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

Quote for today … “ … it is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at the same time, condemning the contingent, intolerable conditions that exist in our society. These conditions are the things that cause individuals to feel that they have no other alternative than to engage in violent rebellions to get attention.“ –Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Grosse Pointe Historical Society. March 14, 1968 – Read more here: Portside.org

• Cole Umber’s news site contains excellent photographic coverage of yesterday’s Trail Services Building Ribbon Cutting and the Christmas tree lighting events.

• “The 115^th Christmas Bird Count begins on Sunday, December 14th, 2014, and runs through Monday, January 5^th, 2015. The count period runs from December 14 to January 5 every year.” – Audubon.org

• Pensions and debt: LNP – Always Lancaster‘s editorial page opinion pieces tackle Pennsylvania’s and local debt and pension challenges. (1) “It’s time to bring Pennsylvania into the 21st Century” (2) “A crisis of debt, not pensions” (3) “Municipal pension reform needed now” (4) “We must address school employee pensions, too”

• Marietta’s Candlelight Tour is today – Marietta Restoration Associates

• Food serving facilities inspections in York County – The York Dispatch

• Food serving facilities inspections in Lancaster County
  

• 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 slip-shod inspection system with its own forms and inspection items – rather than the one used statewide, is available at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Website.

• 27% tax hike in Spring Grove – The York Dispatch

• PublicSource and Pittsburgh City Paper’s “timeline of local incidents involving allegations of inappropriate force and other misconduct by officers of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police against citizens” raise questions about police accountability. – PublicSource.org