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

Quote for today… “Being nice to the wealthy and cruel to the poor is not, it turns out, the key to economic growth. On the contrary, making our economy fairer would also make it richer.” – Extracted from this Paul Krugman column, “Inequality is a drag”. – The New York Times.

• Columbia Police Department NEWS RELEASE 08-11-2014

• Tonight’s the monthly borough council meeting at 7:00 pm, borough hall – Borough Website
  

• It’s “fair time” – Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era

• Who knew?: That there are other uses for Readi-Wip (MANHEIM TWP.: Nicole L. Fellenbaum, 33, of Conestoga Manor, Leola, inhaled the fumes from cans of Reddi-Wip …)? That there’s another kind of “water fight” (MANOR TWP.: Kenneth Wright, 23, of the 200 block of Second Street, Columbia, was cited after an incident in the flooded portion … ) ? – Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era

• Team with a girl heads to LL World Series – Taney Youth Baseball Association Website

•  Chickies Challenge – Mayor says, “We get all these folks here, and they’re going to go uptown, and they’re going to stop at the restaurants before and after. So the town’s going to benefit.” – Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era

• Restaurant inspections in Lancaster County – The Sunday News

• Restaurant inspections in York County: just guessing the “dead insects in four bottles of liquor” were not tequilla worms. – The York Dispatch

• A complete listing of all inspections at food serving facilities in Lancaster, York counties and the entire state, except those in Columbia – Columbia persists in having its own inspection system with its own forms and inspection items – rather than the one used statewide, is available at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Website.

• LEGAL NOTICE: “SEALED PROPOSALS will be received in the offices of the Columbia & Reading Railway Company, 1029 Lancaster Ave. Columbia, PA until 12:00 P.M. EST, Friday, August 29, 2014 for railroad track construction and maintenance in Columbia, PA. A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on August 19, 2014 at 10:00 am at 360 S. 4th Street, Columbia, PA. more …”