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

Quote for today… “A skirmish occurred in Wrightsville, opposite Columbia, three hours ago. Col. FRICK’s men fought the enemy is their rifle-pits gallantly, till surrounded and overpowered. Over one hundred were captured, and the rest retreated across the bridge, which was then fired. The bridge was one mile and a quarter long, and worth a million. The excitement here now amounts to a panic. Everything is leaving.” – From a June 29, 1863 telegram from Lancaster, CWDGonline

There used to be a tree here; site of a recent Chestnut Street tree removal.

• OC, MD wants to join “baggy pants” ban – CBS Baltimore
  

Snapshots of the “rain gardens” at River Park. It’s tough determining what’s a weed and what’s not. The “Weed Fact Sheets from Pennsylvania State University” may prove helpful for any gardener.

Don’t fence me in or out! What’s with the barbed wire?

• Ouch: “Winning lottery ticket pits Mechanicsburg brothers against each other” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• Jonal Gallery’s Fourth Friday invitation, click on the above image to see the spate of events.