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Quote for today… “Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.” – Paul Valery

• “The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday that the number of (farmers markets) has increased 9.6 percent in the past year.” – Boston Globe

• Columbia’s Historic Market House is open today from 8:00 am to 2:00 p.m. – “Sue’s Market is coming to the Columbia Market House in August!!! She will have full deli meats & cheese line, fresh cut beef and subs!”

• Penn State looks for help from public for stink bugs – York Daily Record

• “Former Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed says he supports keeping the possibility of city bankruptcy on the table for leverage in the city receiver’s negotiations to get the city out of a financial crisis largely attributed to Reed himself.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• “A (Wrightsville) woman recently was sentenced to 1 to 3 years in prison for stealing more than $100,000 from her Lancaster employer. Freedom M. Mimnall, 34, also received seven years of probation for the theft of $104,763.97 from her employer, Lancaster Archery Supply, 2195-A Old Philadelphia Pike. Mimnall was employed in the company’s shipping department at the time of the theft, which included 143 separate transactions from 2008 to 2011, when she was arrested. She pleaded guilty in June to theft and unlawful use of a computer.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• POLICE LOG: “MARIETTA: Sharon Dee Small, 46, of 17 W. Market St., Marietta, was charged Tuesday after her vehicle struck others parked in the 300 block of East Market Street on July 8. Small then fled the scene, police said.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era