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In this Pottstown Local Scoop Issue…
📅 Monster List of Pottstown Events
🥫 Colonial Ridge Neighbors in New Hanover Collect More Than 1,650 Pounds for Food Pantry
🥲 Gilbertsville Pilot Among Nine Killed in Florida Plane Crash
🏨 Montgomery County Tourism Sets Another Record With $1.8 Billion in Visitor Spending
🏛️ Pottstown History: The Pottstown Iron Company
Why Overseas Producers Can't Undercut Atlas Salt, Even for Free
Cities are already running short on road salt, and winter hasn't even started. Some supply bids are going unanswered, prices have nearly doubled in parts of the market, and the backup plan is two weeks away by boat. Here's why Atlas Salt (TSXV: SALT | OTCQX: SALQF) can get salt to the people who need it most, faster and cheaper than anyone shipping from overseas:
• Three days by ship to Boston, not fourteen
• Shallow deposit that's cheaper and faster to mine
• Projected C$188M a year in free cash flow
• Export Development Canada interested in lending C$150M
• Early supply deal with top U.S. salt distributor
Upcoming Pottstown Local Events
November 4th:
Intro to Espresso Class at Reading Coffee Company – 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (Reading)
National Candy Day Bingo at SunnyBrook (18+, benefits the Carousel at Pottstown) – 7:00 PM, doors 5:00 (Pottstown)
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Meme of the Day
Colonial Ridge Neighbors in New Hanover Collect More Than 1,650 Pounds
for Food Pantry
Colonial Ridge neighborhood in New Hanover held its annual food drive and coin collection, now in its 33rd year.
The neighborhood’s 150 homes collected more than 1,650 pounds of food and hygiene items for Multi-Service of Boyertown’s Preston Food Pantry.
Another $100 in coins will go to the New Hanover Fire Company, the charity selected for this year’s coin collection.
Gilbertsville Pilot Among Nine
Killed in Florida Plane Crash
A Montgomery County man was among nine people killed in a plane crash in Florida on Sunday, according to information provided about the incident.
Capt. Jeffrey “Jeff” Gregory, 55, of Gilbertsville, was identified as the pilot of a Learjet 60 that crashed in Palm Beach County on Nov. 1.
Gregory had spent decades in aviation and is remembered as a husband and father of three whose passion for flying extended throughout his career.
The flight was reportedly traveling from Texas toward the Bahamas when the crash occurred. Nine people were killed in the tragedy.
The loss is being mourned by Gregory’s family, friends and community, along with the families and loved ones of the other victims.
Montgomery County Tourism Sets Another Record With $1.8 Billion in Visitor Spending
Montgomery County had another record-breaking tourism year, according to the Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board’s annual report, released at its Oct. 29 luncheon.
Visitor spending in the county generated $1.8 billion in 2025, with an overall economic impact of $2.5 billion, according to Tourism Economics.
Hotels brought in $36 million in room revenue in May, the highest month on record, with occupancy reaching 77 percent, and the agency expects to reach $300 million in hotel room revenue by year-end, a 5 percent increase over last year.
🏛️ Pottstown History:
The Pottstown Iron Company
In 1863, Pottstown banker William M. Mintzer and Philadelphia & Reading Railroad supervisor John E. Wooten paid $2,500 for 5 acres along the Schuylkill River east of Washington Street and built a wooden-framed mill.
By 1866 the works had added a steam hammer rolling mill, a boilerplate mill, a furnace and a nail factory with 99 nail machines.
A tornado tore through Pottstown in 1878 and destroyed part of the plant, and the rebuilt works added electric lighting so crews could stay on the job for longer hours.
The company peaked at about 2,000 workers in 1893, the same year it went into receivership, and the Pottstown Iron Company ceased operations in 1929.
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