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

Quote for today… “So Mr. Mayor, what is being done to resolve this issue? What will it take for you and the local police to take action?” – M.J. Baker, in a letter to the editor about the actions of youths who show no respect in the Columbia Park at Locust Street of the Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era yesterday. Cole Umber’s post about the letter has generated a slew of comments.

• Food prices heading up – The York Dispatch

• It can’t happen! Yes it can. Another trusted employee accused of stealing more than $50,000 from Lebanon Water Authority – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• Interesting craigslist ad; is it a scam? Ad reads, “Phone or text only.” There’s no phone number in the ad!
  

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• This is Fire Prevention Safety Week – It’s a good time to check and/or replace your smoke detector batteries.

• Tomorrow is the anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire. “The Chicago Fire of 1871, also called the Great Chicago Fire, burned from October 8 to October 10, 1871, and destroyed thousands of buildings, killed an estimated 300 people and caused an estimated $200 million in damages.”

• Earn more; give less! That’s true, too, in the 17512 zip code, according to this report from the Chronicle of Philanthrophy.

• Click here to see the 17512 zip code giving profile from 2012.

• Gotta’ love those rich folks!

• Gotta’ love those rich organizations who contribute to buy political favors, too!

• Uh-oh! “Polit-giving” is down for the 17512 zip code! It’s only 10 percent of the national average. But “Boss Hoggism” rules; he anoints the ones he wants around him.