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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... »
Philly Has the Right Idea
POTTSTOWN, PA – Did anyone else happen to catch Philadelphia Inquirer Architecture Critic Inga Saffron’s article this week on the completion of Philly’s detailed and focused master plan for reinventing its waterfront? It’s worth the read. If you missed it, here it is: Changing Skyline: Master plan for riverfront nearly ready While we certainly... »
You Don’t A-S-K, You Don’t G-E-T
POTTSTOWN, PA – Mahatma Gandhi said it best. Anyone in sales worth their salt knows that you have to ask for the sale. This line of thinking goes hand in hand with fundraising. If you don’t ask, you don’t get. Why, after soooo many years, is there no formal fundraising process for Pottstown’s July... »
The Dead End Avenue of Yellow Journalism
POTTSTOWN, PA – One of the comments from a Save Pottstown!! reader got us thinking. How many other newspapers publish paid advertisements on their opinion page? So we did a little researching. We also enjoyed some email correspondence with the editorial divisions of some of the major US newspapers. The ONLY newspaper that turned... »