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

Quote for today… “It’s going to be an everything storm.” –  Mike Dangelo, National Weather Service meteorologist, on the weather coming this weekend. – York Daily Record.

If March comes in like a lion …

• Foreclosure, barricade and fire in Lancaster – WGAL-TV8

• “Sooner or later, somebody’s going to dial 911 and the 911 center is going to dispatch a fire department and nobody’s going to show up.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News.

• Ironic! On Monday of this week Windstream announced five Lancaster County job cuts (over 400 nationally) and yesterday the same company announced “soaring profits.” Should have been “soreing” profits. Anything for corporate profiteering.

• AARP Driver Safety Course: The 4 hour refresher course will be held at St. James Evangelical Church, 655 S 10th Street, Columbia, PA 17512-1805 on March 6. The class begins at 10:00 am; Parking at rear of Church. Handicapped Accessible. Coffee and Water provided. Call (717) 684-5135 to register. Course fee: $15, AARP members; $20, non-members. -“The AARP Driver Safety Course is approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation as a Mature Driver Improvement course. Insured drivers fifty-five years of age or older may be eligible for an appropriate reduction in automobile insurance premium charges after completing this course.”

• Two+ pages of abridged Sheriff sale notices in today’s Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era; appears none of the Columbia property liens have been satisfied since last Friday’s posting, but here’s the list from the Sheriff’s Department.

• F&M’s student newspaper now totally digital – Franklin & Marshall Website … and here’s the link to The College Reporter