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

Quote for today… “If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people he gives it to.” – Extracted from this Vanity Fair article, “Perfect Anxiety” – What’s it like to have too much wealth.

An ad in this week’s Merchandiser.

• More on the Front Street project – MyColumbiaNews

• Columbia contributors to the governor’s candidate lists – LancasterOnLine

• Grocery bills on the rise in York County – The York Dispatch

• “Higher food prices have increased poverty, destabilised governments and helped trigger revolutions, leading to a revival of fears about our ability to feed the world.” – The Financial Times

• Newly elected Scott Wagner joined a handful of the 253 state lawmakers who have rejected the “gold-plated benefits that come with their elected position, which for senators include a medical, dental, vision, drug and long-term care benefits package that D’Innocenzo said carries a value of $8,900 a year, which their spouses can collect as well.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• Somebody’s spy camera works – LancasterOnLine

Yesterday’s glamor shot; today’s mug shot

• Easton school system looking at staff reductions and at least a 2.7 percent property tax hike; staff reductions between 29 and 100.” – The Morning Call

• Logical opinion: “Let the IRS be your accountant.” – Bloomberg View

• April Fourth Friday – news release