Thanks to Mindy for giving me this idea
Media is the county seat of Delaware and incorporated as a borough March 10, 1850.The land on which Media is located was bought by settlers from William Penn.It was largely farmland until the courthouse was erected in 1851 and the commercial districts grew around the county offices.
It use to be a famous summer resort for well off Philadelphians. Media grew as a thriving business and governmental area that it is today.
Some famous residences old and new:
abolitionist Lucretta Mott
William Jennings Bryan
President Zachary Taylor and Mrs. Ida McKinley had Media connections
Tug McGraw, Mike Schmidt and Darrin Daulton of the Phillies baseball team all made Media their hometown at one time.
The following famous people went to my high school Penncrest:
Curt Weldon-US House of Reps
Bill Whitaker-Emmy winning CBS-tv news journalist
Elizabeth Ann Crumb-Tony nominated Broadway actress
Todd Robinson-(my class of ’77) Emmy winner for his direction of The Legend of Billy the Kid. Todd also wrote the screen play for the movie White Squall.
And in closing, Media is ‘Everyone’s hometown’ (slogan)
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All by myself…
All by myself today, except for the cat and a computer that didn’t want to get online. I think I may have figured it out, but we’ll give it a few days. I uninstalled the AOL adapter because I remember the auto fix doing it a few times. It’s a major pain or PITA.
Then everything rained down, not only outside, but inside too. My brother called and said it would cost almost 1K to fix my almost 9 yr old van’s anti-freeze gasket. My husband came home from the dentist and said he had three cavities-yep-more moola for that right around Sean’s 18th birthday.
Sometimes I feel like George Bailey from the classic movie ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’. He always came inches in doing something he wanted and then got screwed. Like I wanted a second bookcase for all my books all over the house and I finally ordered one. I said, ‘What the heck’ and ordered one of those microfiber sofas in red! I love red as an accent in my family room. I have a red slipcover on my 12 yr old sofa now. So then the van started acting up and I know I shouldn’t really spend the money on the above furniture. I’ve been dying to spruce up my 1960s honey wood kitchen too. I want to redo the entire thing. I just don’ t know where the money is coming from. I guess I’ll probably have to get a real job other than just doing eBay.