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

Quote for today… “When you’ve been advised that it’s a state law, and you break it, you’re asking for trouble.” – Connie Gross, East Earl Township township secretary-treasurer, on the going-out-of-business advertising of the Flower & Craft Warehouse in Blue Ball.

• Lost’im in Columbia: “Motorist, driving 120 mph, eludes police”  LancasterOnLine

• Walnut Street fire – Fire crews from multiple companies were battling a two-alarm house fire late Monday in Columbia. – LancasterOnLine

• Communities that care communicate with citizens and shareholders … in bad times and in good times.

• Yesterday: Bombing in Boston kills three while bombings in Iraq kill more than 30 – Boston.com and Los Angeles Times

• And bombings killed at least eight people Afghanistan yesterday – Today in Afghanistan

• Instead of reporting facts, make it up: “Despite the massive lack of information – and a great deal of misinformation – about the Boston Marathon bombings (over a dozen updates at that link), baseless accusations have been made by media talking heads about the people or group behind the attack.” – ActivistPost.com

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

• (SECOND PUBLICATION) LEGAL NOTICE published in the Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era on April 16, 2013 – “LEGAL NOTICE The Zoning Hearing Board of the Borough of Columbia will meet on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at 7:00 P.M., in the Municipal Building at 308 Locust Street, Columbia, PA, to consider the following application(s) and / or appeal(s): Doolittle Investments, LLC, is requesting special exception(s) and / or variance(s) to convert the building into a first floor microbrewery and restaurant, and a first floor retail sale of antiques and collectables, and convert the second floor into retail sale of antiques and collectables at 40 North Third Street in a Downtown Commercial (DC) zoned district. Paul & Roseann Nikolaus are requesting special exception(s) and / or variance(s) to construct an attached garage / foyer entrance to an existing dwelling at 31 North Thirteenth Street in a Rural Residential (RR) zoned district. Benjamin & Michele Gorman are requesting special exception(s) and / or variance(s) to convert the third floor of a business building into a dwelling unit at 1201 Manor Street in a Medium Density Residential (MDR) zoned district. If you are a person with a disability wishing to attend this meeting and require an accommodation to participate in the meeting, please contact the Columbia Borough Office at 684-2467 to discuss how the Borough may accommodate your needs. Jeffrey M. Helm, Zoning Officer.”