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

Quote for today … “He’s only the smartest man in the room if he’s the only man in the room.” – Comment following this PennLive opinion column about the dumass Olderman comment. Why would his employer take him back?????

Who owns the territory that some know as Avenue J extended? There’s no street sign. Just off Second Street, it’s a grassy strip with brick strips for carriage wheels. The strip changes to ground on the way to Bank Avenue.

• Or is it a “paper street” – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

• Countryside Fuel is a fuel oil dealer that publishes prices. Unfortunately, the company’s delivery area doesn’t include this part of Lancaster county.

• School districts appear to win in Governor’s budget. – PennLive

• Embezzlement trial for trusted employee in York County – The York Dispatch

• Huh? York County woman “left her kids in the car” while she shopped at Wal-Mart – in one case in sub-freezing temperatures. – The York Dispatch

• Eagles: Shuffle off to Buffalo, McCoy –Philly.com

• Ever wonder why Columbia never appears in LNP – Always Lancaster’s “Municipal Briefs” or “School Briefs?”

• Rumor: unannounced slate of meetings going on in the borough concerning “economic development.” In case you are wondering about governmental entities and representatives participating in unannounced meetings, “Meetings may or may not be open to the public. Whenever a meeting occurs for the purpose of deliberation or taking official action, it must be open to the public and all the formalities associated with a public meeting – notice, public participation, minute-taking, etc. – must be observed by the agency. Deliberation is defined in the Act as discussion for the purpose of making a decision about agency business. Official action is also a defined term, and it encompasses a broad range of activity including making recommendations or decisions, creating policy and voting.”  But wouldn’t one think that Columbia’s citizens ought to be invited, too?

• Not a rumor: Hinkle’s opens for breakfast on Sundays at 8:00 am beginning March 15

• Not a rumor: “If you operate a farm-food related business, organization or farm market, you may qualify for a federal grant.” – The Reading Eagle