today’s news and information gleanings from here and there! 

Today’s Weather!   Today in History! Rts. 30 & 441 Traffic Cam! The Official Time!

Quote for today… “All things on earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of the hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken.” – Thomas Wolfe

• BHI Properties continues its “buy Columbia” spree (the Mifflintown, PA-based business now owns 31 properties) in Columbia. “Citifinancial Inc and Olympus Asset Management Inc. conveyed 443 Cherry Street to BHI Properties, LLC for $27,100.” The current assessed value is $56,200; good buy! [NOTE: A cursory review of each of the properties listed shows an assessment appeal for most if not every one.]  (SOURCE: Lancaster Sunday News)
• Columbia news, views & reviews’ contributing features writer, Mary Ellen Graybill, shares her foray onto the Bridge at Saturday’s Bridge Bust here.
• “In an abbreviated presentation of his ‘Prosper or Perish’ report, (Lancaster’s Mayor, Rick) Gray told (Millersville’s) Borough Council he was seeking support from other municipalities in the areas of arbitration reform; pension reform; intermunicipal shared services; regulatory, grant and fee-related reforms; property tax reform; and historic tax credits.” – from the article, “Grey reaches out in reform push“, in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era.
• Cole Umber captured some great photos about the protest movement that is happening at Wall Street in New York. “The event has drawn protesters of diverse ages and occupations who are speaking out against corporate greed, social inequality, global climate change and other concerns.” That movement continues to mount in cities (Harrisburg, Boston, etc.) across the nation. Read more here – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era. Or read this update from yahoo.com here.
• Intelligenger Journal editorial: Opaque Legislation – Lack of true transparency at the state level (and the federal and local levels) is what leads to the reasons cited in the above bullet.