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today’s news … Wednesday, March 21, 2012

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

Quote for today… “People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball.  I’ll tell you what I do.  I stare out the window and wait for spring.” – Rogers Hornsby

A sign posted on the door of the Columbia tax collector Tom Vecchiolli’s office directs tax payers to the borough office. Vecchiolli abruptly resigned this week. (Richard Hertzler/Staff – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era)

  • Tax collector resigns – “You don’t often see the government actually turn away taxpayer money. Unless, of course, you live in Columbia. Residents who tried to pay their 2012 property-tax bill there this week were told to hold onto their money, for now, as the borough struggles to cover for the abrupt resignation of its tax collector last weekend. Tom Vecchiolli, who was elected to a four-year term in November 2009, notified borough officials that he was resigning the post at the height of tax season, a move that took many by surprise.” – LancasterOnLine
  • “Gorman Distributors announces the grand opening of their new property on March 22nd at 2pm. Gorman Distributors, a family owned business that has been operating since 1963, has recently purchased the property at 1201 Manor Street, Columbia.  The property was vacant since 2008 and underwent four months of renovations.  Gorman Distributors moved into the property in late January and is finishing the renovations while occupied.  The family is excited about their new and permanent home in Columbia.  The building is going to give the business much needed space to expand their vending distribution operations.  Gorman Distributors, serves five Pennsylvania counties with their trucks and 48 states through UPS ground.” – Gorman Distributors press release
  • ” … the Elections Board unanimously voted to move the Columbia Borough First Ward polling place from the Columbia Borough Fire Police headquarters to Columbia Historic Market House, 15 S. 3rd St.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era article, March 21, 2012, Lancaster County Board of Elections moves polling places
  • It’s not just here! “China’s drivers and businesses are about to go through the second increase in gas and diesel prices in six weeks. The central government has pushed up the price of gas 6.4% as part of the most recent change. Diesel prices were raised 7%.” – Wall St. 24/7
  • “Marietta residents battle to stop approved street project“ – “Marietta residents on West Fairview Avenue will pay thousands of dollars toward a project some call ‘exorbitant,’ ‘outrageous’ and ‘wholly destructive.’ Borough officials say the street is in great disrepair and should have been fixed years ago. But when borough council voted March 13 to completely reconstruct the street, more than a dozen angry residents and a lawyer representing some of them left the municipal building.” – MyDonegalNews
  • “Army Pvt. Felix J. Mendez graduated recently from One Station Unit Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Waynesville, Mo., which included basic military training and advanced individual training. The son of Sonia and Joseph Mendez of Columbia, he is a 2011 graduate of Columbia High School.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  • “Gorman Distributors, a business new to Columbia Borough, has purchased and renovated a silk mill at 12th and Manor streets.” – MyColumbiaNews

(In this undated image released by Beef Products Inc., boneless lean beef trimmings are shown before packaging. [photo: Harrisburg Patriot-News – AP Photo/Beef Products Inc.])

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