Posted on 22 November 2011. Tags: Breaking Dawn Part 1, Carmike Cinema 12, Carmike Cinemas Inc., Twilight Saga, Upland Square Shopping Center
‘Breaking Dawn Part 1,” the fourth installment in the Twilight Saga teen vampire movie franchise, enjoyed the fifth-best weekend opening ever for a single film, grossing $138.1 million in ticket sales. The grand opening of the new Carmike Cinemas in Pottstown contributed to that total.
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Posted in Arts, Business, Entertainment, Pottstown, Real Estate, Recreation, Technology, West Pottsgrove
Posted on 03 November 2011. Tags: election signs, Montgomery County Recycling Office, political signs, recycling
Montgomery County reminds political candidates (and Pottstown area home owners too) that, after Election Day, their no-longer-needed campaign signs can now be recycled rather than trashed.
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Posted in Business, Government, Montgomery County, Politics, Pottstown, Real Estate
Posted on 10 October 2011. Tags: PennDOT, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Pottstown Borough Council, Pottstown Bypass Improvement Project, U.S. Route 422
Paperwork and reviews in the purchase of nearby pieces of land by PennDOT from Occidental Chemical Corp. have postponed bidding for proposed repairs to the Armand Hammer Boulevard interchange of U.S. Route 422 in Pottstown.
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Posted in Chester County, Government, Lower Pottsgrove, Montgomery County, North Coventry, Pottstown, Real Estate, Transportation
Posted on 05 October 2011. Tags: H&K Group, Haines and Kibblehouse, Lower Pottsgrove Board of Commissioners, Pottstown Trap Rock, quarry, surface mining
Lower Pottsgrove commissioners publicly recognized Monday that a state Senate bill, proposed to regulate quarry operations, could have a significant local impact. They don’t like its implications, and decided to ask Pottstown area legislators to fight it as well.
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Posted in Business, Government, Lower Pottsgrove, Pottstown, Real Estate
Posted on 02 October 2011. Tags: flood damage recovery loan, Susquehanna Bank
Special financing from the bank, which operates a branch office in Pottstown, applies to damage created to property during Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.
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Posted in Boyertown, Business, Pottstown, Real Estate, Weather
Posted on 09 September 2011. Tags: Pottstown High School, Schuylkill River, WFMZ-TV
A Pottstown home owner who lives on River Road by Thursday decided the Schuylkill River, although often pretty, this season has become too much of a hassle. The Post links to five area flood-related stories.
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Posted in Pottstown Schools, Real Estate, Safety, South Pottstown, Weather
Posted on 23 June 2011. Tags: Borough Manager Jason Bobst, Pottstown Area Industrial Development Inc.
Borough Manager Jason Bobst thinks Pottstown may just now be coming into its own. At least many of the needed pieces are in place, he said.
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Posted in Business, Government, Law, Pottstown, Real Estate
Posted on 03 June 2011. Tags: Buchert Ridge Community, Sanatoga Ridge Community, Wil Hallman Retirement Development
The Pottstown area developer, who already operates two housing communities for older adults in Lower Pottsgrove, is working to build another 14 miles north in Pennsburg.
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Posted in Business, Lower Pottsgrove, Pottstown, Real Estate
Posted on 17 May 2011. Tags: Dollar Tree, Pottstown Center, Pottstown Shopping Center, Quest Diagnostics, Radio Shack
Retail merchants are moving around in Pottstown. Dollar Tree is changing store fronts in the same shopping plaza. Radio Shack moved from one plaza to another. Quest Labs is opening a new site.
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Posted in Business, Pottstown, Real Estate
Posted on 11 May 2011. Tags: American Chamber of Commerce Executives, Pottstown Area Industrial Development Inc.
The new executive director of Pottstown’s re-launched economic development group, PAID Inc., must possess several highly sought qualities … and be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Almost.
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Posted in Business, Employment, Government, Pottstown, Real Estate