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today’s news … Wednesday, December 28

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

Quote for today… “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be … The People cannot be safe without information. When the press is free, and every man is able to read, all is safe.” – Thomas Jefferson

  • Occupy Lancaster must move in 2012 – LancasterOnline
  • REMINDER: A Special Meeting of Columbia Borough Council will be held on tonight at 7:00 p.m. in the Borough Municipal Building, 308 Locust St., Columbia, PA to address 2011 Budget changes, and any other Borough business.
  • Lancaster County’s unemployment rate took a small step up in November, after two large steps down. The jobless rate here rose to 6.6 percent from October’s 6.5 percent, the state Department of Labor & Industry said Tuesday.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  • Letters to the Editors in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era display citizen frustration
  • Not Enough … Intelligencer Journal editorial says the County’s new re-assessment fees are “not enough” for commercial properties. We’d like to add “slum-landlords” to that list.
  • “Consumer confidence index surges in December” – The Morning Journal, Lorain, OH
  • Celebrate New Year’s Eve Family Night at THE – turkeyhillexperience.com
  • Other Lancaster County New Year’s Eve events – PADutchCountry.com
  • “Lancaster city, boroughs get set to party on new Year’s Eve” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  • POLICE LOG: “MANOR TWP.: Matthew Arnold, no age provided, of Red Leaf Lane, was charged in a Nov. 26 traffic stop in the 3100 block of Columbia Avenue, police said. – MANHEIM TWP.: A township female reported receiving harassing phone calls from Gregory T. Smith, 55, of Walnut Street, Columbia, early Monday, police said. Smith was charged with harassment by communication, police said.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  • “Layoffs in the city police and fire departments will likely be a part of York’s final 2012 budget when council votes later this week.” – York Daily Record
  • LEGAL NOTICE(s) published in the Lancaster Intelligencer journal/New Era. December 28, 2011 – “The Lancaster Inter-Municipal Committee (LIMC), a council of governments organized under the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Law (Act 180 of 1972) will meet at 6:00 P.M. on Thursday, January 26, 2012 in Gordinier Hall at Millersville University for a work session to review LIMC initiatives and the implementation of “Growing Together: A Comprehensive Plan for Central Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.” LIMC members include the City of Lancaster; the Boroughs of Columbia, EastPetersburg, Millersville, and Mountville; and the Townships of East Hempfield, East Lampeter, Lancaster, Manheim, Manor, West Hempfield, and West Lampeter.” – “The Lancaster Inter-Municipal Committee (LIMC), a council of governments organized under the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Law (Act 180 of 1972) will meet at 7:30 A.M. for regular monthly meetings on the following Wednesdays in 2012 with corresponding meeting locations for each date listed: January 11 (Manor Township), February 8 (West Hempfield Township), March 14 (West Lampeter Township), April 11 (East Lampeter Township), May 9 (Millersville Borough), June 13 (East Petersburg Borough), July 11 (City of Lancaster), August 8 (East Hempfield Township), September 12  (Manheim Township), Ooctober 10 (Lancaster Township), November 14 (Mountville Borough), and December 12 (Columbia Borough). All meetings will be held at the listed municipalities municipal offices unless otherwise noted. LIMC members include the City of Lancaster; the Boroughs of Columbia, EastPetersburg, Millersville, and Mountville; and the Townships of East Hempfield, East Lampeter, Lancaster, Manheim, Manor, West Hempfield, and West Lampeter.”

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