville a thrilling 54-52 victory over r…

Mercury All-Area: 2023 Football Teams – Defense

UPPER PROVIDENCE >> Kevin Heywood, a Pope John Paul II senior and standout two-way lineman on the gridiron, received and formally accepted his invitation to the All-American Bowl at a ceremon…

The only thing rivaling Matt Zollers’ numbers this season is his ability to see the future. Following Spring-Ford’s win over Owen J. Roberts on September 30, Spring-Ford quarterback Zollers discuss…

KING OF PRUSSIA — No Quinn Boettinger for large chunks of a state playoff game? No problem for Perkiomen Valley. Bella Bacani and Grace Miley led four Perk Valley players in double figures with 12 …

A midseason position change helped ignite Spring-Ford’s recovery from a slow start, and Brady Welsh’s record-setting performance spearheaded Spring-Ford’s third consecutive Pioneer Athletic Confere…

PHILADELPHIA — In the early stages of Saturday’s District 1-Class 6A girls basketball championship game, Anna Stein injected critically opportune energy into a surprisingly lethargic Perkiome…

POTTSTOWN — To kick off The Hill School’s H Term, students and faculty participated in a school-wide day of service on Wednesday, Dec. 1. H Term is The Hill School’s distinctive, experiential…

EPHRATA >> First there was the cake, then the icing, then the cherries on top. That’s how Norchester finished off its participation in the American Legion Pa. State Tournament Wednesday…

COLLEGEVILLE >> The final chapter of a local family’s football story has reached its happy ending. Ursinus senior defensive end Ryan Bodolus was named a NCAA Division III First Team All-Ameri…

Dr. Edith Behr worked at Pottstown and Phoenixville hospitals.

WORCESTER >> The day was doubly delightful for Ian Johnson and Jane Kratz. They both logged two-championship showings during Thursday’s Pioneer Athletic Conference meet at Heebner Park. Johns…

For a long time, it wasn’t much of a rivalry at all. When Rob Heist’s senior season began in 1996, Spring-Ford held a 10-2 advantage on Perkiomen Valley in the all-time series. But Heist was part o…

Team-by-team preview for the girls basketball teams in the Mercury coverage area for the 2023-24 season

NEW HOLLAND >> There aren’t many downsides to winning a state championship. But when the glory fades and the future becomes the focus, there may be one: knowledge that it’s a long road back t…

ROYERSFORD – It’s the matchup everyone’s expected all year. Saturday night’s PAC girls’ basketball semifinals at Spring-Ford featured a pair of decisive outcomes, as t…

Ferrise’s work ethic and talent have grown on the golf course, leading to his standout senior season this past fall. He led the Rams to a third straight Pioneer Athletic Conference team championshi…

The Pope John Paul II Golden Panthers have passed every test with flying colors in 2023, but last week’s Frontier Division showdown with Phoenixville saw PJP in a new position. For the first time a…

Spring-Ford books return trip to Hershey by ending GV’s storybook run

Megan Ruckman scored a game-high five goals, including the game-winner with 1:51 to play, and Ilyana Jones posted 12 saves in goal to reach 600 for her career as No. 22 Spring-Ford upset host and 1…

Guiliano swims the third leg for the U.S.

UPPER PROVIDENCE >> There was no breather, no off-season … no kind of opportunity to regroup from the end of one extended baseball season before embarking on another season promising a …

In an election cycle that held several surprises, nationwide and statewide, one of them was the ousting of 15-term incumbent Republican Tim Hennessey from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.…

ROYERSFORD >> Critical moments in soccer games don’t faze Meg Kurian. She seems to find herself in a bigger one each week. The Spring-Ford senior forward smashed a pinpoint shot from about 30…

Evelyn Mejia was ‘crying of joy’ but not at the time you might expect. It wasn’t at the finish line of a monumental victory. Instead, the Spring-Ford senior’s moment of glee came at the starting li…

It was a moment Anna Stein thought would never come, which would explain her vise-like grip on the Pioneer Athletic Conference Championship plaque in the moments immediately following Perkiomen Val…

Amtrak bus service from Reading to Philadelphia will begin on Monday.

Rick Harrison lined up around a dozen of his current and former Rams players who had volunteered as counselors all week and asked the campers to vote on who their favorite instructor had been. The …

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“They promised me that thing would be down before I left the board and they kept that promise,” said Lower Pottsgrove Township Commissioners Chairman Bruce Foltz.

The North Penn Marching Knights have earned a high honor, and hope a recent winning streak continues this weekend. On Saturday, the band topped the field and won the US Bands Pennsylvania State Cha…

ROYERSFORD >> Spring-Ford made an assortment of mistakes on Friday night that might often have proven to be fatal in playoff football. But the Rams – who squandered a 21-point lead in the fir…

NEWTOWN SQUARE — As college roommates, best friends and Senior American Legion baseball teammates, Mike deHaan and Andrew Eross do just about everything together. So when deHaan ran out of gas foll…

GRATERFORD >> Early in Friday’s game, a Perkiomen Valley coach reminded the players around him how Quakertown is “a good team” that “isn’t going to quit.” His words proved prophetic, the Pant…

TREDYFFRIN — Owen J. Roberts senior quarterback Derek Hinrichs had to wait four years for his moment to shine. Freshman wideout Mekhi Graham’s breakout came just a few quarters into his Wildcats ca…

Watch the 2023 Pope John Paul II Golden Panthers, and chances are the first person you’ll notice is OL/DL Kevin Heywood, a transfer from Archbishop Wood. In a way, Heywood is the perfect encapsulat…

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