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

Quote for today… “The sooner we embrace fiscally responsible development, the sooner we’ll secure a better future.” – Jeff Hawkes’ column, The price of sprawl in today’s Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era

• For three days beginning on March 28, 1979, a series of mechanical, electrical, and human failures led to a severe meltdown of the reactor core at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant. – Read this EPA analysis or click here.
  

• An article in today’s Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era says Lancaster County’s new Website will be “more efficient, more transparent and (have) an easier product to use. It’s all in the public’s best interest.”

Peeps named “bird of the week” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• Columbian is named 2013 Democrat of the Year. – MyColumbiaNews

• Columbia’s Nick Nobile to play in All-Star game – Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era
  

• “Manheim Township School District has notified parents that they will no longer be allowed to visit schools to have lunch with their children.“ – Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era

• Letter to the editors in today’s Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era

• Editorial: VA backlog “shameful legacy” – Harrisburg Patriot-News