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Quote for today… “I consider trial by jury as the only anchor yet imagined by man by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson

• Armstrong offers to pay workers for locked-out hours if they OK contract (Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era)
• Over 65 and not worried about heat? You should be. (York Dispatch) NOTE: In Columbia, Seniors can find cool at the Columbia Senior Center, Columbia United Methodist Church, 510 Walnut St., Columbia; 8 a.m. to 2 .m. Telephone number is 684-4850.
• LEGAL NOTICE … “LEGAL NOTICE The Zoning Hearing Board of the Borough of Columbia will meet on Wednesday, July 27, 2011, at 7:00 P.M., in the Municipal Building at 308 Locust Street, Columbia, PA, to consider the following application(s) and/or appeal(s): Doolittle Investments, LLC, is requesting use and parking variances to enable conversion of the first floor of the building at 40 North Third Street into a facility for the manufacture and sale, including retail sale, of stink bug traps, in a Downtown Commercial District. If you are a person with a disability wishing to attend this meeting and require an accommodation to participate in the meeting, please contact the Columbia Borough Office at 684-2467 to discuss how the Borough may accommodate your needs. Jeffrey M. Helm, Zoning Officer
• The new normal – paranoia. They won the bigger battle after all; “Post-9/11, biggest terror threat is underground.“
• Senior housing plan gets “go-ahead” in Marietta –  Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Berks community wrestles with “continuum of force” question (Reading Eagle-Times)