POTTSTOWN, PA – That pretty much sums up our reaction to today’s double whammy dose of half-truths and outdated data circulated in the print edition of The Mercury. Full time cherry picker and part time Pottstown School Board member Thomas Hylton thinks he knows the cure-all for the Pottstown School District and the best... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – Why is Tom Hylton so obsessed with having Pottstown taxpayers continue to pay for five unneeded (and unnecessary) elementary schools? Doesn’t he realize that the Pottstown School District is only one of two school districts in Montgomery County designated by the Pennsylvania Department of Education as a High Tax / High... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – As they say in fencing…Touche! A very interesting half-page advertisement appears in today’s print edition of The Mercury.  The ad was sponsored by the Federation of Pottstown Teachers and is an excellent rebuttal to the rash of paid advertisements recently placed in the paper by part time Pottstown School Board member... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – Similar to its highly biased fear mongering of the proposed centers concept for the Pottstown School District six years ago (anyone remember the phrase “mega campus”?),  The Mercury is at it again.  This time, the topic of fear is Rupert Elementary School and its future serving the students of Pottstown, based... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – Now here’s a news story you won’t read about in The Mercury… and we here at SavePottstown!! are only too happy to share it with Pottstown’s more technologically savvy readers. In 2010, newspaper advertising sank to a 25-year low …of course Pottstown School Board member (and all around extreme political hack)... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – What is common sense? And who has it nowadays in Pottstown? Any student of American history knows that Thomas Paine published Common Sense during the American Revolution in 1776. It’s worth noting that Paine structured Common Sense like a sermon and relied on Biblical references to make his case to the... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – At last night’s Pottstown School Board meeting, some comic relief was performed for the lucky meeting attendees, courtesy of Clown Team Hylton. Board member Thomas Hylton entertained the crowd with his amazing ventriloquist act with assistance from fellow board member Nat White. White, who, thank goodness, will not be seeking another... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – Not too long ago, one of our wise and revered SavePottstown!! readers made an interesting comment about Pottstown School Board member Thomas Hylton:  “He will say ANYTHING to get his way. His ethics are purely situational. If he is in total control, then it’s just and right that the ability to... »

POTTSTOWN, PA –Today’s print and online editions of The Mercury contain a recap of last Monday’s President’s Task Force meeting, which was held at the Pottstown High School. Pottstown elementary schools task force to reveal findings Today’s article offers promise and hope for the much-anticipated results of the task force, which will solicit community... »

POTTSTOWN, PA – Yes…it’s that time of the year again folks…time to look under the floorboards…look behind the petunia bushes…look in the basement…look in your neighbor’s shed…and find those insightful candidates to run for office! In addition to running his February/March “school daze” paid advertisement series in The Mercury, it looks like Campaign Manager... »