Business

By Catharine Bower National Penn Bank will host a free Community Shred Day event from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at its Royersford Community Office located at 793 Main Street in Royersford, PA. Royersford residents can safely shred unwanted personal and confidential documents Residents are invited to bring personal and confidential items such as...
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By Roy Keeler, Staff Reporter This afternoon, September 16th, Pottstown Memorial Medical Center (PMMC) union leaders and employees gathered outside of the Sunnybrook Complex to garner support for their failed contract negotiations with Community Health Systems (CHS).  The chief stumbling block is health insurance contributions and pension benefits for employees. Since the sale of...
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Bad time to open a business? Maybe people don’t have money for plasma TV’s and new cars but everyone can spare a dollar for a nice guilty pleasure, AKA a Hand Crafted Cookie. You can feel a lot less guilty about eating these cookies considering they use all natural ingredients. The Hand-Crafted Cookie Co....
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By Roy Keeler, Staff Reporter I had the pleasure of visiting Marie’s Home Daycare last Friday morning in Green Lane.  There is no better way to brighten a rainy day than to be around children. I walked into the Dr. Seuss themed daycare and found three smiling little girls making play dough creations.  Miss...
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Local business owner John Henning reported that the Grand Opening of their new Franchise Showroom location this past Saturday was a huge success despite the rainy weather.  “We were quite surprised  at the number of people that came out in the rain to help us celebrate the opening of our new Entrepreneur Showroom” Says...
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by Christopher Flavelle, ProPublica On Thursday, the president’s Council of Economic Advisers released its first quarterly report on the economic impact of the stimulus. The next day’s headlines seized on a single number in the report: one million, the council’s estimate of how many jobs the stimulus had created or saved. But how solid...
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Limerick, Pa – The Victory Bank announced the completion on September 8, 2009 of its reorganization as a wholly owned subsidiary of a new holding company, The Victory Bancorp, Inc.  In the reorganization, each outstanding share of common stock of The Victory Bank was converted into one share of common stock of The Victory...
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A new money making opportunity that claims to “Multi-level market the Internet” could be nothing more than a pyramid scheme warns the Better Business Bureau. An investigation by the BBB shows that iJango – a new self-described multi-level marketing company – is aggressively seeking representatives for a product that has no track record. Consumers...
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Pottstown, Pa – September 10, 2009 – Local Pottstown Business Man Helps Entrepreneurs Realize Their Dreams. Open A Franchise announces the opening of it’s new Franchise Showroom located in Pottstown, Pa. The new “Open A Franchise” showroom is a free resource for people looking for a more efficient & effective way to research the...
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POTTSTOWN, Pa.–CODY Systems, the industry leader in integrated software solutions for real-time collection, analysis and sharing of critical data for public safety, law enforcement, regulatory enforcement and intelligence agencies, today announced that its integrated software suite, including Records Management and Mobile Field Reporting modules, will be used by the Washington Department of Fish and...
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