WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Investor Education Foundation and the American Library Association (ALA) have announced $1.2 million in grants to 16 recipients as part of the Smart investing@your library® initiative. Smart investing@your library® is administered jointly by the Reference and User Services Association—a division...

MEDIA – Transition Town Media is sponsoring a community potluck on Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 from 6-9PM at the Media Community Center, 301 N. Jackson Street, Media, PA. We’ll enjoy a friendly, neighborly, potluck feast, and live music and singing too! Also, we’ll have a chance to get to know some foods that are native to our area. We can meet the...

MEDIA, PA (January 18, 2012) – Media’s first electric vehicle charging station opened to the public today at 11 S. Jackson Street, in the parking lot in back of the Media Firehouse.  Media Borough is a friendly suburb of Philadelphia with a tree lined main street shopping district which hosts a variety of stores and restaurants. Read more on the Community...

MEDIA – Media’s 2012 Chinese New Year Celebration will be held on “New Year’s Eve” which is Sunday, January 22nd. These family-friendly festivities will again feature Philadelphia’s premiere “Lion Dancers” Hung Gar Kung Fu Academy. The parade spans State Street and starts at Margaret Kuo’s Restaurant at 12:00pm....

Mayor Bob McMahon was featured today on CBS’ Eyewitness News and interviewed about his experience with the Tuskeegee Airmen during World War II. The mayor of Media, Pennsylvania made a documentary about the legendary Tuskeegee Airmen who fought in World War II and are featured in a new major motion picture called, ‘Red Tails,’ Erika von Thiel has...

[UPDATE: The Glen Loch Home Association is taking legal action to block the project. via Delaware County Times] MIDDLETOWN – After 17 years of planning, it all came down to 2 feet of dirt and 20 trees. On January 9th, the Middletown Township Council unanimously approved the Land Development Plan for the Chester Creek Rail Trail for the 2.8 mile section running...

Phil Heron from the Delaware County times has been supportive of the local blogging community, and was kind enough to link to this site last year from their Delaware County Blogs section. Tonight, I attended a bloggers meeting where Phil invited local bloggers to discuss their blogs, as well as convening a forum to help get new bloggers on board. The meeting was...