Borders Adds 26 More Stores To Chapter 11 Closing List

Here is the list of Borders stores closing in Pennsylvania taken from their website.  The Philadelphia store was just added Thursday, March 17^th.

Camp Hill, PA	Capital City Commons		3515 Gettysburg Road
Erie, PA	Millcreek Pavilion		2088A Interchange Rd
King of Prussia, PA	The Pavilion at King of Prussia		650 Mall Blvd.
Langhome, PA	Marketplace at Oxford Valley		2343 E. Lincoln Highway
Monroeville, PA		200 Mall Blvd
Philadelphia, PA (closing by late May 2011)		1 South Broad, Suite 100
Pittsburgh, PA	Crossgates Shopping Center		1775 North Highland Road
Pittsburgh, PA	Eastside Shopping Center		5986 Penn Circles South, Ste 101
Reading, PA	Woodmill Commons		1075 Woodland Rd
Whitehall, PA	Whitehall Mall		1937 Whitehall Mall

For a complete list of store closures nationwide:

http://media.bordersstores.com/pdf/Borders_Reorg_Closure_Listupdated3-17.pdf

Borders announced July 18th that it was going out of business and closing their remaining 400 stores after finding a buyer fell through.

Pottstown School District Administrators Agree To Pay Freeze

I am pleased to learn that Act 93 employees and PSD administrators have taken voluntary pay freezes.  The teaching staff is not part of this group.  The Pottstown Federation of Teachers is now involved in a contact dispute with the district that is not going well. 

Teachers in the Fleetwood School District (Berks County) have been asked to take voluntary pay freezes, along with the administration, which will save the Fleetwood School District $800,000. 

Teachers in the Twin Valley School District (Chester County) have been asked to take voluntary pay freezes, along with the administration, which will save the Twin Valley School District $600,000 to $700,000 a year.  The Superintendent, Dr. Robert F. Pleis has already volunteered to take a pay freeze along with his colleagues at Fleetwood and Pottstown.

We give the PSD administration two Roy’s Rants thumbs up for leading by example.

The board also voted NO on “forward borrowing”.  “Forward borrowing” would have allowed the district to borrow up to an additional $23 million, over and above the $28 million already authorized.  The $28 million was authorized for renovations at the district’s five elementary schools.  We applaud the fiscal responsibility shown by the board.  PSD already has an enormous debt from the renovations at the high school and middle school.  Taxpayers cannot afford more debt.  Any amount over $28 million will need voter approval!

Final Performances Of “The Crucible”

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Join Us This Weekend for the LAST 4 PERFORMANCES – THE CRUCIBLE – Tonight, Saturday & Sunday

 

~ Powerful Performances… Riveting” – Pottstown Mercury

 

A Tony Award Winner for Best Play, this exciting drama about the Puritan purge of witchcraft in Salem is both a gripping historical play and a timely parable of our contemporary society. The story focuses upon a young farmer, his wife, and a young servant-girl who maliciously causes the wife’s arrest for witchcraft. The farmer brings the girl to court to admit the lie – and it is here that the monstrous course of bigotry and deceit is terrifyingly depicted.

For tickets and more information: http://www.facebook.com/l/6abd0BhIRJYy6KOu-9aKCzIRe9g/www.tripac.org