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...

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...

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...

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...

Thanks to Phil Heron and the Delaware County Times for sponsoring Live from the Newsroom on the topic of blogging. It was a pleasure to talk about all that goes into bringing the news to Media, PA. If you missed it, you can see it again here: Part 1: Live from the Newsroom, Blogging Part 2: Live from the Newsroom,...

[Editor’s Note: The following is transcribed from the original document. Emphasis added. This was read at the Borough Council Legislative Meeting on April 21st, 2011.] JOAN M. HAGAN EAST FRANKLIN STREET MEDIA PA 19063 April 21, 2011 Media Borough Council 301 N. Jackson Street Media, PA 19063 Dear Members of Council: As a former council member who has faced...