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The Mercury Circus
POTTSTOWN, PA – Another typical news story mars the front page of today’s Mercury. And it’s the same old same old (are you really that surprised?). Oh my gosh…that dastardly President’s Task Force is going to close my school!! Run for your lives everyone…it’s evil incarnate! Oh please. Before we get into that issue…we... »
Part II: Hylton’s Way…or the Highway
Save Our Land, Save Pottstown – Just Say No Part II of a three part series of articles on Tom Hylton and why he should not be reappointed to a fourth term on the Pottstown Planning Commission POTTSTOWN, PA – In our first article of the series, Part I: A Power Trip Benefiting One... »
Part I: A Power Trip Benefiting One Man
Save Our Land, Save Pottstown – Just Say No Part I of a three part series of articles on Tom Hylton and why he should not be reappointed to a fourth term on the Pottstown Planning Commission POTTSTOWN, PA – Members of Pottstown Borough Council have a unique opportunity on tap for their February... »
The Real Danger to Pottstown
POTTSTOWN, PA – Ho hum. Another day…another paid advertisement in The Mercury by former copy boy Thomas Hylton. What’s today’s topic? Car wrecks! A topic that doesn’t seem to get much press in The Mercury. You can always tell when the end of the year is coming upon us. It’s time to make those... »
Get Off Your Duff and Make It Happen Cap’n!
POTTSTOWN, PA – As mentioned briefly during Monday night’s borough council meeting (and buried in today’s print edition of The Mercury), TONIGHT Borough Manager Jason Bobst will be holding a ward forum at First Church of the Brethren, 371 North York Street, beginning at 7:00 p.m. The meeting is open to all residents of... »
Gunshots Ring Out at Absentee-Owned Pottstown Property
POTTSTOWN, PA – So, we see again that gun violence has occurred in the borough at a property owned by an absentee landlord. In case you missed it, The Mercury has posted not one, but TWO articles on the violence that occurred at North Charlotte and Walnut Streets last night: Pottstown intruder shot by... »
Borough Council Meeting Alert!
POTTSTOWN, PA – Tonight is Pottstown Borough Council’s regular monthly meeting. It’s important to attend tonight’s meeting to show your support to Council in regards to the proposed rental ordinance changes. For a refresher, check out this post on Code Blue’s The Pulse: Homeowners, Townsfolk – UNITE! Here is the agenda for tonight’s meeting:... »
“We Are Coming After You”
POTTSTOWN, PA – That’s the quote appearing in today’s Reading Eagle by Reading Mayor Tom McMahon. Mayor McMahon announced the launch of the City’s new site highlight derelict properties and their owners. You can access Reading’s Wall of Shame here. And here’s the article discussing the initiative: McMahon says ‘Wall of Shame’ up, running... »
Time for Some Exterminating!
POTTSTOWN, PA – Good friends and neighbors of Pottstown! The light of justice is enveloping Pottstown and the roaches are scurrying for the high hills! If you want to keep up the good fight, you need to attend Monday night’s Pottstown Borough Council Meeting to let Council know how much you, as a Pottstown... »
Pink Slip Activism
POTTSTOWN, PA – Did anyone else read the editorial in yesterday’s Mercury? Did you also laugh aloud as much as we did? If you missed it, here it is: Editorial: Declaration of a new independence We especially found this quote interesting: “From this day forward, we will continue to explore ever new ways to... »