Posted on 23 January 2009. Tags: autos, credit union, new car discount, Pennsylvania, Personal Finance, Pottstown, Sanatoga, Transportation
LOWER POTTSGROVE PA – A national program that allows members of credit unions to buy new cars at a discount was adopted last week (Jan. 13, 2009) by Diamond Credit Union, 1600 Medical Dr. The nationwide “Invest In America” program, of which Diamond is now a part, allows its members to save on the purchase [...]
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Posted on 16 December 2008. Tags: autos, autos, car dealer, closure, economic trouble, economy, Law, Local, Pennsylvania, Personal Finance, Pottstown, Sanatoga, state police
SANATOGA PA – Only two months after the sudden closure of its showroom at 2148 E. High St., in the heart of the village district, new controversy surrounds the Norco Auto Group Chrysler-Jeep car dealership. It and its owner, James Phillips, are among those involved in what is being called a vehicle fraud investigation to [...]
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Posted on 04 November 2008. Tags: auto, autos, dealer, dealerships, Pennsylvania, Personal Finance, Pottstown, Sanatoga, Transportation
Awful. That’s the one-word description for car sales during October, locally and elsewhere. No matter how broad a range of choices Sanatogans saw at new car dealers last month in nearby Pottstown and Limerick, or at used car dealers within the confines of Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township, many seemed to join other Americans in deciding [...]
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Posted on 14 October 2008. Tags: autos, car dealer, closure, economic trouble, economy, Pennsylvania, Personal Finance, Pottstown, Sanatoga, Transportation
Norco Auto Group, a mainstay of the Sanatoga PA business district and at one time the second-largest Jeep-Eagle dealership in the state of Pennsylvania, closed its East High Street showroom Friday (Oct. 10, 2008). A sign posted on its doors said the company was a victim of “poor economic conditions.” Its closure came just three [...]
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Posted on 02 October 2008. Tags: auto, autos, collision, driver, drivers, fatality, InSight, insurance, Pennsylvania, Posit Science, Pottstown, Sanatoga, Technology, Transportation
Can new computer software help older drivers become safer drivers? That’s what the Allstate Insurance Company hopes to test, using Pennsylvania as a laboratory. Allstate yesterday (Oct. 1, 2008) launched a program it said has “potential to improve what could be the most important piece of auto safety equipment: the mind of the driver.” Called [...]
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Posted on 27 September 2008. Tags: auto, autos, deer, deer hunting, Erie Insurance, Pennsylvania, Pottstown, Sanatoga, Transportation
Don’t venture out for that pleasant drive in the countryside north of Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township on Monday, Dec. 1, or Saturday, Dec. 6 (2008), the folks who sell Erie Insurance say. They’re the days that, statistically, you’re most likely to hit a deer – or have a deer hit you – while driving in [...]
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