Sunday, October 28, 2012

Congressional District Guide

The districts for Congressional seats for Pennsylvania shifted this past year. Do you know which district you fall in and who is on the ballot to represent you this year?
Check the list and maps below to see where the electoral lines lie.

Still not sure what Congressional District you reside in? You can do a personalized search by address here.

District 6:


Bally
Bechtelsville
Birdsboro
Boyertown
Charlestown
Colebrookdale
Collegeville
District
Douglass (Mont.)
East Coventry
East Greenville
East Nantmeal
East Pikeland
East Vincent
Exeter
Limerick
Lower Pottsgrove
Lower Providence
New Hanover
Pennsburg
Perkiomen Township
Phoenixville
Pike Township
Pottstown
Red Hill
Royersford
Schuylkill Township
Schwenksville
South Coventry
Spring City
Trappe
Upper Pottsgrove
Upper Providence
Washington, Pa.
West Pikeland
West Pottsgrove
West Vincent

Partially in this district

Hereford
North Coventry
Upper Hanover

District 7:






Amity
Douglass (Berks)
Earl
Honey Brook
Oley
Skippack
Union Township
Warwick
West Nantmeal

Partially in this district:
North Coventry


District 8:


Lower Frederick
Lower Salford
Marlborough
Salford
Upper Frederick
Upper Salford

Partially in this district
 Upper Hanover



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Monday, October 22, 2012

Boy Scouts perversion files

 Portland attorney Kelly Clark
examines some of the 14,500 pages
of previously confidential documents
 created by the 
Boy Scouts of America
 concerning child sexual abuse
 within the organization, in preparation
 for releasing the documents Thursday,
Oct. 18, in his office in Portland, Ore.
(AP Photo)
The Oregon Supreme Court ordered 14,500 pages of files previously kept confidential by the Boy Scouts of America open to the public since they were used in a court case brought by a man who was molested by an assistant scoutmaster. The documents are only a portion of files kept by the Scouts on those suspected to be or known to be child molesters.

The documents were made searchable by several newspapers. Follow the link to search the database available on the San Jose Mercury News website.

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Phoenixville redistricting map

The map below is a preliminary state legislative district map with newly redrawn borders for some districts. The state districts were recently redrawn based upon the recent 2010 census population data, but the districts in Phoenixville were disputed because of how they broke up the borough's representation on the state level. The new map has yet to be approved. (as of Oct. 11, 2012) Revised legislative redistricting map

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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

2012 Halloween Events

Find ghoulishly fun things to do for children and adults to get you in the Halloween spirit on the map below.
 
View Halloween Happenings in a larger map

Find more fun things to do on our community calendar page, www.pottsmerc.com/events/