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

Quote for today… “no business can stick on to age-old ideas. newspaper publishing is no exception. unless we innovate and find ways and means to compete in the market, it would be difficult to survive.” – From a post to this Editor & Publisher article, 10 newspapers that do it right in 2013. [NOTE: Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. received plaudits for “improving efficiencies in existing operations and developing strategies for generating new revenue streams.”(SOURCE: presentermedia.com)

• The weather: a moving target – “This Afternoon A slight chance of snow before 1pm, then snow and sleet. High near 36. North wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. Tonight Snow and sleet, becoming all snow after 1am. Low around 16. North wind 8 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible. Monday Periods of snow, mainly before noon. High near 20. North wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.”

• On the other side, Polar Plungers brave river’s temperatures to raise money for Special Olympics – there’s a great photo album of the plungers at the site – York Sunday News

• The latest borough news, “the back of the sewer bill,” has been posted at the Website. This news has been posted on the February and March newsletters: Good news: the borough now accepts credit cards for all borough payments. Bad news: All payments will be charged an additional fee of 2.45% per transaction with a minimum fee of $1.50. Both months, too, recite the same police department announcements – lock your cars and “the friendly reminder:  DO NOT PLACE ITEMS ON A PUBLIC STREET TO SECURE A PARKING SPACE. “

• Here’s Saturday’s match-up: Columbia (3-3, 16-9) vs. Constitution (12-1, 23-5), Saturday, March 8. The site’s not yet determined. Here’s what Jeff Reinhardt’s got about Constitution; here’s the school’s hoops Website.

• US News & World Report Academic indicators match-up: Columbia vs. Constitution

• “digital natives – the ‘asset-light generation’” are not newspaper friendly – Editor & Publisher

• Comcast buys political support to do whatever it wants to keep your rates going up – Bloomberg.com

• Recent York County restaurant inspections – The York Dispatch

• Recent Lancaster County restaurant inspections – LancasterOnLine

• A complete listing of all inspections at food serving facilities in Lancaster, York counties and the entire state, except those in Columbia, are listed at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Website.

• Boas no more; new player – The Sunday News