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

• Today’s Weather! – Today in History! – The Official Time! – Population Clock (U.S. and World)
• Traffic Cam Rts. 30 & 441
• Lancaster County 9-1-1 map
• York County 9-1-1 map
• Lancaster County police incident map

Quote for today… “Winter is nature’s way of saying, ‘Up yours.’” – Robert Byrne

• “Two of the oldest — and smallest — Turkey Hill Minit Markets in Lancaster County closed Monday, including one in Columbia. – Lancaster OnLine … Cole Umber reported this last Monday.

• Update the Website!

• “Trusted employee” nabs  Bon Ton for $1.2 million – York Daily Record

• Conflict among the borough council, the citizens and the EDC … in Middletown – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• UPDATE: “4:57 Stedman said bodies were not being cooler properly and one was found in a cardboard box” –  “Press conference set for Gundel” –  “County officials seal off, search Gundel Funeral Home” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Comcast plans rate increases … again – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• The Lancaster County Planning Commission recognized Marietta Senior Apartments, Marietta Borough as one  of six projects with 2012 Envision Leadership Awards “for embodying good planning and raising awareness of smart growth in the county.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Letters to editor defend and praise  in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• “Manheim Borough council approved a contract with the newly formed Lancaster SPCA for animal control service” – My ManheimCentralNews

• New small animal rescue group forms: LancasterCARES (Coalition for Animal Rescue, Education and Services) – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Nude club article brings out the reader comments – MyColumbiaNews

• LEGAL NOTICE published in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era, February 1, 2013 –  “INVITATION TO BID Sealed proposals will be received by the Borough of Columbia, 308 Locust Street, Columbia, PA 17512 until 10am on Thursday March 7, 2013 for the following approximate amounts of road materials: 1700Tons of 9.5mm Superpave Asphalt 250Tons of 25mm Superpave Asphalt All proposals must be upon forms furnished by Columbia Borough, which may be picked up during normal business hours of Monday-Friday 8am – 4:30pm at the above address. Bids will be opened and read publicly at 10 am, at the above address on Thursday, February 24, 2013. Borough Council will award the bid to the lowest qualified responsible bidder at its regular public meeting on March 11, 2013, 308 Locust Street at 7 pm. Columbia Borough reserves the right to reject any and all bids or bid items. Norman B. Meiskey III, Borough Manager.”