today’s news and information gleanings from here and there! Today’s Weather!   Today in History! Rts. 30 & 441 Traffic Cam

Quote for today… “Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues.” – Cullen Hightower

• FINALLY … warm sunshine returns.
• Agenda from last night’s Planning Commission meeting. Chairperson Don Haines convened the meeting at 7:00 pm; the meeting concluded at 7:50 pm. All members but one were present. Five citizens attended in addition to borough manager, Norm Meiskey and codes officer, Jeff Helms.
• Police: Elderly man threw urine, annoyed by kids – York Dispatch
• Group asks for federal investigation of HersheyPark’s bison incident – Harrisburg Patriot-News
• “The Lancaster Vet Center, 1817 Olde Homestead Lane, will host a jobs fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today to assist veterans in Lancaster, Lebanon and Berks counties. Area employers will be on hand to discuss job opportunities. A vocational rehabilitation counselor also will be available to meet with veterans and their families. Before the jobs fair, career path and transition counseling will be provided by the Veterans Resource Center from 8-10 a.m. For more information, call 283-0735.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era.
• “LEGAL NOTICE The Zoning Hearing Board of the Borough of Columbia will meet on Wednesday, September 28, 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): Susquehanna Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is requesting special exception(s) and/or variance(s) to construct an Assisted Living Facility at 741-745 Chiques Hill Road (745 Old Chiques Hill Road) in an institutional residential (INSR) zoned district. Stephen Wise, AIA, is requesting special exception(s) and/or variance(s) to construct an addition to an existing commercial building [see photo below] at 1115 Lancaster Avenue in a highway commercial (HC) zoned 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.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era.

•  Inmate denied copy of PA Constitution–York Dispatch [NOTE: Curious that some folks want a copy can can’t get it and that some elected public servants, and a few running for Council, don’t want to read it.]