Last Legislative session on January 17th, 2012, we passed a resolution which removes duplexes from the R-2 zoning district. This is a minor, but important change which demonstrates the focus of this council on encouraging home ownership as much as possible within the Borough. I personally believe that Media, like many communities, benefits by having long-term...

Litter is, unfortunately, a huge issue still in Media. Dr. Eric Stein has been working diligently in the past year (and prior to that) to work with the Media Business Authority and local businesses to clean up State Street particularly on the weekends. Borough staff run the street sweepers on the weekday mornings, but the issue appears to be the cigarette...

It’s been a while since I’ve posted and so I’ll try and do so more often, but short and concisely. Media Borough Council had our regular legislative meeting last night, which was covered nicely by Media Patch, at least about the one topic of controversy. What was not reported was some of the other important news for Media residents, which...

According to a source close to the matter, I just heard that Upper Providence did not include any funding next year last night for the Media Upper Providence Free Library (MUPFL) building project. Last night was their final meeting of 2013, so it’s unclear how their 2013 budget will change before the end of the year. Fran Shields, the Chair of the MUPFL Board...

I had the opportunity to attend the Planning Commission meeting this week on Wednesday and observe the presentation by Wawa. The Delaware County Times wrote a nice summary of what happened. In addition, Media Patch also has some very good reporting of the conversation among Planning Commission members and Wawa. By my estimates, approximately 25 residents were in...

From the Delaware County times: MEDIA — The preliminary draft of the county’s 2013 budget includes a 2.8 percent tax hike, according to a memo county Executive Director Marianne Grace recently presented to Delaware County Council… The proposed budget calls for a millage rate of 5.452, which is an increase of 0.15 mills or 2.8 percent, according to Grace. A...