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EV Charging Station Opens to the Public in Media, PA

Jan 18

EV Charging Station Opens to the Public in Media, PA

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...

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Borough Council Workshop Notes May 5th, 2011

May 05

Borough Council Workshop Notes May 5th, 2011

Borough Council met for their workshop on May 5th, 2011 at 7:30 PM and discussed the a variety of issues. The highlights are: SPCA Terminating Contract with local governments The Delaware County SPCA has recently terminated its contract with local municipalities to board stray animals, leaving many local area governments in the lurch. After June 30th, any strays...

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Special Meeting Votes: February 3rd, 2011

Feb 03

The “special meeting” (meaning legislative action could take place) was held at 7:30 PM on February 3rd, 2001 to deal with: APPOINTMENTS TO EXPIRED TERMS ON VARIOUS BOARDS/COMMISSIONS Given that the meeting wasn’t advertised until the preceding Monday (January 31st, 2011), the meeting on the second floor of the Borough Municipal Building was...

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Gardening For Rain, Re-Visioning Your Yard on February 22nd, 2011

Feb 22

Transition Town Media, the Media Environmental Advisory Council (EAC), and the Stroud Water Research Center are co-sponsoring a talk by Vivian Williams on “Gardening for Rain – Re-Visioning Your Garden“. Media and many other towns in the Chester-Ridley-Crum watershed have huge problems with stormwater flooding and the degradation of streams...

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Rain Gardens

Oct 29

Rain Gardens

In the October 7th working meeting, Peter Alyanakian announced that the Environmenal Advisory Council had installed Rain Gardens by the Stone Cottage in Media. A Rain Garden is simply a dug-out section of earth where rain from home gutters is sent, creating a natural, self-watering garden which receives additional watering even from light rains. Environmentally, a...

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