All the Exeter news that's fit to print
All the Exeter news that's fit to print
The Exeter Township school board passed a firefighter tax credit that was the smallest of two options presented.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/firefighters-get-smallest-of-two-small-options-for-a-tax-credit
The Exeter Township Supervisors have officially killed the Promenade/Municipal Complex/Cusatis Mahal project.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-supervisors-kill-promenade-project
The Exeter Township Supervisors took another step forward in their promise of more transparency at their March 14th meeting.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/transparency-takes-another-step-forward-in-exeter
The Exeter Supervisors have revamped their meeting, and the agenda reflects it.
The Exeter Township School District board of directors will consider a measure to pay teachers $30 an hour for tutoring their own students.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/school-board-to-consider-paying-teachers-extra-to-tutor-students
An email from a reader of the Exeter Examiner made me aware of a surprising fact that I doubt many people know of. Shenanigans may well have taken place.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/reading-country-club-financial-records-are-missing
The Exeter School Board discussed the way forward on a tax credit for volunteer firefighters once again at their March 1st meeting.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/schoolboard-discusses-firefighter-tax-credit-again
Some thoughts on recent action by the Exeter Board of Supervisors….
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/to-force-the-taxpayer-to-give-to-charity-thats-the-question
In a meeting punctuated by accusations, special counsel talk, and missing records, the Exeter Township Supervisors WERE able to get some business conducted.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/supervisors-meeting-is-disjointed-and-odd
Be ready for ANOTHER long Board of Supervisors meeting Monday night.
In a meeting filled by three long presentations, including an unnecessarily long 31 minute discussion of a 2022-23 calendar revision that resolved nothing and settled less, the Exeter school board doggedly approached their job at hand.
The last year plus has seen a large influx of local, regional and national money spent to affect elections, and that movement has come to Exeter.
Settle in for a good long meeting on Tuesday. There will be two long presentations given to the board.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/preview-of-the-etsd-committee-of-the-whole-meeting-of-april-5th
On a sunny, cold, blustery day, the Exeter Eagles rode the bat of Deven Sheerin and the pitching of a trio of pitchers to a decisive victory over the Pottsgrove Falcons.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-beats-pottsgrove-14-5-in-home-baseball-opener
The Exeter Township Supervisors meeting of March 28th was a contentious affair, with Supervisor David Hughes and Finance Director Jennifer Savage trading barbs for a 40 minute period during Hughes’ Supervisors report, as well as during his explanation of his concerns about the Treasurer's Report.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/a-contentious-supervisors-meeting
On Tuesday, March 29th, at 6 PM, the Exeter School Board will pick its new member, to replace Mike Jupina, who recently resigned. It brings to mind the time that I participated in picking a new school board member. Strap in, it’s quite the tale….. https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/the-exeter-school-board-will-be-picking-their-new-member-tuesday
On the Exeter Township Supervisors meeting agenda, by agenda item:
Jerry Geleff Media and The Exeter Sports Network announce that they will be bringing Exeter High School baseball and softball to their airwaves for the 2022 season
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-high-school-baseball-and-softball-coming-to-the-airwaves
The Exeter Township Board of Supervisors (BOS) laid out an ambitious group of goals and objectives they’d like to work on, at a special meeting Monday night at the Dunn Center. https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-supervisors-lay-out-goals-and-objectives-to-the-public
The Exeter school board will meet on a special night due to the Pennsylvania primary election.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/may-16th-2022-exeter-school-board-voting-meeting-preview
The Exeter Township Supervisors will hold public interviews for candidates for Supervisor on Thursday night at 7 PM.
Budget review meetings are NOT exciting.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-sups-hold-2021-budget-review-session
In the May 9th Exeter Township Supervisors meeting, they’ll be discussing and or voting on several items.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/may-9th-exeter-supervisors-meeting-preview
The Exeter School Board will move forward to their voting meeting a 1.75% tax hike to be included in their proposed final budget in the May voting meeting.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/the-proposed-tax-hike-from-the-schools-is-175%25
In email and phone exchanges with two of the Exeter Township Board of Supervisors members, both have committed to a full and transparent interview process in the selection of their new members.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-supervisors-commit-to-open-interview-process
A new Chairman and Vice Chair have been picked by the Exeter Township Board of Supervisors (BOS). George Bell is the new Chair, and David Hughes is Vice Chair (VC).
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-supervisors-pick-new-chairman-vc
BOMBSHELL!!
HUGE STORY!!
Looks like Geleff got scooped!
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/ok-so-the-real-story-is%E2%80%A6
The Exeter Board of Supervisors (BOS) will have a much lighter agenda than those of recent weeks.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/preview-of-the-exeter-bos-meeting-april-28th-2022
In a meeting helmed expertly by board VP John Fidler due to the vacationing of president Ann Hearing, the Exeter school board had a quiet, uneventful meeting.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/calendars-tips-and-expensive-admin-jobs
In the April voting meeting, the Exeter school board will be voting on the following….
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/preview-of-the-april-2022-exeter-school-board-voting-meeting
The Department of Community & Economic Development (DCED) report for Exeter Township is finally being made available.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/dced-report-is-finally-available
The Exeter Lady Eagles swept arch rival Wilson in their season series with a resounding 9-4 win.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-sweeps-wilson-this-season-with-a-9-4-victory
The Lady Eagles poured themselves into a Senior Day celebration, handing the visiting Muhlenberg Muhls a 10-0, mercy rule loss in the process.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/senior-day-for-the-lady-eagles-yields-a-big-win
Muhlenberg (8-1, 11-1) capitalized again and again on Exeter’s mental mistakes to pound out an 11-2 victory, sealing a Berks 2 division title in the process.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/a-big-disappointing-loss-for-exeter
Exeter opened the BCIAA playoffs in grand style, beating Hamburg 6-3.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-doubles-up-hamburg-in-baseball-playoffs
In a game between two of Berks softball’s premier teams, pitting aces on the mound, the Exeter Lady Eagles put an exclamation point on that county race by playing a near flawless game and defeating the Hamburg Lady Hawks 8-0.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/the-lady-eagles-dominate-hamburg-winning-8-0
On a beautiful night in West Lawn, the Exeter Eagles (2-3, 7-4) and the Conrad Weiser Scouts played out a pitcher’s duel.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/conrad-weiser-beats-exeter-baseball-3-1
The Exeter Lady Eagles (4-1, 6-2) scored four runs in the last two innings on the strength of SS Haley Speicher’s hitting and clutch base running to pull out a victory against the Mustangs of Governor Mifflin, 5-3.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-softball-scores-2-in-the-7th-to-beat-mifflin-5-3
In an April game beset by very brief periods of snow, hail, and rain on a chilly, windy afternoon, the Exeter Eagles couldn’t put together a consistent attack to beat the Governor Mifflin Mustangs, losing 6-3.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/eagles-fall-short-against-the-mustangs
On a beautiful spring Saturday morning before Easter, the Exeter Eagles (2-1, 5-2) and Central York Panthers gathered for a softball game between two very evenly matched teams.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/the-lady-eagles-lose-to-central-york-4-1
The Wilson Bulldogs (1-1, 1-3 overall) rode the arm of pitcher Cole Leaman and a stream of Exeter errors to a big victory over Exeter in a Berks 1 matchup Monday at Reiffton.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-loses-to-wilson-9-1
Two Exeter pitchers combined for a two hit shutout, leading the Lady Eagles to victory over the Reading Red Knights, 8-0.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/the-lady-eagles-dominate-reading-winning-in-softball-8-0
On a sunny, cold, blustery day, the Exeter Eagles rode the bat of Deven Sheerin and the pitching of a trio of pitchers to a decisive victory over the Pottsgrove Falcons.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-beats-pottsgrove-14-5-in-home-baseball-opener
On June 15th, I wrote an article about the loose financial controls in Exeter Township government, “EXETER TOWNSHIP SHOWS LAX FINANCIAL CONTROLS”.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/one-more-thing-on-the-lax-exeter-financial-record-controls
In all candor, I went snooping looking for one thing, and came out with another.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-township-shows-lax-financial-controls
According to figures provided from an analysis of golf course revenue and expenditures by Exeter Supervisor Dave Hughes, the Reading Country Club golf course has lost $3.1 million in the last four years, $5.9 million if you include the debt service.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/59-million-in-losses-at-the-rcc-in-the-last-four-years
In an interview on “The Exeter Underground”, Exeter Township Supervisor Ted Gardella admitted that “we are not very good at transparency right now, we are just not”.
The Exeter Township Supervisors put some meat on the bones of their objections to the Perkiomen Ave Phase 2 project in their June 6th meeting.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/supervisors-discuss-perkiomen-ave-phase-2-in-detail
The Exeter Supervisors will be holding what is termed a “special meeting” on Monday June 6th.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-supervisors-special-meeting-preview
A tax hike is coming, it’s just a matter of how much.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/yes-virginia-there-is-a-tax-hike-in-your-f
The Exeter Township school board will hold two meetings in one night.
Uvalde, Texas is a scarring moment in time.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/your-kids-are-safe-in-exeter-schools-and-here%E2%80%99s-why
The Exeter Township Supervisors have a full board of five again, with the choosing of Dave Vollmer and Ted Gardella to replace the two recently departed members.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-supervisors-pick-new-board-members
The Exeter Township Supervisors May 23rd meeting will contain discussion and possible action on…..
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/supervisors-may-23rd-meeting-preview
Just when you think they’re getting their crap together, Exeter Township government shows you that they can’t even do a very basic part of their reason for existing.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/now-exeter-township-is-passing-out-fake-election-polling-places
By the looks of the agenda, the Exeter Supervisors might not have a three hour meeting Monday night.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-supes-might-not-have-a-3-hour-meeting-this-time
The steps built last year between the Dunn Center and the Exeter Community Library are in the process of being torn down.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/dunn-center-steps-being-torn-out
The Exeter Township School District raised taxes, approved labor agreements, welcomed a new Superintendent, and engaged in fuzzy math.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-school-board-raises-taxes-approves-labor-contracts
The biggest item in the June 27th Exeter Supervisors meeting was the Perkiomen Ave Phase 2 discussion, in which the Supes discussed and voted on advancing the project to bids, just to find out what the costs will be under the current economic conditions.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/supervisors-dig-dig-dig-part-2
The June 27th Exeter Supervisors meeting can be summed up in one word; dig.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/supervisors-dig-dig-dig-part-1
With the “resignation” of former Exeter Finance Director Jennifer Savage, eight township management employees have been removed either by dismissal or resignation.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/a-near-clean-sweep-of-management-positions-in-exeter-township-gov
It’s about to be official. The Exeter school board on Tuesday will raise your taxes 1.5%. This will be the fourth tax hike in four year, and eleventh in the last twelve. https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/the-exeter-school-board-is-getting-ready-to-raise-your-taxes-15%25
The Exeter Supervisors appear to have something majorly wrong on their agenda.
Gardella appointed Vice Chair
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-supes-censure-and-remove-hughes-as-vice-chair
The agenda for the Supervisors meeting on Wednesday, June 22nd, has a surprise in it.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/are-exeter-supervisors-imploding
The time and place of a special meeting in which the Exeter Board of Supervisors is to discuss the Perkiomen Avenue Streetscape Project has been changed. AGAIN.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-township-government-looks-foolish-indecisive
In my previous article, “One more thing on the lax Exeter financial record controls”, I revealed that the former Assistant Township Manager for Exeter Township went to a professional development conference three weeks before leaving for a job with Schuylkill Township in Chester County.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/update-on-the-getz-trip-paid-for-by-exeter-taxpayers
In yet another stunning reversal in Exeter politics, the Exeter school board tabled the plan that looked very certain but two weeks ago, the plan to put solar arrays at three school district locations.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-school-board-tables-solar-arrays
The Exeter Township School District Board of Directors has big decisions to make on Tuesday.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/august-16-2022-school-board-voting-meeting-preview
In a stunning reversal of course, the Exeter Township Supervisors have approved $4 million for completion of the Perkiomen Ave Phase 2 project. https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-supes-approve-4-mil-for-perkiomen-ave-phase-2-project
In response to the list of firings and resignations in township government management, the Exeter Supervisors will be discussing and voting on a plan moving forward.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/supes-to-discuss-admin-team-development-plan
It looks like a solar array will be done by the Exeter school district.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-school-board-talks-solar-array-for-more-than-an-hour
The Exeter school board will hold two meetings Tuesday night. One will be their regularly scheduled Committee of the Whole meeting, the other will be a special voting meeting.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-school-board-to-hold-two-meetings-tuesday-night
In what looks like a return to a normal sized agenda, the Exeter Supervisors will hold their initial August meeting on the 1st.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/preview-of-the-exeter-supervisors-august-1st-meeting
The Exeter Township Supervisors announced that they have reached a preliminary agreement with Reading Hospitality Management (RHM) and Catering by Doubletree to reopen the Reading Country Club (RCC) as an event space in which to hold weddings, proms, parties, corporate events and the like.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/rcc-to-reopen-as-an-event-space
A big agenda awaits the Exeter Township Supervisors for Monday’s meeting, with the biggest item being about the Reading Country Club (RCC).
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/big-agenda-for-exeter-supes-july-25th-meeting
In a humdrum school board meeting, as July always is, the only controversial moment was when it was divulged that the salary for the newly created School Safety and Security Coordinator position had been incorrectly reported by the previous interim Superintendent, Dr. Cindy Mierzejewski.
The Exeter school board will hold one meeting for the month of July, as is their custom.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/preview-of-the-exeter-school-board-july-meeting
You’d think I would learn.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/the-snooze-meeting-that-wasn%E2%80%99t
In a stunning reversal of what looked like a sure thing, the Exeter school board voted 5-4 against installing solar arrays on district property, with members Jason Mell and Tim Morgan joining the three “none” votes from the COW meeting of John Fidler, Bob Quinter, and Andrea Battler.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-school-board-turns-down-solar-arrays
In what now looks like fait accompli, the Exeter school board has moved a plan forward to spend millions of dollars on a solar array plan, on the very night they heard about an unanticipated multi-million dollar expense coming in the near future.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/school-board-moves-forward-with-solar
The Supervisors heard from Public Works Manager Larry Piersol on his and Supervisor Michelle Kircher’s investigation as to utilization of space for township employees.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-supervisors-%E2%80%9Cwe-don%E2%80%99t-need-no-stinkin%E2%80%99-contracts%E2%80%9D-part-2
In a bold contradiction of board policy and Pennsylvania law, the Exeter Township Supervisors voted last night 4-1 to “supersede” the contract with Keystone Municipal Services, which is the document that spells out the employment terms of interim township manager Betsy McBride.
New personnel are on the agenda at the next Exeter Township Supervisors meeting.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/new-personnel-for-township-being-debated
The Exeter school board had question after question about the planned solar array fields the district has been debating.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/school-board-tables-solar-arrays
Tucked away in the agenda items for the Disrespectful Crying Babies Council, I mean, Exeter Township Board of Supervisors September 12th, 2022 meeting is two items that state:
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/who-the-hell-replaces-a-vacancy-board-chair
The Exeter Township School District’s agenda for the next board of directors meeting leaves a giant question mark in the mind of people viewing it.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/is-it-a-new-hire-or-somebody-got-a-promotion
Despite the campaign promises made by Dave Hughes, and the constant promises by the other Supervisors to improve the transparency of our township government from past boards, we need to ask a question. Is this promise getting done?
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/transparency-in-exeter-township-government-is-not-good
The Exeter Township Supervisors meeting of August 22, 2022 was flat out disgusting. Embarrassing.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/it%E2%80%99s-really-funny-how-we-shift-our-attitudes
Proving that childishness runs in the family, the Exeter Supervisors proved that one bad turn deserves another in their August 22nd meeting. REPEATEDLY.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/exeter-supervisors-hit-an-all-time-low
Contradicting messages are shown in the presentation of the deal that Exeter Township has struck with Reading Hospitality Management by Doubletree.
https://exeterexaminer.us/latest-news/f/a-glaring-error-in-the-presentation-of-the-rhm-agreement
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