Pottstown Mercury news

• Octogenarians race to be oldest Everest climber May 23, 2013
  KATMANDU, Nepal - An 80-year-old Japanese extreme skier who climbed Mount Everest five years ago, but just missed becoming the oldest man to reach the summit, is back on the mountain to make another attempt at the title. Unfortunately for Yuichiro Miura, the 81-year-old Nepalese man who nabbed the record just before he could in 2008 is fast on his heels. Miu […]
• UPDATED: Victim in fatal motorcycle crash in Amity IDd May 22, 2013
  (UPDATED 11:45 a.m.) AMITY - Township police have released the name of a man killed Tuesday night after his motorcycle collided with an SUV on Old Airport Road. Joshua McClennen, 33, of Perkiomenville, was riding a red Kawasaki Ninja 500R when he exited a residential driveway on the west side of Old Airport Road around 5:45 p.m. and crashed into a white Mazd […]
• Phoenixville man allegedly used money meant for stocks on 4M beach house May 22, 2013
  PHOENIXVILLE - A borough businessman has been charged with mail, loan and wire fraud after he allegedly used funds given to him by investors seeking to purchase Facebook stock and instead purchased a $4 million home in Avalon, N.J., and a Conshohocken office building. According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Timo […]
• Bank robber sentenced for two Chesco heists May 22, 2013
  WEST CHESTER - A Luzerne County man who pleaded guilty Wednesday to two bank robberies in Chester County Court told the judge sentencing him there was a simple, although not very commendable, reason why he had committed his crimes. "I was high on crack," said David Dallus Cunard before being sentenced to two-to-four years in state prison for the ro […]