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

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

Quote for today… “You know, this wasn’t a very smart thing to do, Locksley. I’ll pay for this!”– The sheriff of Rottingham, from the movie, “Robin Hood: Men in Tights.” [OPINION: Seems some sheriffs continue to do “dumass” things!]

• Sick Susquehanna? – “Fish and Boat Commission studies show pollution if having an effect on smallmouth bass.” – Lancaster Sunday News

• Updated projection of Sandy’s path – National Hurricane Center – ” … rain will begin and not end until maybe sometime Tuesday or Wednesday. The National Weather Service in State College issued a statement, saying the storm “has the potential to be a large and record-setting storm.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• “The next president could very well appoint one or two new justices. And who steps down first could also depend on who’s elected.” – Read this article, Reading Guide: Where Romney and Obama Stand on the Supreme Court, at ProPublica

• REALLY! This is what it says: “half price tattoos and piercings (columbia)” – Craigslist.org

• Patriot-News endorses Obama – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• “Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. and Fred­die Mac conveyed 154 S. Fourth St. (Columbia) to Summit Street Properties LLC for $30,100.” – Lancaster Sunday News [NOTE: As reported at Columbia news, views & reviews, April 6, 2012: Summit Street Properties LLC has the same mailing address as BHI Properties, LLC at the Department State’s Registry of Business Entities. The address for both is RR#5, Box 228, Mifflintown, PA 17059.] The total number of Columbia properties owned by Summit Street Properties LLC, is now six; BHI Properties, LLC, 37.

• More “names you know”, again, in this week’s restaurant inspections in  Lancaster County. – Lancaster Sunday News

• This week’s restaurant inspections in York County. – York Dispatch

• A complete listing of all facilities in Lancaster, York counties and the entire state, except those in Columbia, is available at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Website

• “Jacinta Butler, Columbia, was named to the spring dean’s list at The College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, Minn. Butler is a health information management major.” – Lancaster Sunday News
  

• POLICE LOG: “MANOR TWP.: A resident of the 3200 block of Blue Rock Road reported Oct. 22 that jewelry valued at $1,500 had been taken. – MANOR TWP.: Jewelry valued at $5,000 was reported taken from a home in the 400 block of North Duke Street during the week of Oct. 14. – MANOR TWP.: A 16 year old Lititz resident was charged after a one-vehicle crash Aug. 22 on Safe Harbor Road near Pittsburgh Hill Road. Charges were filed through the Lancaster County Juvenile Probation Office. – MANOR TWP.: David Burch, 19, of Raven Crest, Pequea, was charged Oct. 13 after he allegedly created a disturbance in the 300 block of Fieldgate Court by screaming and yelling in the street. He was picked up by police while walking on Donerville Road. – MANOR TWP.: Police charged William Williams, 42, no fixed address, Oct. 20 with repeatedly calling a woman despite a protection from abuse order and police warnings. He was taken to Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $5,000 bail on each of two complaints.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era