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SANATOGA PA – Plans to rebuild and expand Ringing Rocks Elementary School have been in front of the Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township Planning Commission so often, and by now are so well-known, that the Pottsgrove School District‘s engineering representative on Monday night (May 17, 2010) smiled, shrugged, and asked commission members, “Want me to go though this again?”

Ringing Rocks Elementary School's east facade.

For the most part, they did not.

The commission, during its monthly meeting in the municipal building, quickly, unanimously, and without comment approved a preliminary land development plan for reconstruction of the school, 1401 Kauffman Rd., Pottstown PA. Commissioner Nicholas Hiriak was absent and did not vote.

The plan now moves on to the township Board of Commissioners for its review and potential approval Thursday (May 20).

Kevin McAghon of Landmark Engineering told the planning board the district had received appropriate approvals or recommendations from the state Department of Environmental Protection, the Montgomery County Conservation District, and the Pottstown Water and Sewer Authority regarding portions of the Ringing plans they control or that affect their operations. Minor plan changes, supervised by township engineers, were being made as a result, he said.

The district also has finalized its plans for steep slope changes on the Ringing property, McAghon said, which were the subject of a conditional use hearing by the township board that was left open as a cost-saving convenience. They also will be presented to commissioners Thursday.

The district still must seek a variety of zoning variances to enable construction to proceed by the start of summer. Landmark outlined those in three separate letters mailed between February and April; their contents are being consolidated into a single letter covering all variance needs to be considered by the township Zoning Hearing Board.

Related (to the Lower Pottsgrove Planning Commission meeting of May 17):

• Grading Permit Change Comes With Limits
• Board OKs Ringing Rocks’ Preliminary Plans

Related (to Ringing Rocks Elementary School renovations):

• Board OKs Ringing Rocks’ Preliminary Plans
• School Vestibule Design OK; No Decision On Rocks’ Relocation
• Ringing Rocks Plan Approval Held Until May
• Ringing Relocation Decision Deferred Again
• Township Legal Move Saves District Time, Money
• Economic Tales, Exec Sessions, And Long Night At Pottsgrove
• Geothermal Now ‘Locked’ Into Ringing Re-Build
• How Estimated Costs For Ringing Shape Up
• Less Is More In School Project, Planners Learn
• Bids Sought For Ringing Project Asbestos Removal
• Ringing Relocation Decision Possible In Two Weeks
• Restaurant, Ringing Projects Win Conditional Uses
• Ringing Rocks, Restaurant Hearing Topics Tonight
• Pottsgrove Student Enrollment: Up? Yes. Down? Yes Again
• Green Discussion At Ringing Results In Red Faces
• Pottsgrove, Archdiocese Still Discussing Pius Lease
• Ringing Rocks Relocation Discussion Set For Tonight
• In The Ringing Rebuild, Whither Pius?
• Ringing Rocks Relocation Plan: Modulars At MS
• Ringing Rocks Construction Cost Hearing Tonight
• Planners OK Ringing Rocks Land Sketch
• District Sets Dec. 3 Hearing On Rocks Budget
• Pottsgrove Asks State Help To Pay For Ringing Re-Build
• As School Opens, Progress On Ringing Rocks’ Project
• Surprise Enrollment Spurs Demographic Interest
• District Assembles Ringing Rocks Planning Team
• District OKs Architect Negotiations
• Consensus On Ringing Renovations: $16M
• Ringing Rocks Proposals Aired Tuesday
• Ringing Rocks Re-Examined April 14
• Pottsgrove To Trust-But-Verify On Ringing Plans
• Ringing Rocks Plans Take Another Step
• No Shortage Of Ideas At Pottsgrove Meeting
• Weigh In On Pottsgrove Renovations
• Framing The Rocks Discussion
• Response Mixed To Pottsgrove Improvements
• District Invites Public For Study Results
• A Different Rocks, But Only As A Concept

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Stuff sometimes happens.

SANATOGA PA – Recent jottings from a reporter’s notebook:

Ooops! Another One Proofreaders Missed

Pottsgrove school board member Philip Keogh stopped a Post reporter last week before the board meeting began, smiled, and asked, “What’s today’s date?” “May 11,” came the reply, and it was indeed May 11 (2010) at the time. Sadly, Keogh pointed out, a Post story published that same morning in one sentence incorrectly announced the school directors were meeting May 18 … a week later.

This mea culpa is offered in recognition of the fact that ours and other publications occasionally make mistakes. Quality control is a goal, here and elsewhere, but it’s not always the end result. If you read an error in The Post, drop us a note by e-mail, send us a direct Tweet or, like Keogh, let us know personally. Accuracy really is important.

Which brings us to a proofreading oversight in a different publication, the bi-annual brochure titled “Emergency Planning for the Limerick Area,” distributed this month by Exelon Nuclear to residents within a 10-mile radius of the company’s Limerick Generating Station. It provides safety information on which the public can act if an incident at the power plant allowed radioactive steam to escape.

On one of the brochure’s pages, the company lists radio stations that would broadcast official information and instructions in case of such an emergency. Among AM stations in Montgomery County still listed by Exelon is “WPAZ 1370.” Unfortunately the Pottstown PA station went silent and out of business in December 2009, when owner Great Scott Broadcasting pulled its plug atop Maugers Mill Road.

We can empathize.

In With The New

A tenant apparently has been found for the former Lakeside Inn restaurant and Dylan’s Pub property at 594 W. Ridge Pike., Limerick PA. Lakeside went out of business in August 2009, and got a boat-load of bad press because it left some wedding plans in the lurch.

A vinyl sign covering up the Lakeside name now reports that a new restaurant, called The Copperfield Inn, will be “coming soon,” and offers a phone number to contact for more information about scheduling weddings, receptions and other affairs.

Brief. Interesting. History.

Remembering Pottstown.

Many books about history lack punch, or zest, or the excitement that makes other writing – a mystery novel, or an edgy thriller, for example – must reads. It’s not that history itself is boring; too often, it’s just boringly written.

“Remembering Pottstown: Historic Tales from a Pennsylvania Borough” succeeds in taking an entirely different, and far more entertaining, approach to telling local history.

Author Michael Snyder, a retired teacher who also is president of the Pottstown Historical Society, has written “Remembering Pottstown” as a series of illustrated topical vignettes of usually no more than four pages. He focuses on small slices of life in the borough and the Pottsgroves, with segments like “Hometown People Who Made Good,” and “Pottstown Man Shoots His Wife, Gets Shocking Experience.”

Readers can literally start his book anywhere, read a short piece, put it down, and then repeat the process days later without feeling they missed something.

“Remembering Pottstown” was published in March (2010) by The History Press Inc. of Charleston SC, and Snyder launched a small book tour last month with a signing event at the Pottstown Public Library.

Not Your Usual Medical Referral

Changes in physicians’ practices, changes in medical insurance reimbursements, and coming changes prompted by federal law means a slowly and quietly growing number of doctors are deciding not to accept Medicaid payments from patients they serve. Medicaid is a government program most often relied upon by the poor and others who can’t afford to pay for their medical expenses.

Those folks still need medical attention, even if the doctors they’ve been with for years choose to no longer care for them. So a few physicians have begun referring these former patients to one office that willingly accepts both new patients and Medicaid: Community Health and Dental Care (CHDC), 11 Robinson St., Pottstown PA.

CHDC as recently as last week (May 9, 2010) advertised that it was offering fee discounts for income-eligible individuals and families. It’s trying to provide timely services for the clientèle, too. Its doctors are already scheduling school physicals in advance of the need in September.

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WCTS students demonstrate their lessons in protective services classes.

LIMERICK PA – Protective services education at the Western Center for Technical Studies, which serves students in the Pottsgrove, Spring-Ford and Upper Perkiomen school districts, could soon become a whole lot more interactive.

The center’s governing Joint Operating Committee last week (May 10, 2010) said it would seek sealed bids to buy from a selected vendor “a Law Enforcement Training System and Interactive Driving Simulator” for the current school year, according to an advertisement that appeared in The (Pottstown PA) Mercury newspaper, the center’s publication of record for legal notices.

Students who enroll in the protective services program often go on to become emergency medical technicians, firefighters, private investigators, security consultants, security team members, and police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers.

Pottsgrove’s representatives on the committee are Scott Fulmer, vice-chairperson; Philip Keogh Jr., secretary; and April Kontostathis. All three also are members of the Pottsgrove School District Board of School Directors.

Bid openings are set for today (May 17) at 1:05 p.m. in the business office of the center, 77 Graterford Rd., Limerick PA. The committee can accept or reject any or all portions of any bid submitted, the legal notice stated.

Photo from the Western Center for Technical Studies

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Diamond Credit Union's offices on Medical Drive.

POTTSTOWN PA – Members of the Philadelphia Eagles football team will show off their basketball skills in a game against the Pottstown All-Stars – a team consisting of Pottstown School District teachers and alumni, and district residents – Tuesday (May 18, 2010) at 7 p.m. in the gym at Pottstown Senior High School, 750 N. Washington St., Pottstown PA. The fund-raiser benefits the American Cancer Society Relay For Life.

• This event has been added to The Post calendar.

The event is sponsored by Diamond Credit Union, headquartered on Medical Drive in Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township; Welsh Subaru of Limerick PA, and the school district.

Tickets cost $10; children under age 4 will be admitted free. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Pottstown Senior High School or Administration Building, at all Diamond Credit Union locations, and at Welsh Subaru. Tickets will also be available at the door. Doors will open at 6 p.m.

Autographs will be available after the game, and raffle tickets will be sold for chances to win Eagles’ collectibles and club seat tickets to an Eagles’ game.

Diamond is the 18th largest credit union in Pennsylvania, and operates two additional offices in Reading PA. It holds more than $355 million in assets, and serves more than 39,500 members.

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SANATOGA PA – Youth soccer players in Lower, Upper and West Pottsgrove (PA) townships and surrounding communities are being sought to try-out for the Pottsgrove Soccer Club’s 2010-2011 Travel Teams, according to Travel Director Larry Fiorini.

“Travel soccer is a fun program where players and their families develop strong bonds with other members of their team while participating in a competitive league,” he wrote in announcing the upcoming tryout schedule. Players are not required to live within one of the Pottsgrove townships to compete.

Try-outs will be held:

• May 23 (2010, Sunday) at 3 p.m.,
• May 24 (Monday) at 6 p.m., and
• May 27 (2010, Thursday) at 6 p.m.

These events have been added to The Post calendar.

Boys’ try-outs on these dates and times will be held at Gerald Richards Park, Buchert Road, Sanatoga PA; girls’ try-outs will be on the same dates and times at Hollenbach Park, North Hanover Street, Pottstown PA, across from the Pottsgrove Middle School. All candidates must attend at least two of the three scheduled try-outs. They are asked to wear appropriate clothing and bring plenty of water.

Teams will be formed for each age group (ages 9-15) and gender if enough players qualify.

For more information, contact Fiorini by e-mail.

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The Limerick (PA) Post | The Pottstown (PA) Post | The Main Street Post

Published during the week just ended in The Sanatoga Post:

Saturday, May 15

• Sanatoga Literacy Programs Honor Grads, Tutors
  (With Video) Friday night marked an important milestone in the lives of several Pottstown area adults. They received certificates of achievement for improving their reading and comprehension skills in literacy programs sponsored by the YWCA Tri-County Area.
• Tappin’ Toes With The Middle School Jazz Band
  (With Video) Yes, her group is larger than most jazz bands, Pottsgrove teacher Kathy Williams admits, but every one of her students wanted to play. Who is she to say ‘no?’

Friday, May 14

• Sounds Of Spring At The Middle School
  (With Video) The annual spring concert of the Pottsgrove Middle School Concert Band, Jazz Band, and Wind Ensemble was held Thursday night in the middle school auditorium. Here’s a sampling of their talents.
• Blog: Lower Pottsgrove Has Fewest Tax-Exempt Parcels
  A minor debate rages in Pottstown over the extent to which tax-exempt properties affect real estate tax rates there. From that, a borough-oriented blog researched the number of tax-exempt parcels in Pottstown and the three Pottsgroves, and posted its results.
• ‘I Want To Run Screaming From All Of This’
  A college student and Pottsgrove High School grad publicly puts into words the perception of life in Pottstown that she and many of her peers usually talk about only among themselves.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Smile! Say Cheese! No Charge
    A Royersford photographer will soon make someone’s life a little brighter, thanks to a national scrap-booking author’s big idea.
  • East Vincent Church Plans June Barbecue
    Who can pass up a just-like-home half-chicken dinner?
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Cyberbullies A Real Threat To Deal With
    Just because the kids are home at night doesn’t necessarily mean they’re safe, a Pottstown counselor warns.
  • June Brookside Benefit Helps Pottstown Agent
    A local fund-raiser next month provides assistance to a cancer victim.
  • Boyertown Farm Life Celebration Saturday
    The goats, sheep, and other furry friends – and the products they help produce – are waiting to be seen just outside Boyertown.
• Also, In The Main Street Post
  • Stowe Manufacturer Joins Ceramic Powders Venture
    Two high-tech specialty industries are collaborating on a new product line to be manufactured just west of Pottstown.

Thursday, May 13

• Notebook Worthy (School Budget Edition)
  Who’s that guy standing behind the Pottsgrove School District curtain with a calculator in his hands? Who gets blamed when the tax bills go out? And counting to 60 (line items) and above.
• American Legion Members Honor Police Officers
  The Pottsgroves’ American Legion Post members will conduct a tribute to police officers Saturday morning at Coventry Mall.
• Seger Tribute Band Due At Sunnybrook
  Think of Tom Cruise in a dress shirt and his underwear, sliding across a highly polished wooden hallway floor. Now think of Sunnybrook Ballroom. Big space. Wooden floor. You. Could be fun, huh?
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Family Values On Discussion Agenda
    They’re the subject of this month’s church-sponsored Tavern Talk in Trappe.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Pottstown CPAs’ Program Discusses Recession
    Now that the nation seems to be coming out of it, some Pottstown accountant offer suggestions to stay ahead of it.
• Also, In The Main Street Post
  • Bank Shredding Program Enters Sixth Year
    National Penn Bank branches across southeastern Pennsylvania have found that chewing through area residents’ private documents yields publicity benefits.
  • Water Utility Offers Leak Detector Discount
    Aqua Pennsylvania has a partner in its offer of a discount to its customers on a device that helps save water wasted by toilets.

Wednesday, May 12

• Tentative School Budget Adopted, With 4.5% Tax Hike
  It is estimated to cost more than $57 million to run Pottsgrove schools next year, under the budget tentatively accepted Tuesday by district directors. Some expense cuts may still be made in the next 30 days.
• Faulkner Named Newest Pottsgrove School Director
  David Faulkner succeeds Robert Lindgren, who resigned. He was unanimously selected and sworn into office Tuesday to fill Lindgren’s unexpired school board term.
• Covering The Pottsgrove School Board Via Twitter
  (With video) As students, teachers and parents voiced their displeasure Tuesday with cuts in teaching positions made to reduce district expenses, The Post reported on the event live using the popular social media messaging service.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Collegeville Home Schedules Open House
    An assisted living community throws open its doors to observe Older Americans Month.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • A Vision For July 4th: 1,000 Fluttering Flags
    The small island in Pottstown’s Memorial Park would be a comfortably crowded and honored place on Independence Day weekend, if the borough’s Fourth of July committee can realize its dream.
  • Catch That Drip; Right There, By Your Finger
    Nothing feels so summer-y as cold, sticky, sweet ice cream melting from a cone onto your hand. Ask Pottstown blogger Sue Repko, who reports on the opening of a new ice cream parlor downtown.
• Also, In The Main Street Post
  • Vanguard Examines Bond Performance Ahead
    Its latest research paper discusses what might happen to bonds if interest rates rise in coming years. The Valley Forge PA investment firm urges diversification.
  • CVS Campaign Promotes Diabetes Health
    The drug store chain has teamed up with VH1 Television’s 50 Million Pound Challenge. Some of its locations will provide free blood glucose level testing.
  • Exelon Moves Up Generator Closing Plans
    The utility will close fossil fuel generators in Phoenixville and Eddystone PA between five months and a year earlier than previously expected.
  • Electricity Grid Installs Monitoring Devices
    The Valley Forge-based PJM Interconnection and its member owners are strengthening their transmission system by making it easier to “see.”

Tuesday, May 11

• Will ‘First In’ Guide Choice Of New School Director?
  When it last was required to select a replacement for a departing director, the Pottsgrove school board chose the candidate who applied for the job first. If it selects a second director’s successor tonight, will it use the same logic?
• What They Sold For
  A weekly review of highest prices paid for real estate in Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township and neighboring municipalities.
• Hospital Names 3 Physicians As New Staff Members
  Announced Monday, the new arrivals practice in Sanatoga, Limerick, and Douglassville.
• Blood Drives Planned In Lower Pottsgrove, Limerick, Phoenixville
  The Miller-Keystone Blood Center has several drives scheduled in our area through mid-May. Maybe you can give a pint.
• Get Hungry, Help Pottsgrove’s Queen Candidate
  The fund-raising has begun by Pottsgrove High School’s homecoming queen nominee to benefit the Pottstown Fourth Of July activities.
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Two Shearon Holes Make Golfer’s Dream List
    One of the best golf holes in the mid-Atlantic states, according to a pro who declares such things, is at the Raven’s Claw course in Limerick.
  • Hunting For The Best Hot Sandwich
    A Philadelphia sports radio host is prowling for great-tasting hot sandwiches. Your job: convince him to travel up the 422 Corridor to discover what he’s missing at Center City joints.
  • After A Scotch Egg, Pass The Pepto
    Let’s just say that, like many a breakfast, this dish involves egg and sausage. Unlike many a breakfast however, a Collegeville resident writes, it doesn’t go down quite as flavorfully.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Music, Multimedia Show Scheduled At Church
    The presentation “Images Of My Father” is scheduled for Gilbertsville.
  • Pottstown’s Anthony Smith Named Football MVP
    The linebacker joins a list of other Bloomsburg University athletes receiving honors this year.
  • In Schools, Author Says, Haste Makes Waste
    Why is the Pottstown school board in such a hurry to fill its superintendent vacancy?, a borough blogger asks.
• Also, In The Main Street Post
  • Attorney Named To ChesCo Development Authority
    Chester County commissioners choose a Phoenixville representative who’s familiar with the law, business, and politics.

Monday, May 10

• Notebook Worthy
  Chowing down like the locals do. Tastefully inspecting chow in Royersford. No chow (for just a couple of days) in Pottstown at the world’s most well-known restaurant brand. And working ourselves down to less-than-tight-end weight.
• Car Washes, Carriage Rides Couple Up On Saturday
  They go together like horses and horsepower, in a fund-raiser to benefit Pottsgrove Middle School students planning a trip to Hershey.
• Bliss Salon Opens On Sunnybrook Road
  Now occupying the former Sanatoga village schoolhouse, it features organic hair and skin products.
• Local Smoking Cessastion Class Starts May 18
  Learn how to stop using tobacco with free instruction and, if you choose, helpful free products too.
• High School Lacrosse Championships Start This Week
  They’ll start with a less-common play-in game to determine the PAC-1o boys’ teams fourth seed.
• Pottsgrove Grad Completes Air Force Training
  A member of the Class of 2005 has finished basic in San Antonio TX.
• Also, In The Main Street Post
  • The Week In Review On Main Street
    For May 2-8, 2010
• Also, In The Limerick Post
  • Civil War Re-enactors Coming To Pennypacker
    The Montgomery County historic site will bustle early next month with two full days of civil war regalia and discussion.
  • Staples Opens In Collegeville With Donation
    The Perkiomen Valley School District Foundation was the beneficiary of its grand opening largesse.
  • Schwenksville Community Day’s A Full One
    This Saturday’s celebration in the borough is likely to keep every visitor busy, and smiling.
  • The Week In Review In Limerick
    For May 2-8, 2010
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Former Restaurant Contents Up For Auction
    All of the trappings of what once was the Lone Star Steakhouse at Coventry Mall are headed for the auction block.
  • 14th Giant In MontCo Opens At Gilbertsville
    The supermarket chain continues to grow, opening its newest store with some high-tech, environmentally friendly features.
  • New Hanover Plans Community Yard Sale
    The township has scheduled the bargain-hunting affair at its newest park.
  • The Week In Review In Pottstown
    For May 2-8, 2010

Sunday, May 9

• The Post Week In Review
  For May 2-8, 2010

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POTTSTOWN PA – A crowd of about 40 literacy program graduates, their family members and friends, and volunteer tutors gathered Friday night (May 14, 2010) in the YWCA Tri-County Area Adult Literacy Center, 1830 E. High St., Pottstown PA, for its annual recognition event.

• Watch a video of the event, above, or see it at The Post’s YouTube account.

The center is open weekdays at specific times set aside for specialized learning in math, reading, writing, language, adult basic education, early childhood education, and workplace skills.

For more information of the program, and how to participate as either a student of a tutor, call 610-326-READ.

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POTTSTOWN PA – Most jazz bands are limited to only a dozen or so players. Not at the Pottsgrove Middle School, director Kathy Williams noted Thursday night (May 13, 2010). More than 30 students said they wanted to participate this year, and every one of them got the chance.

• Watch a video, above, of the Jazz Band’s performance, or see it at The Post’s YouTube account.
• The Middle School Concert Band also gave a performance. See its video here.

Williams explained to an audience in the auditorium at the school, on North Hanover Street, Pottstown PA, that if students were willing to attend practice at 7:30 a.m. on a school day, she’d be the last to deny them the opportunity. The appreciative crowd burst into applause.

The Jazz Band joined the Middle School concert band and its wind ensemble in performances during the school’s annual spring concert. Later tonight (Friday, May 14) in the middle school cafeteria, vocal ensembles, soloists and the Jazz Band will participate in the Middle School Cabaret. It begins at 7 p.m.

Related:

• Tappin’ Toes With The Middle School Jazz Band
• Sounds of Spring At The Middle School

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POTTSTOWN PA – The Pottsgrove Middle School Band performed its spring concert Thursday (May 13, 2010) in the auditorium at the school, 1351 N. Hanover St., Pottstown PA. Among the pieces presented under the direction of Kathy L. Williams was Vinson’s arrangement of “Annie.” The school’s Jazz Band and Wind Ensemble also gave performances.

• Watch a video of the band’s “Annie” performance above, or see it at The Post’s YouTube account.
• The Middle School Jazz Band also gave a performance. See its video here.

Later tonight (Friday, May 14) in the middle school cafeteria, vocal ensembles, soloists and the Jazz Band will participate in the Middle School Cabaret. It begins at 7 p.m.

Related:

• Tappin’ Toes With The Middle School Jazz Band
• Sounds of Spring At The Middle School

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POTTSTOWN PA – Slightly more than 1 percent of the total number of parcels in Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township claim tax-exempt status, as opposed to those in Upper Pottsgrove Township (also above 1 percent), West Pottsgrove Township (above 2 percent) and the borough of Pottstown (above 3 percent), according to research posted Tuesday (May 11, 2010) on the Pottstown blog Code Blue Pulse.

Blog authors reported their information came from a Montgomery County government public source, but the article did not provide a link to the data.

Its figures specifically state that of Lower Pottsgrove’s 4,569 parcels, 65 (1.4 percent) are tax exempt; Upper Pottsgrove, 40 (1.7 percent) of 2,338; West Pottsgrove, 45 (2.7 percent) of 1,653; and Pottstown, 283 (3.2 percent) of 8,648. Percentage calculations were created by The Post for purposes of ease in comparison.

The article was said to be a follow-up on the Monday (May 10, 2010) report of another blog, Save Pottstown!!, which cited 2006 data that showed 50 churches – most or all of them presumed to be tax-exempt – were located in the 19464 zip code.

• Read “Hard Figures on Tax Exempt Properties” (Code Blue Pulse) here.
• Read “Something Stinks Here” (Save Pottstown!!) here.

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