Borough of Pottstown

The King of Discombobulation

Wednesday, February 8, 2012
By SavePottstown
The King of Discombobulation

POTTSTOWN, PA – It appears that Team Hylton, members of which can be directly tied to the staggering lack of progress in the Pottstown School District over the past five years, has successfully recruited a new member…recently elected board member Andrew Kefer. Kefer, who was elected to the Pottstown school board this past November,... »

“I Don’t Like Tom Hylton”

Monday, January 30, 2012
By SavePottstown
“I Don’t Like Tom Hylton”

POTTSTOWN, PA – That’s a direct quote from Ronald Williams, a recently elected member of the Pottstown School Board. Yes…the same Ronald Williams who was elected to his seat courtesy of $15,662 that Tom Hylton personally spent on his failed attempt to buy five Pottstown school board seats in 2011. Is that the thanks... »

Give ‘Em Both the Boot!

Saturday, January 28, 2012
By SavePottstown
Give ‘Em Both the Boot!

POTTSTOWN, PA – While The Mercury falls all over itself celebrating the now viral story it “broke” earlier this week about the Pottstown Middle School’s ban on open top boots, the real issue remains on why the newspaper refuses to expose the money exchanging sweetheart deal brokered by Mercury Editor Nancy March and current... »

Why Does The Mercury Refuse to Investigate the Political Spending Activity of a Current Pottstown School Board Member?

Wednesday, January 25, 2012
By SavePottstown
Why Does The Mercury Refuse to Investigate the Political Spending Activity of a Current Pottstown School Board Member?

POTTSTOWN, PA – In 2011, a sitting Pottstown School Board member spent $15,662 on election activities that directly affects the board he currently serves on and The Mercury will not report on his behavior. In 2011 The Mercury was paid $8,655 in advertising revenue by the same current school board member through a political action... »

Toxic Tom

Tuesday, January 24, 2012
By SavePottstown
Toxic Tom

POTTSTOWN, PA – Poor Tom Hylton. Nobody will publish his warped commentary….nobody will take his dirty money…he can’t post nasty anonymous online comments at The Fishwrap anymore…and Rupert Elementary is about to be closed and razed. Toxic Tom Hylton is radioactive and nobody in their right mind will touch him with a ten foot... »

A Visit from the Voters

Saturday, December 24, 2011
By SavePottstown
A Visit from the Voters

(our apologizes to Clement Clark Moore) a look at Pottstown’s Ghost of Christmas Present…   ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro’ Pottstown Not a creature was stirring, not even the school board’s best known clown; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In anticipation of the new elementary school consolidation... »

A Win for Pottstown!

Wednesday, November 9, 2011
By SavePottstown
A Win for Pottstown!

POTTSTOWN, PA – Congratulations to Friends of Pottstown Public Education team mates Mary-Beth Lydon, Andrew Kefer and Judyth Zahora in their AWESOME election win last night! It’s good to see that the Pottstown School Board will now be able to move forward and embrace the change it so desperately needs, without the road blocks... »

Team Hylton Gets Slammed In Election Eve Call

Monday, November 7, 2011
By SavePottstown
Team Hylton Gets Slammed In Election Eve Call

POTTSTOWN, PA – Yes Virginia. There are more folks in Montgomery County who have beaucoup plus political dollars at their disposal than Pottstown’s big fish in a small bowl Tom Hylton. As many voters heard earlier this evening, Pottstown School Board member Thomas Hylton and his five school board candidates (Wausnock, Porter, Hammer, Habekost... »

Get out and VOTE!

Monday, November 7, 2011
By SavePottstown
Get out and VOTE!

POTTSTOWN, PA – Friends, it’s pretty obvious who needs to win in tomorrow’s election – the hard working taxpayers of Pottstown. You can do your part by casting your vote for the Friends of Pottstown Public Education: Mary-Beth Lydon, Andrew Kefer and Judyth Zahora. Friends of Pottstown Public Education is a team of Pottstown... »

Sleepy, Slappy and Sleazy

Saturday, November 5, 2011
By SavePottstown
Sleepy, Slappy and Sleazy

POTTSTOWN, PA – Who doesn’t love Walt Disney’s classic 1937 animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs? It has something for everybody…a vain and wicked Queen…an oppressed princess who ultimately triumphs…and of course the seven dwarfs (Dopey, Grumpy, Doc, Happy, Bashful, Sneezy and Sleepy). Pottstown has its own warped version of Snow White... »

Feature

Untreated Mental Illness Has Destroyed an Entire Town

By SavePottstown

POTTSTOWN, PA – Do you know anyone who exhibits these symptoms: Engages in one-sided, long-winded conversations, without noticing if the listener is listening or... »

A Slap in the Face

By SavePottstown

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... »

If I Had My Way, I Would Tear This Old Building Down

By SavePottstown

POTTSTOWN, PA – Today’s online and print editions of The Mercury contain a letter from former 12-year Pottstown School Board member Barry Haring echoing... »

The Neighborhood Schools Myth

By SavePottstown

POTTSTOWN, PA – Back in December, we posted an article about Neighborhood Schools in Pottstown.  You can read that post here. In a Preservation... »

Backing Into Rupert

By SavePottstown

POTTSTOWN, PA – Remember in 2001 when the Borough of Pottstown approved the plan to reconfigure High Street with back-in angel parking?  The reasoning... »