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

Quote for today… “Oh, the weather outside is frightful … ” – Dean Martin sang this opening line. The weather could be a lot worse today. Thankfully, the snow and ice missed us; but it’s almost spring.

• Did this happen? Here’s a comment from Cole Umber’s site: “A man was hit and killed on manor st. Nothing said about this in the papers,news, POLICE DEPARTMENT! I wonder why????”

• The grand old lady at 855 Chestnut falls further from the days of grace; she’s reduced to $59,900.

• She weeps mascara tears; she sold for $212,000 in 2005.  [NOTE: Scroll down the page to 855 Chestnut.]

• “The median sales price for homes in Columbia PA for Dec 13 to Mar 14 was $66,900 based on 14 home sales. Compared to the same period one year ago, the median home sales price decreased 27.3%, or $25,100, and the number of home sales decreased 57.6%.” – Trulia.com

• Another “trusted” person steals $70K from veterans club – PennLive [EDITOR’S NOTE: How does this keep happening? Why are the financial controls so lacking at these places? Are these places just rolling in so much cash that nobody cares?]

• And then there’s this legislator theft … a new twist; elected public servants always seem to find one way or another to take money from citizens. – The Morning Call, Allentown, PA

• Who wouldn’t want to buy electricity from Comcast? – dslreports.com

• Road rage incident with pellet gun leads to arrest– Fox43

• Is there a special hell for animal abusers? – The York Dispatch

• Celico Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless has  couple of legal notices in today’s Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era; one pertains to it’s “medium intensity dual red/white strobes” 159-foot communications tower at 1020 Blunston Street. This is the borough property that’s being leased to the communications company. It’s the same property that one councillor wanted to “sugar deal” some time ago. Click here to see the Antenna Structure Registration application with the Federal Communications Commission.