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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... »
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... »
FREE GIVEAWAY Next Tuesday!
POTTSTOWN, PA – SavePottstown!! has just learned of an exciting free giveway happening all around Pottstown next Tuesday. To celebrate Pottstown School Board member Thomas Hylton’s hand-picked five school board candidates*, we understand that with each vote cast, Mr. Hylton and his candidates will be distributing a pair of Bizarro Glasses to each lucky... »
Damage Control
POTTSTOWN, PA – In the 21st century the old rules no longer apply. Those who refuse to adapt are left behind in the dust scratching their heads in a daze. We here at SavePottstown!! find it very interesting that individuals employed by the local old school form of media constantly monitor the blogosphere of... »
Mr. Misinformation
POTTSTOWN, PA – How come whenever the subject of misinformation is discussed during Pottstown School Board meetings, the discussion always centers on member Thomas Hylton? Hylton, the ex-Pottstown Planning Commission member, ex-Pottstown Shade Tree Commissioner, and Mercury advertising darling, received a group smackdown at this past Thursday’s board meeting. And it’s about time. Here’s... »
A New Year Means More Change!
POTTSTOWN, PA – Well folks…2010 was a great year. And we all know that 2011 will be even better! In 2010 we saw so many good citizens of Pottstown become more involved in taking an active role in helping the borough move forward in a positive direction. More folks attended school board and borough... »
Borough Council Meeting Alert!
POTTSTOWN, PA – Just a reminder folks that tonight is the Pottstown Borough Council Committee of the Whole Meeting. The meeting takes place at Borough Hall (100 East High Street) starting at 7:00 p.m. This is a borough work session meeting, so, unlike the Pottstown School Board meetings, the public does not have the... »
Cancelled!
POTTSTOWN, PA - Just a reminder folks that Thursday’s Pottstown School Board Committee of the Whole meeting is cancelled. The next official board meeting will be on Thursday, July 15. And while we’re on the subject…could someone please tell Tom Hylton to stop calling in comments about himself to Sound Off? It really is... »
School Board Meeting Alert!
POTTSTOWN, PA – Save Pottstown!! would like to remind our readers of this week’s regular board meeting of Pottstown School Board. The meeting takes place this THURSDAY, May 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the 2nd Floor LGI Room of the Pottstown Middle School, located at 600 North Franklin Street. For some reason the agenda... »
A Lot of Reading to Do
POTTSTOWN, PA – A number of significant articles relating to Pottstown’s future appear in today’s print and online editions of The Mercury. We’re sure that the Brandt family garden is suffering as Evan has been a very busy boy lately. Here are the articles, in no particular order. All concern issues facing us as... »