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… “We never thought such a trusted member could do something like this.” – Extracted from the flyer (below) from the Firemen’s Legislative Federation of Pennsylvania. 

• Study supports York County town’s police consolidation – York Daily Record

• “Improvement in the Uniformity and Consistency of Enforcement” is just one of the study’s “Advantages of Regional Policing” beginning on page nine of the study.

• Meanwhile in Carlisle … the town had a packed house as the town asked residents for redevelopment input.  While there is a viable Economic Development Corporation; the town did not just hand over the project. Instead, Carlisle advertised for a “selected consultant to develop scope of work that integrates land use, transportation, and economic development planning to create a comprehensive urban redevelopment strategy for the northern part of the Borough.” And the town used an assortment of media reach opportunities to get the word out. The town even started its own Carlisle Urban Redevelopment Plan Website (NOTE: Oh, yeah … that’s probably a free site! On January 18, 2013, this was included with a Columbia news, views & reviews article: Once upon a time, acquisition, hosting and maintenance of a Website was quite an expensive project. Advances in systems have significantly reduced those costs. In fact, thousands municipalities have useful, dynamic, updated; easy to manage and update Websites that cost about $100 a year. An excellent example is the WordPress Sites for Cities program.) What a concept? Caring for the community’s citizens. Communicating with citizens. Being transparent. – Harrisburg Patriot-News and other sites
  

• Gundel Funeral chronicles: “Coroner ‘disturbed” by cremations“ – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Was Manor Twp. homicide “self-defense?” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Leaders’ list: Three members of Columbia High School basketball teams rank in the county’s “top 10” leaders list: Girls’ basketball – Jenna Plastino is ranked third in scoring with 17.6 points per game and eighth in free throws made with 60. Megan Seibert is ranked 10 in three-point shots made; she has 23. Boys’ basketball – Mike Rider holds the number nine position in three-point throws made with 38. – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Care about the citizens – Cole Umber’s making a plea for the Borough to follow the rules. For safety’s sake and for the sake of caring about Columbia’s Citizens, follow the rules and, oh … what’s this … the Website has been updated. Well done, it’s a step in the right direction.