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

Quote for today… “ … I don’t even eat rice.” – Paul Kevin Curtis, the Mississippi man falsely accused of a ricin plot,  in a rush-to-arrest by the FBI. – Read this article from The New York Times.

• Wastewater informational meeting tonight – 6:30 pm, Borough hall

• “Columbia Borough will have a new manager beginning Monday, April 29.” – MyColumbiaNews

• “By state law, the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) is responsible for collecting a variety of data from counties, cities, boroughs, first class townships, second class townships, school districts, and municipal authorities.” – NewPA.com – Columbia’s page, h-m-m-m, not current.

• Pity party: Poor Lockheed Martin –Government Executive

• BP spill: worse than you thought it was – certainly worse than anyone told you – The Daily Beast

• “Government-issued employee telephone and cellphone numbers are not public information under Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Law, but officials’ home addresses and middle names are, a seven-judge panel ruled Wednesday.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• Here we go again: a reduced military force – Government Executive

• American Spirit (parade) doused – Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era

• POLICE LOG – “MANHEIM TWP.: Ivan L. Diaz, 36, last known to live in Columbia, was charged with burglarizing a home March 26 in the 1000 block of North Charlotte Street.” – Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era