Spring-Ford Chamber Plans Business Expo In Limerick

The event is meant to help small businesses in the area show off their goods and services to others.

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RatnerPrestia Law Firm Names Howe To Berwyn Office

He formerl worked in the Civil Division of the Delaware Department of Justice.

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TriCounty Chamber Session Focuses On Employee Health

Two local experts on the subject are its presenters.

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Limerick Office Of ARRO Consulting Oversees Project

The Limerick PA firm is the engineer overseeing sanitary sewer improvements in Bethlehem, near Allentown.

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Emergency Help Arrives At Cluster, Via Wegman’s Truck

The Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities’ food pantry will benefit from a Thursday morning delivery of a truckload of donated food from Wegman’s Food Markets. The chain is stepping in to fill a gap left by another supplier that is facing shortages of its own.

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WBZH Buzzes Tuesday About Its ‘Phase 3′ Growth Plans

The Pottstown PA community radio station, formerly WPAZ-AM and now under new ownership and management, will hold a press conference early Tuesday evening to talk about its next stage of development.

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State’s Internet Sales Tax Law Confuses Some Retailers

Either Pennsylvania’s online sales tax law – the start of which has been pushed back until Sept. 1 (2012) – will cost the state $22 million in revenue because Internet-based companies won’t do business here, as tax opponents claim; or it will add $380 million to the treasury over several years, as tax backers say. [...]

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First-Of-Its-Kind Pottstown Grocery Store Marks 75 Years

Brunish’s, famous in Pottstown and across the world for its hot dogs and hot sausage sandwiches, opened in 1937. But the notion of a corner grocery store selling what is now known as “fast food” was an oddity and rarity when founder Dan Brunish began the practice in 1955. The business is still in the [...]

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For Many In PA, Financial Safety Net Doesn’t Exist

Financial experts figure you should have saved enough money to cover at least three months’ worth of living expenses if you suddenly lost your job. But among those living in Pennsylvania, according to the nonprofit Corporation for Enterprise Development, more than 34 percent of Commonwealth residents are unprepared for rough economic times. | Source: Post-gazette [...]

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Douglassville’s Klein Transportation Marks 55th Anniversary

The Pottstown PA area bus company, now in its third generation of family ownership, is observing its business anniversary with a gift, of sorts, for its customers.

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