Tweet #PatchRebuilds to Help Hurricane Sandy Survivors

Patch will make a $1 donation to AmeriCares for every tweet with the hashtag #PatchRebuilds.

You can help rebuild communities that were hit by Hurricane Sandy by donating cans of food, volunteering for cleanup efforts—or simply sending a tweet. Patch is excited to announce our new effort to help support devastated communities after the storm. For every tweet sent with the hashtag #PatchRebuilds, we will donate $1 to the AmeriCares Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Fund, up to $125,000. Your contribution will go toward medical and humanitarian aid, grants and programs to help Sandy survivors. You can simply tweet the hashtag #PatchRebuilds, or go to our Patch Rebuilds website, rebuilds.patch.com, and tweet directly from the site. A customized tweet that starts “My heart belongs to…” is created from the Patch Rebuilds website, and …

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Road Paving Schedule for Media Borough

Media Borough Council also offered up its thanks to all those involved with Hurricane Sandy preparations and her aftermath.

Media Borough Council announced the next round of roadwork in the borough and also thanked all of those involved with preparing for and executing plans during Superstorm Sandy. Numerous borough personnel members were thanked at Thursday's council meeting including Media Borough Manager Jeff Smith and the entire Administrative Office, Code Enforcement Director Jim Jeffery, Emergency Management Crews, Public Works Director Ralph DeRosa and the entire Public Works Department, Media Borough Police, Fire and EMS crews, PECO and the Shade Tree Commission for its ongoing efforts of cutting and trimming trees. Councilman Paul Robinson said Smith and his team were proactive not reactive to the storm and were able to field hundreds of resident calls…

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Donate Supplies for Hurricane Sandy Relief

Local organizations and businesses are collecting supplies to send to Hurricane Sandy victims.

In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, area residents are looking for ways to help our neighbors to the North and West. Below is a list of local Media Patch locations that are collecting items to send to New Jersey and New York. Please add to the comments section if you know of a place collection relief items.   If you'd like to help, please consider donating the following items:   Other Patch donation spots:   Teaming up with Patch and AOL: You can join us in the relief efforts. To Donate to Hurricane Sandy Disaster relief, click here: https://donate.networkforgood.org/aol

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Media Patch Gives Hurricane Sandy 'Thanks'

We want to say 'thank you' to the many people and organizations who worked hard and helped those in need during Superstorm Sandy.

  Hurricane Sandy whipped through our area with high winds and heavy rains and left behind a trail of power outages, uprooted trees, road closures, damaged roofs and property and so much more. But despite Sandy's devastation and upheaval, it was the people of our town that kept us from being "powerless" throughout Sandy's reign. Media Patch wanted to take a minute to thank those who helped before, during and continue to help after Superstorm Sandy swept through the greater Media area. Police, Fire, Emergency Crews The public was told to stay inside during the storm but the police, fire and emergency crews are the ones who have to go out into the cold and wet conditions, not just during a storm, but every day, to keep us safe. Police were …

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Yard Waste Collection for Middletown Twonship

Middletown Township has announced additional yard waste collection to assist with Hurricane Sandy clean up.

Middletown Township has announced a special yard waste collection to help residents properly dispose of sticks and branches that came down during Hurricane Sandy. All residents residing in Recycling Area 1 (south of the SEPTA rail line) will be collected on Tuesday, Nov. 6. All residents residing in Recycling Area 2 (north of the SEPTA rail line) will be collected on Wednesday, Nov. 7. Yard waste must be placed at the curb the evening before collection or before 6 a.m. on the day of collection. If it is not out to the curb by the time the truck arrives to collect, the truck will not be sent back to collect later. The next regularly scheduled yard waste collection is Wednesday, Nov. 21. Yard waste refers to twigs, sticks, branches, and tree…

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Middletown Road Closures, Power Outages: Thursday Update

Here are the latest road closures and information due to the storm in Middletown Township which may have been the hardest hit area in Media Patch.

Middletown Township may have been the hardest hit area within Media Patch during Superstorm Sandy. The township continued to see power outages and some road closures Thursday. Should any resident come across barricades, caution tape, cones etc., please remember that they are placed there to indicate a hazardous condition and should not be crossed. There are live wires and other hazardous issues that are being addressed. Please take caution. Below is an update from Township Administration as of 11 a.m. Thursday.   Road Closures -- As of 11 a.m. Friday all roads are open   Power Outages In Delaware County, between 5,000-10,000 customers were without power, as of 7 p.m. Thursday. Many customers' power was restored Wednesday and Thursday in …

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UPDATE: Middletown Road Closures, Power Outages

Here are the latest road closures and information due to the storm in Middletown Township which may have been the hardest hit area in Media Patch.

Middletown Township may have been the hardest hit area within Media Patch during Superstorm Sandy. The township was still seeing significant power outages and some road closures Wednesday.  Below is an update from Township Administration as of 10 a.m. Wednesday. Click here for Thursday's Middletown update.   Road Closures Barren Rd. Between the High School and Painter Howarth Road between Ahrens and the creek Valley between Hermitage and Darlington W. Forge Rd.- Between Stephen & Paul Power Outages In Delaware County, between 5,000-10,000 customers were without power, as of 11 p.m. Wednesday. Many customers' power was restored over night but Middletown Township still has the most significant number of outages in our area with between 501-1…

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