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The Iron Under Ground
Don’t be surprised if your street gets torn up next year.Tuesday night, the Pottstown Borough Authority approved plans to conduct $2.9 million worth of sewer line replacements in 2014.The decision...
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Look! Down in the Sewer! It's a Worm! No, its a Mole! No, it's FATBERG!
Ewww.Having just yesterday posted about Pottstown's plans to replace aging water and sewer lines, I came across this little item which should serve as a reminder that what we don't see can still hurt...
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This Saturday in (Space Again) Science
Once again, our eyes turn to the stars for our (mostly) weekly feature we like to call This Saturday in ScienceHowever, although our gaze is fixed skyward at a vastness too large to comprehend, we'll...
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Of Cycles and Cemeteries
The Cycles and Cemetery ride will begin at Montgomery Cemetery, just outside Norristown, where two Civil War generals are buried.Bicycle riders fond of history (or the supernatural) can take a ride...
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Proud to be from Pottstown (Part III)
Some of this year's award-winning middle school students who were asked to write about why they are proud to be from Pottstown.Here it is, the post you have all been waiting for -- the third in our...
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Free Job Search Help Now at the Library
Pottstown Regional Public Library has announced online access to free expert job coaching through Brainfuse JobNow on the library’s website.Patrons can access this service from public computers in the...
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Gerlach Urged to Help Prevent Gun Violence
Photo provided by OFAActivists outside U.S. Rep Jim Gerlach's Trappe office last week, urging him to support legislation to end gun violence.Activists marched in front of U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach's Trappe...
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Superintendents Now Goal-Oriented
It's a known fact that in Pennsylvania, school superintendents are generally the highest paid Sparaganaemployees of a public school district.That's not so surprising when you consider that they are, in...
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Mirror Mirror on the Mountain
"What's this?" you scream as you read the headline."Where is my beloved This Saturday in Science? It's Saturday!"Relax oh excitable reader, it's right here in front of your nose.We begin this week's...
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Your Chance to Talk Property Taxes, Education Funding
South Hall of Montgomery County Community College's West CampusThe House Democratic Policy Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss property taxes and “education funding cuts” at 2 p.m. Monday,...
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We're Number 1! (And Not in a Good Way)
Pottstown's sewer system tops the Pennsylvania list for worst sewer systems for storm water infiltration.That's what Pottstown Borough Authority Vice Chairman David Renn told borough council during the...
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Borough Starts Climbing a $27 Million Mountain
The borough is getting started on setting aside money each year to cover a whopping $27 million obligation to pay for medical and other benefit costs for current and future police retirees.Wednesday...
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Council Poised to Reduce Borough Tree Requirements
Photo by Evan BrandtStreet trees blossom in spring time on Beech Street in Pottstown.Borough council is expected to vote Monday on a proposal to lessen the requirements for planting trees when a...
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Why Do Some Deaths Mean More than Others (in Syria)?
Keeping track of who controls what in Syria is an ongoing enterprise.You would think after 25-plus years in the newspaper business I could answer the question posed in that headline myself.(Heck, I've...
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We Bid Thee Well
Among the more routine undertakings by borough council is the awarding of bids, by law, to the lowest qualified bidder.At tonight's meeting, they are poised to award four, for a variety of projects...
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Also on Parade
Last year's Pottsgrove High School Show ChoirBlogger's Note: After The Mercury ran the Sept. 5 story about local marching bands participating in the Miss America parade on Sept. 14, we heard from...
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Let's Dance!
It took some doing to undo the undoing but it finally got done.A long-planned middle school dance, which had originally been scheduled for Friday and was then cancelled because of a conflict with the...
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The Fruits (and Vegetables) of their Labor
Blogger's Note: Anyone who has a friend with a garden knows it isn't long after August has come that anonymous donations of tomatoes and zucchini, especially the zucchini, are found increasingly at...
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We Know What They Did Last Summer
Submitted PhotoWho doesn't like Dairy Queen on a hot summer day?Blogger's Note: Another submission from the ever-submitting John Armato and his partner in public relations, Rupert Elementary Principal...
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This Saturday in Underwater Science
Photo stolen from NPRThe Blob Fish. Yuck.Well we had a choice as we prepared this week's science entry and Mercury Police Reporter Caroline Sweeney made the decision.Caroline Sweeney(She hates this...
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