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

Quote for today… “We’ve talked about pre-event planning and staging; we’ve talked about pre-event communications and the use of social media.” – John Coleman, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Vice Chairman, in this Harrisburg Patriot-News column.

• “Corbett’s education budget: What’s in it for your school district?” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• Columbia’s “State of Emergency” lifted: check the Borough Website.

• “Verizon Wireless opens charging stations to those still without power” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• You know all those calls you get from the alternative electricity providers? Read this letter to the editor at PennLive.

• “The power to switch means you could save more money on your electric bill,” what is says at the Pennsylvania Utility Commission’s website, PaPowerSwitch.com. That could mean, too, that you could not save more money?

• A “no precipitation” day: “Sunny, with a high near 30. Light west wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the morning.”