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… “If the spirit of business adventure is dulled, this country will cease to hold the foremost position in the world.” – Andrew Mellon

• REMINDER: These Borough council committee meetings and Board Meetings happen this evening; Municipal Legislation @ 6:00 pm – Board of Health @ 7:00 pm – Public Property @ 7:00 pm. Citizens are encouraged to attend and participate in these forums. For a listing of all the borough’s meetings, click here.
• Also on the Borough’s homepage is this posting: Trick or Treat night is scheduled for Monday, October 31, 2011 from 6pm to 8pm.
• If you are a small business owner or if you are thinking about beginning your own business, you may want to take a look at this Website: http://www.myownbusiness.org/ – at the home page there are really helpful FREE CLASSES with sessions to help you start or build your own business.
• $3.279 a gallon … that’s the price for unleaded regular at the gas stations on the east side of town. After the roller coaster pricing all summer, prices are back to where they were at the beginning of March 2011.
• Columbia Borough School District’s Certified professional teacher Kim Shaw and support staff member Tracey Swingler were praised for their outstanding dedication and exemplary service. They recently received the Lauretta Woodson Award by the Lancaster Chapter of the Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees. Each received a plaque, an honorary citation, a medallion and lapel pin. The award’s namesake was a lifelong member of PASR who bequeathed a sum of money to support public education. PASR is a nonprofit association comprised of retired employees of the public schools of Pennsylvania. – (SOURCE: Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era)
• (Museums and historical) “sites struggle to keep history alive” – York Daily Record