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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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Big Company’s Big Displays Get Big Pottstown Digs

Upstage Video, which creates the kind of video walls you see at rock concerts and political rallies, has completed its move into renovated space on Shoemaker Road.

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Don’t Let Virus Take Down Your Business, SCORE Says

Advisers in the Pottstown PA chapter suggest small business owners need to be proactive, and tough, on those using their computer networks.

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Wasted Employee Time Costs $134 Billion, Bolt Says

A Connecticut business insurance agency reports it’s not the Internet that’s the problem in wasted employee time. Most employees claim they fritter away 47 percent of their time in meetings.

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Off The Virtual Desk: The Usability Of QR Codes

Those patterned squares are popping up everywhere, in advertising and on products – and on Wednesday, even at The Hill School in Pottstown – with good reason. They help direct more traffic to your business from the growing audience of smartphone users.

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Patient Advocates Struggle For Rare Disease Drugs

Two organizations, one of them based in Montgomery County PA, are working with parents of children afflicted by rare diseases to help develop medical treatments that could save them and others.

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AddisonTech Invitational Tees Off In Gilbertsville

AddisonTech Invitational Tees Off In Gilbertsville

The annual golfing event that’s more than 10 years old has evolved from a simple customer appreciation affair to one of networking among local business leaders.

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Radiography Grads Ace Their Exam In 4th Year

Radiography Grads Ace Their Exam In 4th Straight Year

Every one of the local college’s radiography program students succeeded in passing their certification exams. Again.

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State Grants Help Encourage Business Energy Efficiency

A just-announced state program makes money available to small business owners who want to cut energy costs or reduce pollution, the Pottstown-based TriCounty chamber of commerce said Tuesday.

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Stores in Pottstown, Phoenixville Join In Phone Program

Applications are available at Cricket-brand wireless phone franchises for those who qualify to obtain credit assistance for service.

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