Pottstown News

An excellent editorial published in today's edition of The Mercury putting the push by Democrats in the state House to remove the requirement that government bodies place public notices in newspapers.

This Letter to the Editor, originally published in The Mercury , is about the Pottstown School District, but it applies to just about every school district in Pennsylvania.

Just hours before the start of Independence Day 2009, a ceremony called us to remember those who've made great sacrifices to protect our country's freedoms.

One of the best Fourth of July celebrations anywhere in the country takes place every year in Pottstown.

Pennsylvania has asked the federal Environmental Protection Agency for $6.1 million in economic stimulus money to clean up 71 leaking underground gas and oil storage tanks in 40 counties, the state said in a press release Wednesday .

John Kirby, interim chief exeutive officer at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, 1600 E. High St., since May , and its chief operating officer since 2008, had the "interim" portion of his title removed Monday when the hospital announced he was named as its permanent CEO.

The cleanup from storm damage continued Saturday after Friday night's storms in Berks and Montgomery Counties.

A quick moving thunderstorm rumbled through the Philadelphia region Friday night, dropping hail on parts of Montgomery County, knocking out power in scattered areas and fooling one man into thinking he'd been struck by lightning.

Lower Pottsgrove 's solicitor also has become its bill collector of last resort, and the township Board of Commissioners earlier this month approved a fee structure that ensures whoever catches up with delinquents is adequately compensated.

NO MATTER WHICH way you're driving on Interstate 95, you can't miss the billboard at exit 1. On the south side of the sign, TNT Fireworks announces the grand opening of its new super-center in Delaware County, just off the Chichester Avenue exit.

Police in Pottstown, Montgomery County are investigating the stabbing of a man on a bicycle.

Rejecting a plea for probation, a judge Wednesday sentenced a National Guardsman to Lebanon County prison for his role in the rape of a woman at Fort Indiantown Gap in December 2007.

Insult to infant leads to stabbing, jail for dad By JANET KELLEY 2009-06-17 11:28:00 Lancaster New Era It was a case of cultural differences.

The Pottstown Mercury is running a two-day series examing the dire future facing small communities like Pottstown, a former industrial town on the western edge of Montgomery County that hasn't been able to figure out where it wants to go.

Emergency crews are on the scene of an incident involving a truck that crashed into a building in the 300 block of South Keim Street in Pottstown, Montgomery County.

Ninety-one students were enrolled as of Wednesday in classes at either the Pottstown or Blue Bell campuses of Montgomery County Community College , under its tuition assistance program for one of its first two summer sessions, the college reported .

It's a bizarre scene in Pottstown, Montgomery County. This video show a man being arrested after police caught him in a storm sewer beneath Pottstown around 6:45 Wednesday night.

Jun 5, 2009 11:49 pm US/Eastern WEST POTTSGROVE, Pa. A Pottstown woman is fortunate to be alive after she lost control of her car and ended up in a Montgomery County creek Friday evening.

Jun 5, 2009 11:49 pm US/Eastern Reporting Valerie Levesque PERKIOMEN TOWNSHIP, Pa.

Former Philadelphia cop Malik Snell used his badge and a tricked-out Dodge Intrepid that appeared to be a police undercover car to target drug dealers and rob them, a federal prosecutor said yesterday.