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Exterior of the Mount Penn municipal building

First came tax hikes, then a flood — then resentment. Can a merger heal this Pa. community?

by Amanda Fries for Spotlight PA

A decade after its first attempt to combine with its neighbor, Mount Penn Borough in Berks County wants to try again to fix its finances and mend past disagreements.

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