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... »
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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... »
A Slap in the Face
POTTSTOWN, PA – That pretty much sums up our reaction to today’s double whammy dose of half-truths and outdated data circulated in the print edition of The Mercury.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... »
If I Had My Way, I Would Tear This Old Building Down
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 our sentiments on the future of Rupert Elementary School. Tear down Rupert School Regarding the infamous Rupert School, I certainly don’t want this letter to turn into a tennis match,... »
The Neighborhood Schools Myth
POTTSTOWN, PA – Back in December, we posted an article about Neighborhood Schools in Pottstown. You can read that post here. In a Preservation Pottstown advertising promotional that was mailed to Pottstown residents in 2001, then board president George Wausnock made the following statement regarding the issue to abolish the neighborhood school system in... »
Backing Into Rupert
POTTSTOWN, PA – Remember in 2001 when the Borough of Pottstown approved the plan to reconfigure High Street with back-in angel parking? The reasoning for creating back-in parking was that it would revitalize High Street and the downtown business community. It’s almost ten years later and we’re still waiting for that downtown revitalization. Why... »
