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Today's riddle: How fast is milk when you pour it? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. PennDOT road projects for the week of Aug. 23, 2026 (delcotimes.com) — Media drivers should watch for Aqua PA crews replacing water mains on North Lemon Street and North Orange Street, with work and restoration stretching into fall. The weekly PennDOT update also lists multiple nearby closures and detours, including Route 252 and other township projects, that could affect your commute around Delaware County.
2. How One Delco Staffer Uncovered 15 Unclaimed Veterans and Gave Them a Proper Burial (vista.today) — Fifteen unclaimed military veterans whose remains were stored at the Delaware County Medical Examiner's Office in Media have finally been identified and laid to rest with full honors. After a staffer's detailed research confirmed their service, a police-escorted procession departed Media for Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, where veterans groups and volunteers stood in for families who never came.
3. Keith Lockhart's History Mystery for Aug. 23, 2026 (delcotimes.com) — Local history buffs helped pinpoint last week's mystery postcard as snowy Baltimore Avenue in Media, identifying the First Presbyterian Church at 30 E. Baltimore Avenue and nearby streets. Their detailed memories and research support historian Keith Lockhart's ongoing project to match old photos and postcards with exact Delaware County locations.
4. At 100, Media woman's love of art brings a year of extraordinary honors (delcotimes.com) — A 100-year-old Media resident, Florence Lauria, is being honored statewide after her watercolor was selected for Pennsylvania's Older Artists Showcase and displayed at the Capitol and Governor's Residence. Her family in Media helped turn her centennial into a yearlong celebration of her lifelong love of art, highlighting how creative expression continues even while living with dementia.
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