Community News in Brief

Upper Pottsgrove: Family Night Hike-Daring Dinos Program hosted by GreenAllies and local students will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13, and Saturday, Oct. 14, at the Althouse Arboretum, 1794 Gilbertsville Road. This program is a fun alternative to scary Halloween activities and is specially designed for kids 10 and under. Take a guided night time walk through illuminated trails to the storyteller. Enjoy roasting marshmallows around campfires. Win prizes playing games and try out the dino-mite craft set up in the pavilion. Come dressed in your Halloween costume and don’t forget a flashlight. Cost is $5 per child. There will be additional food available for purchase. For more information or questions call 267-371-2288. Parking will be available only at the Hillside Aquatic Center, 134 W. Moyer Road. A

A shuttle will be available for the short two-minute drive to and from the Arboretum.

Pottstown:

A free informational session on

adoption and child and youth foster care will be presented by Diakon Adoption and Foster Care at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 17, at Manatawny Manor, 30 Old Schuylkill Road. Diakon staff will explain foster parenting as well as the processes involved in adopting or fostering-toadopt a child or youth. If interested in attending call 610-682-1504 to register.

Pottstown: into Fun” Living History Day will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday at Pottsgrove Manor, 100 W. King St. Learn about the process of making apple butter, check out spinning and try out hands-on activities such as stuffing a new mattress

“Fall

and make-and-take crafts, dip your own candle and play a wide range of colonial games. Also learn about the differences between the 13 colonies as seventh and eighth grade students from Pottsgrove Middle School display their project, “Selling Colonial America.”

Chester Springs:

The Mill at Anselma will hold

A Harvest Festival and Milling Demonstration from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday at The Mill at Anselma, 1730 Conestoga Road, Route 401. There will be historical cooking demonstrations, quilting, cider making, and crafts for children. Inside the Mill, visitors will learn how corn was ground over 150 years ago, watch the 16-foot water wheel power Colonial-era gears and mill stones, and see and feel the final product as it flows from the stones.