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

Quote for today … “Part of playing championship defense is stopping the run.” – Penn State player commenting on yesterday’s win against an overmatched UMass team. Another part of playing championship defense is playing against “someone your own size,” so let’s not get carried away into the fantasy world of euphoria.

“It could happen!” Remember the line from the movie, “Angels in the Outfield?” Well, if there are rail tracks and there are trains on those tracks, what happened in Altoona yesterday could happen anywhere. – WTAJ-TV

• it was a better day for the Big Ten teams yesterday: only the Wolverines went down. – Big Ten Website

• 125th anniversary party for Lancaster’s Central Market – The Sunday News

• Restaurant inspections in Lancaster County – The Sunday News

• Oh, yeah. Just lovely and yummy!: “Violations included rodents and insects in the kitchen area; live and dead roaches in the front and rear areas of the food facility“ – Restaurant inspections in York County – 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.

Rock Lititz, a new rehearsal studio space in Lititz, Pa. held a grand opening Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. They will provide space for Rock Bands to create their road shows lighting, sound and staging. Mark Pynes | mpynes@pennlive.com

• “Rock Lititz opens in style; creators credit Lancaster County town for their success” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• Mars Chocolate North America Issues Allergy Alert Voluntary Recall On Undeclared Peanut Butter In M&M’s® Brand Milk Chocolate Theater Box – FDA Website

• Another Mifflintown landlord acquisition: Market Place Partners, LLC acquires 24 Lancaster Avenue for $34.800.  Mifflintown, evidently, is a landlord hotbed; Summit Street Properties and BHI Properties, LLC have Mifflintown addresses. BHI Properties now has 37 Columbia rental properties; most of Summit Street Properties 19 properties in Lancaster County are in Columbia. And now there’s Market Place Partners, as a new Columbia property owner.