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Irvington puts old parking meters up for auction

An expired parking meter. (Feb. 8, 2012)

Photo credit: Rory Glaeseman

The good news for the Village of Irvington is that people will buy anything these days – including beat-up, coin-operated, electronic parking meters.

As of Wednesday afternoon, 265 visitors had checked out 48 of the old parking meters up for sale on GovDeals.com, an eBay-style government surplus website.  The fact that those items are frankly described as being in “worn condition” has...

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