today’s news and information gleanings from here and there!
Quote for today… “A cooked tomato is like a cooked oyster: ruined.” – Andre Simon
- “Norfolk Southern railroad will close the railroad crossing on state Route 441 (South Front Street) between Union and Locust streets in Columbia July 28 through Aug. 18 for repairs.The road will be closed at the crossing in both directions. A detour will be posted.” – PennLive.com [Wonder why this is not posted at the Borough Website?]
- What a great effort in “community development” in E-town: “Trellis Place, a property poised to help the borough’s ongoing revitalization” – Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era
- Maybe this is the kind of community development the Columbia Economic Development Corporation has in mind for the 530 Walnut Street property mentioned at Monday’s council meeting by the councillor/CEDC member?
- Best service utility: PPL – LancasterOnLine
- Worst service utility: Comcast – [NOTE: What’s that you say? It’s not a utility. Yeah, but it should be. But service would still be “comcastic.”
- Columbia’s School District gets largest share, per property, of county schools’ largess from gambling money – MyColumbiaNews
- Online terrorists: Commenter Ed Jones makes a great point at Cole Umber’s news site when he cites anonymous commenters as “clowns that shoot off their mouths so boldly and then, like the cowards they are, sign their rants with ‘anonymous’!”
- Denial – it’s not only a river in Egypt: “The Trials of Graham Spanier, Penn State’s Ousted President” – The New York Times Magazine
- Sheer brilliance: “A man who used a can of spray paint and a lighter as a makeshift blowtorch to kill a spider in his laundry room started a blaze that caused $60,000 worth of damage, Seattle fire officials said Wednesday.” – The York Dispatch
- On-the-spot codes violations: York backs off their plan – York Daily Record
- Pit bull service dog – York Daily Record
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