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Borough Council Votes 5-2 to move forward with dam replacement

May 17

Borough Council Votes 5-2 to move forward with dam replacement

In the May 17th, 2012 legislative session, Borough Council voted in 5-2 in favor of sending a letter to PennDOT saying we were moving forward with dam replacement. The exact resolution, made by Monika Rehoric, was: I move that the Borough of Media notify the Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation in writing on May 18, 2012 that the direction of the Third Street...

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Delaware County Times wants YOU! … to blog

Jan 12

Delaware County Times wants YOU! … to blog

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...

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What’s going to happen to Media, PA News?

Jan 03

What’s going to happen to Media, PA News?

Your faithful author here, Kent Davidson, now Media Borough Councilman. In all honesty, when I started Media, PA News, I would have never predicted that a mere 18 months later, I would be on the other side of the table. First off, I would like to publicly thank everyone who voted in the last election, and who have placed their trust in me to represent your interests...

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Lug your recycling and trash to the corner two days a week?

Jul 20

Lug your recycling and trash to the corner two days a week?

As some may know, Media Borough recently contracted with a new recycling vendor, J.P. Mascaro and Sons last April. The new vendor was a significant savings over the previous vendor. Apparently, J.P. Mascaro is willing to pick up the recycling on the same schedule as the previous vendor, but has requested Borough Council to service the entire town on a single day...

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1 West State Street: Politics

Jul 08

1 West State Street: Politics

1 West State Street was sold last night during the Special Meeting to Claudio Sandolo for $670,000, by a vote of 4-3. The vote took place after almost 55 minutes of heated discussion among borough council members and the public. The votes in favor were Pete Alyanakian (R), Jim Cunningham (R), Monika Rehoric (D),  and Dawn Roe (I), and against were Monica Simpson...

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Op-Ed: 1 West State Street sold, while no one is looking?

Jul 07

Op-Ed: 1 West State Street sold, while no one is looking?

If you haven’t heard, there’s is a special meeting being held tonight to vote on the sale of 1 West State street. You haven’t heard, you say? Well, Media Borough placed in on their web site home page around noon yesterday (that’d be about a day’s notice). What, you missed that? Oh, well, I guess you also missed the classified ad in the...

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