The Upper Pottsgrove Journal

Please see below a letter sent to all Commissioners and Commissioners elect from Commissioner Don Read concerning issues of immediate concern as the Township transitions to a new Board on January 5th. The letter was sent by email the day after the current Board’s last meeting December 16th. Dear Commissioners and Commissioners elect, I am following up on several…

The Upper Pottsgrove Township Administration Building remains closed due to ongoing mold and air quality concerns. These issues have persisted for several years, and despite multiple remediation attempts, the problems have not been fully resolved. Earlier this year, testing identified potentially toxic mold within the main meeting room, and asbestos was also discovered in that area. The mold appears…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Upper Pottsgrove Township Seeks Post-Trial Relief Following Erroneous Court Decision on Gilbertsville Road Project. 11/21/2025 — The Township has filed a request for post-trial relief following a recent court decision regarding the planned improvements to the Gilbertsville Road property. The Township asserts that the ruling is based on unsupported factual findings and incorrect conclusions of law, and…

A group of Upper Pottsgrove Township residents has organized a grassroots effort just days before the November 4th election against Township commissioner candidates Elwood Taylor and Albert Leach.  The group has been, and still is, outraged at then Commissioner Taylor’s vote approving a development—along with then past Commissioners Martin Schreiber and France Krazalkovich—that opened the door for the building of 400…

The majority of the Upper Pottsgrove Township Commissioners believe it’s important to respond to the misleading and inflammatory statements being made about the Township newsletter distributed earlier this month. The newsletter’s purpose was simple: to inform residents about the potential financial impact of a politically charged lawsuit filed against the Township. If this lawsuit is successful, it could cost taxpayers the…

Few examples of political hypocrisy run deeper than that of Albert Leach, candidate for Upper Pottsgrove Commissioner and one of the plaintiffs suing his own township’s residents. Leach is part of a group along with Elwood Taylor that filed suit to stop construction of the new municipal complex at 2290 Gilbertsville Road, claiming the land is “preserved.” Yet in court, neither they nor any…

UPPER POTTSGROVE—Commissioner Cathy Paretti stated at the Board meeting on October 20th: “In three months, there will be a whole new slate of people up here (referring to the Board of Commissioners) and the lawsuits will stop. They have to.” This statement is one of the most troubling and potentially consequential remarks Paretti has made to date. Not only…

Upper Pottsgrove Journal Editors—After his 2019 defeat, Elwood Taylor is running for commissioner—yet again.    He has been in and out of the commissioner role in Upper Pottsgrove Township since before the 21st century, only leaving the office when beaten in elections.  He has described the aftermath of his last defeat as his “hiatus.”   Now he is back running for commissioner for the umpteenth…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Upper Pottsgrove Township, October 20th, 2025: Below is a summary of the events leading to the current litigation involving the development of the Township’s new municipal complex on the Gilbertsville Road property and status update. On April 2, 2024, Upper Pottsgrove Township finalized the purchase of an 8.6-acre property at 2290 Gilbertsville Road, following a publicly advertised and duly held…