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Spadt Attended Free Trade Conference In Germany

Spadt Attended Free Trade Conference In Germany

The area attorney was there as part of the German-American Business Council, to monitor intellectual property law issues that likely will arise as part of a transatlantic trade partnership.

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Two Wolf, Baldwin Lawyers Certified As First Specialists

Pottstown attorneys Levi Wolf and Daniel McCabe, with Wolf, Baldwin & Associates, have been inducted into the first group of Pennsylvania workers’ compensation lawyers certified as specialists in the field.

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Posted in Government, Law, Workers’ Compensation6 Comments

Exelon Seeks To Renew Moser Road Operating Permit

Exelon Corp. is asking the state Department of Environmental Protection to renew its five-year operating permit for the Moser Generation Station at Moser Road and Yost Alley in Lower Pottsgrove Township PA.

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PA’s Capital, Harrisburg, Charged By SEC With Fraud

Federal investigators said city officials misled the public, and its investors, about the troubled state of the municipality’s finances.

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Unemployment Cheats, Beware! PA Set To Crack Down

A proposal to increase penalties for unemployment fraud, eliminate the statute of limitations on the crime, and stop prison inmates from collecting checks has passed the House of Representatives.

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Report: Lower Pottsgrove Business Future Might Be R&D

Working to attract research and development companies to Lower Pottsgrove may create a business niche for the township that, according to a new report, neighboring municipalities don’t cater to.

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Legislators Consider Small Business Tax Exemption

Legislators Consider Small Business Tax Exemption

It would apply to the Pennsylvania inheritance tax on small family-owned businesses.

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Borough Council OKs Heritage Coach Tax Abatement

The company would pay reduced taxes over 10 years on a building it hopes to occupy on the southwest side of Pottstown PA, as an incentive to move there. The Pottstown School District has yet to agree.

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Ready For Spring Business? Try A SCORE Workshop

Ready For Spring Business? Try A SCORE Workshop

The Pottstown chapter of SCORE, an affiliate of the Small Business Administration, will hold four April workshops intended to help entrepreneurs get their small businesses up and running.

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MontCo Students Hope To Benefit From State JobTrak

A $20 million program relies on Pennsylvania’s community colleges to identify skills needed at local businesses and then re-train older workers to fill the vacancies.

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