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Quote for today … “They’re not keeping us informed, and that’s frustrating.” – Brenda Klocko, Middletown business owner.

• Budget backblast: “Mount Joy budget gap grows – Cuts or tax hike needed to meet legal, engineering fees” – LancasterOnLine

• Council “meeting-of-the-whole” scheduled for tonight: “Committee of the Whole/Council  at 6:00 pm” – Borough Website

• Eerily familiar – “Monday was just another odd day in Middletown, where officials resign at a dizzying clip, council members are charged with felonies and council meetings spill out the door with residents shouting and crying over decisions.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• “For a Columbia company, getting online has opened up a whole new world of customers — including some from around the world. Kleen-Rite Corp., a retailer of car wash supplies based in Columbia has become a national and even international seller of car wash supplies.”  – MyColumbiaNews

• “Steven Spielberg asked 16 newly minted Americans to remember equality as the Abraham Lincoln biopic director marked the 149th anniversary of the president’s famous “Gettysburg Address.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• “State police say a dead dog found along an eastern Pennsylvania road appeared to have been skinned and cooked.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• Elected “public servants”- 2, the rest of us – 0! – “At a time when private-sector employees’ wages are forecast to remain stagnant, legislators, judges and other top state government officials won’t have that problem.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• So how come it’s only some Sheetz stores that have run out of gas? No such outages at other convenience stores? No real answers at Sheetz’ facebook page nor the Website. – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• “Columbia Water Co. said Monday it has finalized the $3.5 million purchase of Marietta Gravity Water Co.’s operating assets. The state Public Utility Commission approved the purchase in August, turning aside opposition from Lancaster city. Marietta Gravity Water provided public water service to nearly 1,200 residential, commercial and industrial customers in Marietta Borough and portions of East Donegal and Hellam Townships. Those customers will continue to be supplied from the same wells and will not see any disruption or changes in the quality or quantity of water being delivered, Columbia Water said.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• POLICE LOG – COLUMBIA: “Donald J. Conners, 57, of South 12th Street, Columbia, was charged after a domestic incident Nov. 3 at his home. – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• “The Columbia Senior Center will hold a holiday rummage sale on Thursday, Nov. 29, from 8 to 11 a.m. at Columbia United Methodist Church, 510 Walnut St. The sale will feature a varied selection of holiday decorations and accessories, miscellaneous items and baked goods prepared by center members. Proceeds will benefit the senior center. For more information, call Starr Brubaker or Carrie Kitchen at 684-4850.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Renaissance of South Eastern Pennsylvania will hold a candlelight vigil tonight at 6 at Vision of Hope Metropolitan Community Church, Mountville. The vigil is being held as a memorial for international Transgender Day of Remembrance Day. Organizers say the vigil is being held to remember more than 100 transgendered people who have been murdered in the past year.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era