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 03 August 2011. Tags: bond issue, Montgomery County Commissioners, Moody's Investors Service
Montgomery County hoped for, and received, a good credit rating Tuesday from Moody’s Investors Service; it plans to issue $35 million in bonds for debt refinancing next week. But what’s rosy now could change by then …
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Posted in Montgomery County, Politics
Posted on 28 July 2011. Tags: Montgomery County Commissioners
A Montgomery County proposal to spend $48 million on upgrading the countywide police radio system should be put up for a public vote, two candidates running for election as commissioners say.
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Posted in Montgomery County, Police, Politics, Safety
Posted on 15 June 2011. Tags: Montgomery County Commissioners, tolling, U.S. Route 422
Two Republican candidates running to become Montgomery County commissioners, Bruce Castor and Jenny Brown, on Wednesday said they oppose tolling on U.S. Route 422.
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Posted in Montgomery County, Politics, Transportation
Posted on 04 May 2011. Tags: Federal Communications Commission, Lower Pottsgrove Board of Commissioners, Lower Pottsgrove Police Department, Montgomery County Commissioners
Lower Pottsgrove’s police radios are 16 years old. Other departments own radios even older. The county should upgrade its system, but that will cost millions of dollars, Chief Michael Shade said.
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Posted in Lower Pottsgrove, Montgomery County, Police