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

08 May 2013

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

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Posted in Finance, Government6 Comments

Business Route Proposal Presented To Township

26 April 2013

Re-labeling East High Street from Sanatoga to Stowe as Business Route 422 might bring in more out-of-town consumer traffic, the local state representative thinks. Lower Pottsgrove commissioners heard about the plan Thursday night.

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It’s Back: Sears’ Pottstown Home Store Opened Thursday

26 April 2013

The national retailer abandoned its Coventry Mall operation last year. Now a franchisee has officially opened a home appliance and mattress store under the Sears brand in Pottstown Center.

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Kimberle Levin in the Montco Radio studio

‘Female Entrepreneur’ Talks Business Weekly On Radio

23 April 2013

A woman who has founded several successful companies - and who, in a Montgomery County Community College class, teaches other women how to be as accomplished - has launched a weekly radio program on the college's Internet station.

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Posted in Consulting, Education, Employment, Management, Small Business7 Comments

Ready For Spring Business? Try A SCORE Workshop

Still Time To Claim Your Seat For Pottstown SCORE Seminars

19 April 2013

Beginning Monday, the Pottstown chapter of SCORE - an affiliate of the Small Business Administration - will hold four workshops intended to help small business owners to get up and running.

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Posted in Consulting, Management, Non-Profit, SCORE, Small Business9 Comments

Limerick Heritage Field Airport To Receive Runway Repair

15 April 2013

The Limerick PA public-use airport, which is privately owned, is seeking contractors' bids to seal cracks in its runway, re-mark some portions of its pavement, and install new lighting fixtures.

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Posted in Air, Transportation9 Comments

Unemployment Cheats, Beware! PA Set To Crack Down

11 April 2013

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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Give A Cheer! Pottsgrove Student Section Gets A Sponsor

27 March 2013

Lancaster PA-based Market Street Sports won approval Tuesday from the Pottsgrove school board to have Tilly's sponsor the Pottsgrove High student section. Money from the sponsorship benefits the school district.

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Report: Lower Pottsgrove Business Future Might Be R&D

27 March 2013

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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Child Health And Fitness Program Opens In Boyertown

20 March 2013

Kidnastix, on East Philadelphia Avenue in Boyertown, describes itself as an affordable, gymnastic-oriented, safe, positive and exciting fitness program that includes weekly visits to daycare and learning centers. Chamber members will cut its opening ribbon on Friday.

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Posted in Childcare, Education, Exercise and Fitness, Health5 Comments

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