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today’s news … Thursday, September 27, 2012

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

Quote for today… “(Paul Ryan’s) debut speech at the Republican National Convention was so filled with lies and chicken you-know-what that it even caused Fox TV’s fawning commentators to gag.” –  Jim Hightower, Populist commentator, author and columnist.

  • “A bank in East Donegal Township was robbed at about 10:45 a.m. today, according to emergency radio dispatches. A white male wearing a black ski mask displayed a handgun and took money from tellers at Union National Community Bank, 100 W. High St., Maytown. He then ran from the bank. The robber was described as being 6 feet tall, with a medium build, according to radio dispatches. He wore a blue jacket with white stripes, a hooded sweatshirt under the jacket, and tennis shoes.” – LancasterOnLine
  • E-town drug arrests: “Around noon, police said, authorities seized 560 bags of heroin during the arrest of 28-year-old Amanda Manuel of Columbia. She was taken into custody in the 2300 block of South Market Street, (Elizabethtown) charged with felony possession with intent to deliver heroin and sent to county prison in lieu of $50,000 bail, officials said. Police also seized her Dodge Stratus.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

  • It’s b-a-a-a-a-ck: “The 33rd Falmouth Goat Race was canceled by bad weather in 2011, but the races resume this Saturday at Governor Stable Park in Falmouth, in the county’s northwest corner.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  • POLICE LOG: “COLUMBIA: Tyrone C. Hunter, 24, of Columbia, was cited in the 400 block of Union Street on Sept. 16.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

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