Posted on 10 March 2012. Tags: delinquent taxes, Montgomery County Commissioners, Montgomery County Treasurer, Pottsgrove Board of School Directors, Pottsgrove School District, tax collection
Pottsgrove’s school board voted unanimously last week to support bills in the Pennsylvania House and Senate to block counties from earning a fee on delinquent taxes, even if the county didn’t do the collecting. Without relief, the school district may owe Montgomery County $350,000 in back fees.
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Posted in Education, Lower Pottsgrove, Montgomery County, Politics, Pottsgrove Schools
Posted on 09 March 2012. Tags: Family Services of Montgomery County, federal tax return, Internal Revenue Service, Montgomery County Tax Coalition, VITA program
If you earned less than $50,000 last year and need help filing your federal income tax return, breathe deeply and pick up the phone. You may qualify for free assistance in Sanatoga and Collegeville, under the VITA program operated by Family Services.
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Posted in Montgomery County, Personal Finance, Sanatoga, Social
Posted on 05 March 2012. Tags: Jennifer Marsteller, Lower Pottsgrove Tax Collector, property taxes, township taxes
You matter to Lower Pottsgrove, dear taxpayers. You are important to the township. And to prove it, Treasurer and Tax Collector Jennifer Marsteller has a mailed you a friendly little reminder. It’s colored green, like money, and that should tell you something.
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Posted in Lower Pottsgrove, Montgomery County, Pottsgrove Schools, Real Estate, Sanatoga
Posted on 03 March 2012. Tags: hazardous waste, Montgomery County Recycling, Montgomery County Recycling Office
Easily found, easily identified Pottsgrove High School is the first of six educational facilities where Montgomery County has scheduled household hazardous waste drop-off dates from March through October. Separate collection dates have been scheduled for electronic devices.
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Posted in Business, Education, Health, Limerick, Lower Pottsgrove, Montgomery County, Pottstown, Safety
Posted on 26 February 2012. Tags: Montgomery County Intermediate Unit, Pottsgrove School District, publicity and promotion
The Montgomery County Intermediate Unit is taking a page from some of its member school districts, like Pottsgrove, in launching new ways to better inform and involve its constituencies.
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Posted in Education, Montgomery County, Politics, Pottsgrove Schools, Pottstown, Social
Posted on 24 February 2012. Tags: Montgomery County Community College, Schuylkill Watershed Congress
The day-long event focuses on keeping waterways like Sanatoga Creek, Sprogel’s Run, and the Schuylkill River cleaner, safer, and more enjoyable.
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Posted in Business, Health, Montgomery County, Pottstown, Social
Posted on 22 February 2012. Tags: Lower Pottsgrove Police Department
A resident of East High Street who was charged last September with multiple counts of alleged child abuse will receive a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation next week.
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Posted in Lower Pottsgrove, Montgomery County, Safety
Posted on 10 February 2012. Tags: CMERT, Logan Street apartments, Pottstown, shooting
A tense, day-long gun drama Thursday between law enforcers and a lone gunman at a Logan Steet, Pottstown, apartment ended in the evening darkness with the wounded suspect in custody and hospitalized. None of the officers and first responders, and no other members of the public, were injured.
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Posted in Fire, Montgomery County, Police, Pottsgrove Schools, Pottstown, Safety, Social
Posted on 07 February 2012. Tags: DHLP LLC, Lower Pottsgrove Board of Commissioners, Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, Raven's Claw Golf Club, Rupert Road bridge
The sidewalls of the Rupert Road bridge across Hartenstine creek on Lower Pottsgrove’s east side are cracked and splintering. Its reinforcing bars are showing in places, its concrete is crumbling, and it still bears a heavy traffic load. Money to fix all of those problems might soon be available.
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Posted in Business, Courts, Lower Pottsgrove, Montgomery County, Real Estate, Sanatoga, Transportation