Pottstown
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CNN: Pottstown Hospital Faces Increasing Scrutiny Over Millions in Tax Breaks
When Pottstown Hospital in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, switched from a for-profit hospital to nonprofit status, the Pottstown School District lost a large source of funding for its schools, writes Andy Miller and Markian Hawryluk for KFF Health News. Because the hospital no longer had to pay local property taxes, the already underfunded school district lost the…
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Pottstown’s Community Health & Dental Care Welcomes New Family Medical Provider
Pottstown’s Community Health & Dental Care welcomes Neliza Lao as a family medical provider. Lao, a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, will care for adult patients, aged 18 and over, at the Pottstown health center location at 351 Schuylkill Road. Lao is also a Certified Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse. She earned her Bachelor of Science…
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Family Surprises 92-year-old Woman with Running Wheelchair for Pottstown 5K
For 92-year-old Eve Patterson, this Fourth of July was truly eventful, writes Matteo Iadonisi for 6ABC. With a little help from her family, Patterson crossed the finish line at the 37th Annual Pottstown Patriotic 5K. “One day, when I was visiting grandma, she said how she would have really liked to run with us,” said…
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Pottstown Funeral Home Sheds Light on Why People Leave Coins on Headstones
There are several theories on why people leave coins on headstones and one of the local traditions leads all the way back to Benjamin Franklin, writes Lauren McKeithen for the Belief Net. According to the Schumacher and Benner Funeral Home & Crematory in Pottstown, people first started leaving coins on headstones to honor Benjamin Franklin,…
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Former Pottstown Resident Helps Organize Criminal Justice Reform Seminar
Nyako Pippen, a former Pottstown resident, was one of the organizers of the unprecedented seminar held at State Correctional Institute in Coal Township on May 23 called “A Criminal Justice Reform/Lifers Seminar,” writes Joe Piette for the Mundo Obrero Workers World. Thirty incarcerated people met with city and state officials for five hours to discuss…
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Pottstown Hairdresser Receives Biggest Surprise of Her Life, Cries Tears of Joy
Dani McGuckin, a stylist at Salon Twenty-Two And Spa in Pottstown received a special surprise Friday while she was working, writes the digital staff at 6ABC. Chris Lerch, founder of Hello 422, surprised McGuckin with a $1,300 tip. Hello 422 started as a passion project for Lerch who wanted to raise awareness for small, local…
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Pottstown School District Teacher Advocates for Better Funding for School Counselors
Jane Hospador, a first-grade teacher at Pottstown School District’s Franklin Elementary School, says Pennsylvania school districts would have more resources for hiring school counselors if changes were made to the way charter school tuition is calculated, according to Peter Hall for the Pennsylvania Capital-Star. Currently, charter schools get about 88% of their funding from the…
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Pottstown GoFourth! Announces Street Festival and Fireworks Party Schedule & Lineup
Get ready to ignite your patriotism and celebrate America like never before! The Pottstown GoFourth! Festival is right around the corner, promising to be an unforgettable event for the entire family. The countdown is on as organizers put the finishing touches on an action-packed day filled with entertainment, delicious food, and uncontainable excitement. Say goodbye…
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Ollie the Barn Owl Lost in Pottstown, Still Missing More Than a Month Later
Ollie the Barn Owl, who lives with his owner, Molly, in Newville, got lost in Pottstown almost six weeks ago, during a birds of prey demonstration at Riverfront Park, writes Caitlin Rearden for WFMZ 69 News. Ollie has been spotted several times over the last six weeks. “Most recently he was spotted the last two…
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Tine & Toil Farm Offers Pottstown Families a Fresh Way to Prepare Vegetables
The Tine & Toil Farm in North Coventry, in its ninth growing season, provides fresh, seasonal, organic produce to many Pottstown families through Mosaic Community Land Trust’s Community Supported Agriculture program. The owners, Nathan Hasler-Brooks and his wife Kerry, believe in value-added and like to give their CSA customers a Tine & Toil newsletter chock-full…
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Trump’s Pottstown K-Mart Photo Highlights Mercury Photog’s 42-Year Career
John Strickler has had many a photo make a strong impression in his soon-to-conclude 42-year career, but none compare to the moment he captured now-presidential candidate Donald Trump. The occasion? School supply shopping for Donald Trump Jr.’s enrollment at The Hill School in Pottstown. “The one photograph that caused a media frenzy and my signature…
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Andre Hewitt Joins Community Health & Dental Care as Behavioral Health Director at Pottstown Center
Andre Hewitt recently joined Community Health & Dental Care as the new Behavioral Health Director at the Pottstown health center at 351 W. Schuylkill Road. A licensed professional counselor, Hewitt comes to Community Health & Dental Care with experience working with children and adults who are facing a wide range of mental and emotional difficulties,…
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A Hill School Graduate Is Remembered for His Dedication to His Patients
Dr. George Moffitt Jr., a graduate of The Hill School who treated thousands of Pennsylvanians for heart ailments throughout his half-a-century-long career, has passed away at the age of 99, writes Zahriah Balentine for PennLive. Among the patients he treated were many Marines, as he served during the Korean War as a battalion surgeon. He…
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Greater Pottstown Tennis & Learning to Host ‘Free Adaptive Community Day’
On Saturday, June 10, Greater Pottstown Tennis & Learning is holding a “Free Adaptive Community Day”, writes Courtney H. Diener-Stokes for The Times Herald. The special event will be held at Maple Street Park in Pottstown from 4 to 5 p.m. It is a chance for anyone aged 5 to 99 to come out and…
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‘An Amazing Life of Purpose’: A Pottstown High School Grad, Who Wore Many Hats, Is Remembered
Pottstown High School Graduate Mildred Skerrett Keeys wore many hats during her life. She was a social worker, pastor, counselor, teacher, and volunteer, writes Gary Miles for The Philadelphia Inquirer. She lived “an amazing live of purpose,” said her great-niece, Lisa Lewis. Formerly of Philadelphia, Rev. Skerrett Keeys passed away at age 104 at Tylers…
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Increasingly Vibrant Outer Suburbs Are Redefining What It Means to Be ‘from the Philadelphia Area’
Two Montgomery County towns are among suburbs that are redefining what it means to hail from the “Greater Philadelphia” area. Sandy Smith covered the blurring geographies in the Philadelphia Magazine. Suburbanites once defined themselves as living within commuting distance of city-based employment. But as economic prosperity spread from city centers outward, those definitions evolved, especially…
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At 97, Legendary MLB Player Returns to Pottstown High School to Throw First Pitch
A legendary Major League Baseball player headed back to his old stomping grounds in Pottstown at the ripe age of 97 years old. Bobby Shantz has years of athletic accolades to brag about. He’s played 16 seasons with teams such as the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Yankees. He was also voted the…
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Pottstown’s 2023 GoFourth! Event on July 4 Invites Locals to Volunteer to Make It a Sparkling Success
Plans for Pottstown’s 2023 GoFourth! celebration — the community’s yearly, day-long July 4 party — are coming together. Already planning to lend a hand is the staff of Hobart’s Run, the community advocacy nonprofit organization. But its volunteers hope to inspire others in western Montgomery County to pitch in as well, making this signature event…
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