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Litter in Media: Problems and potential solutions

Jan 23

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...

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Upper Providence: No funding for MUPFL New Building in 2013

Dec 14

Upper Providence: No funding for MUPFL New Building in 2013

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...

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Local number 413 Protesting Mara’s treatment of workers [BREAKING]

Nov 29

Local number 413 Protesting Mara’s treatment of workers [BREAKING]

A group of workers are protesting the labor practices of local company Mara Restoration were demonstrating outside of the Delaware County courthouse complex garage. Mara Restoration is responsible for Phase I of the Delaware County Garage Restoration project. Anthony Moss, Field Representative from Local 413, a union of Laborers’ International Union of North...

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County Council forecasts 2.8 percent tax increase, Media Borough forecasts no increase

Nov 09

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...

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Election day huge turnout!

Nov 06

Election day in Media, PA is turning into what appears to be record number of voters. In Western district (One of Media’s smaller district) we’ve received over 550 voters so far at 5:00 PM today – leaving this evening’s rush to put the numbers even higher. This is more than 50% of eligible voters in Media – and other precincts are...

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Media Borough Council approves video archiving on YouTube

Oct 17

I am pleased to announce that Media Borough Council tonight approved the archival of legislative meetings for use on YouTube. Dr. Eric Stein, chair of the Technology Committee, made the announcement at the legislative meeting. Residents can find the videos, archived from January 2012 forward, located on the Media Borough YouTube channel. Videos should be available...

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