POTTSTOWN, PA – Now that we’re fresh as daisies after our much needed spring break…we can’t help but comment on the letter which appeared in yesterday’s Mercury.  In case you missed it, you can read it here: Is Tom Hylton the only champion of fiscal responsibility? Oh please. Pottstown School Board Member Thomas Hylton... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – Nothing feels quite as refreshing as a good holiday!  Rest assured, no one has shuttered Save Pottstown!!  We are alive and well and still practicing our freedom of speech (advertorial free!).  Thanks to all our readers for your emails and concerns. In the past few weeks, those of us here took... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – Code Blue, the grassroots organization dedicated to improving all aspects of life in the Borough of Pottstown, submitted to Save Pottstown!! the following response to the “advertorial” placed in Monday’s print and online editions of The Mercury. We are only too happy to post it here for our readers.  Enjoy! “This... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – As reported today on WFMZ-TV and The Mercury’s website, students at Rupert Elementary were evacuated this morning after part of a second floor ceiling collapsed.  As the collapsed occurring during non-school hours, no children were hurt (thank goodness!). You can watch the WFMZ video here: Part Of Ceiling Collapses; Students Moved... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – Many of you may have seen this image online over the past few weeks.  When we first saw it…we couldn’t figure out just what the heck it was.  Hunters discovered it in central China – and they still don’t know what it is. It felt like déjà vu all over again... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – A number of significant articles relating to Pottstown’s future appear in today’s print and online editions of The Mercury.  We’re sure that the Brandt family garden is suffering as Evan has been a very busy boy lately. Here are the articles, in no particular order.  All concern issues facing us as... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – There is a cancer that has taken root in Pottstown for far too long.  That cancer is serial deadbeats who owe thousands of dollars in back taxes through income-producing properties they own in Pottstown. Who suffers?  All of us law abiding citizens who pay our taxes and have to deal with... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – Some very positive movements occurred during last night’s Pottstown School Board Committee of the Whole meeting. One of the most notable events of the evening was the naming of former district business manager Jim Bush to head up School Board President Rick Huss’ newly formed President’s Task Force. Today’s online edition... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – As posted this afternoon on The Mercury’s site, at last night’s Pottstown Borough Council meeting, council unanimously adopted the “handshake agreement” that starts the creation of a new economic development entity in town. You can read the brief post here: Council adopts economic development pact We’re sure that there will be... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – Today’s print and online editions of The Mercury contain a three-week old news story on a presentation made during the Pottstown School Board meeting of March 18. The presentation, made by former school board member Robert Morgan, discussed Pennsylvania’s upcoming pension crisis and how it will affect the good taxpayers of... »