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 the day: “Lancaster is a very conservative county, but we don’t like to throw money at politics. For our county to someday have someone be taken seriously for a statewide leadership position, business leaders and community leaders will have to invest in party politics.” – Scott Boyd, former state representative, in this Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era article . [Translation: Money is the answer.]

• FOR SALE … AGAIN – “HISTORIC FORMER FIRE HOUSE BUILDING” – craigslist [NOTE: The property was last sold in February 2012.]
  

• “Columbia Borough officials filled a vacancy on council Dec. 18 by appointing Jody Gable to a one-year term.” – MyColumbiaNews

• Do you have to be a resident to hold a seat on the Municipal Authority? Maybe. According to “Municipal Authorities in Pennsylvania“, “An individual appointed to an authority board must be a taxpayer in, maintain a business in,
  or be a citizen of a municipality into which one or more of the projects of the authority extends or is to extend
  or to which one or more projects has been or is to be leased.” Wonder which municipalities the Borough’s Municipal Authority’s projects extend into or lease? East Hempfield? East Donegal?

• Up-to-date “What’s Happening” at the Borough Website!

• ” … applications for undergraduate admission to Penn State University were lagging significantly behind prior year numbers. And if the trend continues, university officials expect a year-over-year drop of as much as 10 percent.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• “(Today) “is the first day of Kwanzaa, an annual weeklong cele­bration of African-American families, culture and heritage.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• LEGAL NOTICE published in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era, December 26, 2012, “PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the West Hempfield Township Zoning Hearing Board will hold a special meeting on Thursday, January 3, 2012, at 7:30 P.M. at the West Hempfield Township Office, 3401 Marietta Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17601, to consider the following pertaining to the property located at 786 Kames Hill Road, West Hempfield Township, PA which is leased by Joseph Meyer (Allimax Farm) from Chiques Rock Farms, Inc and which is zoned Rural Agricultural: request of Joseph Meyer (Allimax Farm), of 1620 Snyder Corner Road, Windsor, PA 17366, for modification of two conditions previously imposed by the Zoning Hearing Board in a decision dated March 11, 2008; request of Joseph Meyer for clarification of the area on the property suitable for outdoor lighting; and, continuation of a hearing on an appeal by Joseph Meyer from a decision of the Zoning Officer of West Hempfield Township.”