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And so, it begins. Bulldozers, asphalt, and paving appeared this week on what the residents of Upper Pottsgrove Township thought was their land — the “permanently preserved” Smola Farm, purchased with their money paid to the Upper Pottsgrove Tax Collector and designated for “open space.” Three Upper Pottsgrove Commissioners (Trace Slinkard, Hank Llewellyn and Don […]

The residents suing Upper Pottsgrove township to prevent the construction of a municipal complex planned for land purchased for open space protection filed a request for an emergency injunction.

UPPER POTTSGROVE — It was necessary to call commissioners’ Chairman Trace Slinkerd in his sickbed Monday night in order to get enough votes to apply for a $1 million grant to help pay for a new public works building. Slinkerd was absent from Monday’s meeting due to being home ill, it was announced at the […]

Disagreement dooms committee to examine alternate sites for Upper Pottsgrove town hall

Three renewable and sustainable energy projects — including two in Berks County — have received grants totaling $85,000 from the Met-Ed Sustainable Energy Fund of the Berks County Community Foundation. Recipients can be anywhere in the Met-Ed service area, and on Wednesday the foundation announced in a press release that the following projects have been selected: Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust: $50,000 to create an off-the-grid education center called the Colebrookdale Children’s Educational Grove to showcase sustainable energy practices. Dickinson College in C...