POTTSTOWN — “Ugg.”
That is probably what Pottstown schools administrators say to themselves when someone mentions that they first heard about Pottstown in a story about banning high-top boots because they were being used to smuggle cinnamon.

“What?” you say.
Read on.
The story, which was first published in The Mercury on Jan. 25, went viral and was soon being re-produced as far away as Australia and Scandanavia.

School officials were contacted by media outlets in Australia, Canada and the story has even run in England, although The Mail newspaper there placed Pottstown Middle School in “Potsdam.”