Borough of Pottstown

The Queen of the Big Spenders is Back!

Tuesday, November 1, 2011
By SavePottstown
The Queen of the Big Spenders is Back!

POTTSTOWN, PA – Unfortunately it’s that time of the year again folks. Time for one psychologically unbalanced and mentally disturbed local activist to start unearthing the jars of pennies buried in his backyard and cash them in for dirty marketing campaign propagandic junk mail. Courtesy of our civil servant friends at the Montgomery County... »

The “Smart-Growth Leader” Speaketh

Monday, September 12, 2011
By SavePottstown
The “Smart-Growth Leader” Speaketh

POTTSTOWN, PA – Right now…as we’re writing this…a fraudulent bill of goods is being peddled to an unsuspecting group of folks not too far from Pottstown. What is this bill of goods and who is doing the peddling? The bill of goods is not quite that…in fact…it’s just the opposite. A better description would... »

The Reports of Its Death Are Greatly Anticipated

Friday, July 15, 2011
By SavePottstown
The Reports of Its Death Are Greatly Anticipated

POTTSTOWN, PA – The press releases have been splattered all over the web – “Alden Global Capital Purchases 100% of Journal Register Company”. As many of our well-read and savvy readers already know, Journal Register Company (JRC) is the owner of The Pottstown Fishwrap, the poorest of poor excuses of what is known as... »

Criminals On The Run

Thursday, July 14, 2011
By SavePottstown
Criminals On The Run

POTTSTOWN, PA – We’ve received some recent updates to our Crime Wave Hits the East End post and wanted to share that info with our most awesome readers. Apparently, after our cyberbuddy Roy, over at Roy’s Rants published two posts this week on the expanding crime wave hitting Pottstown, more illegal junk flyers began... »

Crime Wave Hits the East End

Tuesday, July 12, 2011
By SavePottstown
Crime Wave Hits the East End

POTTSTOWN, PA – While running errands around town the other day, we noticed quite a number of anonymous flyers posted illegally on utility poles throughout the Sixth Ward in a misguided attempt to keep Rupert Elementary School open, at a massive tax cost to Pottstown taxpayers. Here is one example and here’s another. Like... »

$12,531.10

Friday, June 24, 2011
By SavePottstown
$12,531.10

POTTSTOWN, PA – Our nation’s unemployment is at 9% (and that figure does not take into account folks who want to work…but can’t find jobs). Folks in the U.S. are so desperate for employment these days that they will work in the U.S. for $.25 an hour. Yes…you read that figure correctly…twenty five cents... »

Untreated Mental Illness Has Destroyed an Entire Town

Monday, June 20, 2011
By SavePottstown
Untreated Mental Illness Has Destroyed an Entire Town

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 trying to change the subject Displays unusual nonverbal communication, such as lack of eye contact, few facial expressions, or awkward body postures and gestures Shows an intense obsession with one... »

Put It In Writing!

Saturday, June 18, 2011
By SavePottstown
Put It In Writing!

POTTSTOWN, PA – It’s nice to see that local newsworthy stories are actually being reported on within 48 hours of their occurrence. Guess that’s better than the typical week long incubation period we’ve become used to. In today’s print and online editions of The Fishwrap, we see an article spotlighting the secret meetings that... »

When Journalism Goes Bad

Friday, June 17, 2011
By SavePottstown
When Journalism Goes Bad

POTTSTOWN, PA – This is the kind of crap that happens when you allow the foxes to guard the henhouse. Perhaps if Tom Hylton’s hand-picked members of his “Neighborhood Schools Team” posse voted to allow PCTV to record school board meetings (instead of them voting against it in 2008), the current video garbage du... »

The Worst Woman Hater of Them All

Thursday, June 16, 2011
By SavePottstown
The Worst Woman Hater of Them All

POTTSTOWN, PA – We see that self-anointed responsible Pottstown citizen Thomas Hylton crossed another item off his bucket list at last night’s Pottstown School District Finance/Personnel Committee meeting with the submitted resignation of Terri Lampe, the district’s director of development. Hylton, who can now claim responsibility for the loss of Ms. Lampe’s past two... »

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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... »