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

Quote for today… “March is a month of considerable frustration – it is so near spring and yet across a great deal of the country the weather is still so violent and changeable that outdoor activity in our yards seems light years away.” – Thalassa Cruso – but can it be worse than February?

Columbia aglow!

Last night was the grand opening of the Creative Center for the Creative Arts building at 224 Locust Street. The event drew a huge crowd of well-wishers on this FIRST FRIDAY in Columbia.

• An acquaintance at the event introduced us to the one of the folks responsible for some of the “behind the scenes” work of the structure. Dave Boyd, is the owner of DB HVAC – the company that was contracted to do the heating, ventilation and air conditioning work on the structure.

• Mr. Spock is gone – People magazine

• Good pictures of last night’s game in today’s LNP – Always Lancaster and Lancaster OnLine

• Gotta’ be great to be a CEO – probably not so great for other Susquehanna employees – especially the ones losing their jobs!

Click on the graphic above multiple county food serving establishments inspections (including Lancaster, except Columbia, of course) – PennLive

• Will American banks close thousands of branches – 24/7 Wall St.