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1 West State Street: Make up your mind

Mar 22

1 West State Street: Make up your mind

UPDATED: We were incorrect, Borough Council was unanimous in revealing the terms of this offer, not for selling the building to this bidder. The statement made by Monica Simpson at the meeting was: “This is a decision that will be very well received by our residents, by the local businesses, and I think this is one area in which council has unanimously agreed...

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1 West State Street “sold” for $650,000

Mar 18

1 West State Street “sold” for $650,000

At last night’s legislative meeting, Monica Simpson announced that Borough Council has tentatively agreed to sell 1 West State Street for a sum of $650,000 to a group called Bluestone Development, run by Christian Christianson, sold using the Pennsylvania standard realtor agreement. The agreement has no financing contingent, which is favorable for the...

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Media Borough Council Votes February 17th, 2011 – “New Blood” on commissions

Feb 18

[Editor’s Note: This article was updated on April 21st, 2011 to make a correction.] Media Borough Council met at 7:30 PM on Thursday, February 17th, 2011. The contested issues of the meeting were surrounding the appointments to the boards and commissions of Media, which has recently been changed. Town Talk reported on this on February 8th. Peter Williamson was...

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1 West State Street: What changed?

Dec 21

After covering the progress made by Borough Council on 1 West State Street in 2010, Media, PA News met with Jeff Dowd of Zommick-McMahon Commerical Real Estate in November to discuss the property and the real estate market in general. Dowd started by saying that he was unable to discuss any specific details for 1 West State Street, but could say, “It’s...

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Media Borough Council Votes: No new taxes, disapprove of LWW rate hikes – December 16th, 2010

Dec 16

Media Borough Council Votes: No new taxes, disapprove of LWW rate hikes – December 16th, 2010

Media Borough Council met for their final meeting on December 16th for a public hearing at 7:19 PM regarding the 2011 budget, followed by the regularly scheduled legislative session at 7:46 PM. The highlights of both meetings are: No new taxes, Media passed a balanced budget of $8,004,625 for 2011 Media Farmer’s Market has been granted a Mass Gathering Permit...

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