today’s news and information gleanings from here and there!
Question for today… ” … suggests some of Harrisburg’s artifacts will as little as 3 percent of what the city paid for them.” – From a Harrisburg Patriot-News article, “Harrisburg Wild West artifacts could sell at a major loss, estimates show,” Another incredible instance of the lunacy of allowing political “public servants” to operate unchecked.
- “2 killed in Columbia crash” – WGAL-TV – Columbia Police Department news release update on this accident
- Craigslist posts: looking to turn my thrift store in to a co-opp – $110 (columbia) and Thrift Store Closing. everything must go! – $1 (Columbia)
- “Volunteer fire fighters needed; the cost to the community without volunteers could be huge” – Fox 43
- The National Public Radio (NPR) script and audio for this program: “Volunteer Firefighters: Facing The Flames And The Mundane”
- Remember this bakery in Wrightsville? It’s closed. This is the sign on the door, though.
- New to York: “Senior Corps program fills service gap by recruiting those 55 and older” – York Daily Record
- There’s a long legal ad from Lancaster County in today’s Lancaster newspaper asking for the submission of bids for the construction of a “Pedestrian Bridge Crossing of Chiques Creek for the Northwest Trail Corridor in Marietta Borough and West Hempfield Township.”
- There’s another legal notice announcing several municipalities’ notices of intent to enter into a relationship to “establish the Warwick Area Regional Emergency Services Program.”
- And, another lengthy one that has Conoy Township seeking proposals for “Concessionaire services” at “the trailhead for the Lancaster County Northwest River Tail” for “retail sales of bait and tackle, as well as beverages and ice cream, kayak and bicycle rentals, and river tours.” “Bids will be evaluated by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania prior to final award.”
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