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

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• Today in History!
• Traffic Cam Rts. 30 & 441
• The Official Time! – Population Clock (U.S. and World)

Quote for today… “The reality is that economic success in America is not purely meritocratic. It helps if you have the right parents. Those born into rich or poor families have a high probability of remaining rich or poor as adults.” –Brookings Institution’s Center on Children and Families.

• The By-Pass is open again: The primary route from Columbia to Silver Spring, Salunga, Landisville and points that-away is open again!

Click to enlarge. Source: Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Columbia’s SAT scores jump: “Year-to-year comparisons also can be skewed by the varying quality of graduating classes. … in Columbia … the Class of 2012 was unusually strong academically, school counselor Peggy Woods said. One graduate scored 2,040 on the SAT and had a cumulative grade average of nearly 103 percent over four years, she said. Another graduate had a 100.4 percent cumulative average.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Middletown residents unite: Vow to attend every council meeting; plan “about who could run for borough council, who could chair groups on the borough’s utilities, elections and, of course, the library. They will … write a blog and establish a Facebook page to keep the community informed.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• “Field of Screams visit draws concern from mental health advocate” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• Letters to the editor in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Oh, Abby! If you were Dear Abby, would you have written this headline for your column? “Husband’s rear attacks require frontal approach?” – a bunch of newspapers across the US

• At Garth Gallery: opens tonite: click here (or the photo above) to read page one of the article in today’s Entertainment Section of today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era and here for page two.

• L-L Football tonight: “Columbia at Donegal: In the minutes following their first loss of the season last Friday at Garden Spot, Indians coach Jeff Polites told a visitor his team would need to refocus for the next game. The ‘next game’ is here, and Kris Trimby, Matt Foltz, Chris Robinson and Co. look to get past Nick Nobile, Dashawn McIlwain, Andrew Combs and a Crimson Tide squad playing its Section Three opener.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• West Manchester Mall sold – York Daily Record