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 the day: ““At the end of the day, who suffers but the public, who is entitled to this information.” – Joe Sukle, publisher of the Middletown Press And Journal in an article about the “tiff” in Middletown, PA. – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• “A Columbia woman, Amber Faye Foultz, 23, will stand trial for assisting a charged double-murderer flee to New Jersey after the June 15 killings in Leola.” – LancasterOnLine

• LancasterOnLine reports: “Police say a driver swerving through holiday traffic caused a Wednesday morning crash that closed Route 30 for more than an hour.Diane Hudzik, 54, of Columbia, was passing vehicles in the right eastbound lane of Route 30 when her Subaru struck another motorist’s car, police said.”

• Ciao, Marco. – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Let the Thanksgiving shopping frenzy begin.

• REMINDER: The Columbia Historic Market House will be open today, Wednesday 9 am-7 pm. Closed for Thanksgiving Thursday, Friday and Saturday.” – Columbia Historic Market House Facebook page

• In Harrisburg, 32 people want the “open” council seat – Harrisbur Patriot-News

• Scary stuff! According to the Daily Beast, “In the words of Antoine Dodson: hide your emails, hide your Google Docs, hide your Facebook. A proposed law—originally intended to increase Americans’ email security—now plans to increase government access to email and other digital files. Scheduled for a vote next week, the Senate proposal allows 22 agencies (among them the Securities and Exchange Commission) ‘warrantless access’ to Americans’ email, Google Docs files, Facebook wall posts, and Twitter direct messages.” Click here to read this C-Net.com article.

• What’s closed tomorrow? For starters, according to the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era, these entities will be. Columbia Borough offices will be closed tomorrow, too, and Friday. (OPINION: Columbia news, views & reviews could find no notice of this closing of borough facilities under “Community Announcements” at the Borough Website. This notice (below) is posted on one of the windows of the Borough office. Citizens are better served with a Website notification.)

• Cheat on your taxes- go to jail – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Does Middletown borough Council operate in secrecy? – Middletown Press And Journal

• “Roaming dog” letter to the editor in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• It’s sad when Mouseketeers die – Los Angeles Times

Bonnie Lynn Fields later career included film and theater work. She also ran dance studios, including one in Santa Monica. (Walt Disney Productions)

• York’s Human Relations Commission chief on “unpaid leave” – York Daily Record